down to earth digs

Seed Saving

I gathered a few seeds from the Chives.

Dry throughly, place in envelope and label.

My weathered bee skep…

found many years ago at an estate sale.

Next Spring, I will plant more flowers.

In late Summer I cut the Sunflower heads,

and dry them in the greenhouse.

I place them throughout the garden for the birds to feed on.

Inevitably some of the seeds drop to the ground and next Spring a fresh crop of Sunflowers grow in the garden.

I have already found myself thinking ahead to,

“next year”.

What to grow?

The last of the carrots are pulled from the garden.

The Celosia has dried in the greenhouse.

It is much more muted now, in the Autumn sunlight. A bright memory of the Summer, in The Pickery.

Some weathered pots stacked outside the greenhouse.

Sweet kittens,

butterscotch colored.