The majority of the leaves from the deciduous trees are now down and those on the Larch are well coloured and will be falling shortly. We are fortunate in that, for some reason, leaves tend not to lie too long on the ground but blow away to our neighbours while thjose that do remain we gather up for composting.
The pond pump is still working – we reckoned that it’s going to be cold taking it out whenever we do so and it might as well remain in place for a couple more weeks to keep the water ice-free (we are now having night frosts) and oxygenated.
Most of the tender plants have been dug up and moved into the basement where we over-winter them under grow-lights while the lily pots have been dried out and placed into the outside storage chests where they will be wuite happy until spring returns and they can start growing again.
