Done and dusted

The end of August and summer's done and dusted. It's all about seeds now, as everything tries frantically to produce seed for next year, while a few predators; mice, humans and pigeons included, try to consume or store them.

Cactus pots

The cactus dahlias are producing explosions of fire to herald the arrival of autumn, though they prefer pots to open ground.

No buzz marmalade

These Rudbeckia Hirta 'Marmalade' produce loads of long-lasting flowers from June until the first frosts, but it's puzzling that the seeds were 'selected by the RSPB to attract wildlife', as nothing's buzzed anywhere near them all summer.

Sunny delight

Birds and rodents find fresh sunflower seeds irresistible, so after a few hours drying in the sun, these seed heads will be secreted away in the seed bank for next year.

Go Wild In The Jungle

     Everything brimming over, frantic to flower and produce seeds.

Mu Mu land

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Out and about

Tom Tom Club

Plumbing

Cropping

Echinacea purpurea alba

Shield bug nymph

Jersey Tiger Moth

Three colours red

Slug Patrol

Mint hopper

          A grasshopper nearly perfectly camouflaged on a mint leaf.

Windfall

                  Last of the broad beans, first windfall apples.

Seasons in the sun

Plump pickings

New raspberry stock in their second season producing a plump crop.

Sweet brew

                     The more you pick, the more you get.

Peak plum

   Plums dropping from the sky. Stewing with raspberries and apples.

Just swell

          Waiting for the borlotti beans to swell to full maturity.

Self-sufficientish