Dedication.

 I lost the love of my life and sweetheart and pal J last Tuesday.  We buried her on Saturday in a graveyard overlooking the bay.

The people of Bantry and beyond showed J  and my family and myself so much love.

I don't know when or if I will post again for a while.  But I will publish any comments on here.

God bless you all.👍

Sedum Autumn Joy And Bergenias. Winter's On It's Way.

 The pinky red flower is Sedum Autumn Joy.  The cabbage like leafed plants are Bergenia.

Sedums like Buddleia attract butterflies 🦋 to the garden.

They are also a sign to me that Winter is on it's way.

Sedums are one of these easiest perennials there are to propagate from cuttings.  Just cut off a little branch and stick in a pot of sand or compost and I guarantee it will root within 3 to 4 weeks.  It really is that easy.

The Bergenias also nicknamed Elephants Ears and Pig Squeak change their leaf colour through Autumn, Winter and Spring.  The go pink to reddy purple.  They also bring some out of season cheer with a pink flower.

That great English plants woman Gertrude Jekyll  used to make Bergenia like borders in her planting layouts. Going slightly off topic.  Her brother was a friend of Robert Louis Stevenson and he borrowed their family name for one of his most famous literary characters.

They are both old garden favourites of mine and prolong our summer that little bit longer.   I think they grow and look better in big clumps or drifts rather than just individual plants.

I like to see the Butterflies hovering and feeding on the Sedum at this time of year.  The Sedums seem to melt through Winter and eventually appear and grow next Spring 

A View From Inside The Rosette Room.

 More rosettes pinned up with the sashes for our prize winning 🐖 🐷.  

The latest rosettes were awarded at Tullamore Agricultural Show a couple of weeks or so.

Joke.  There was a fire at a sleeping football giants stadium.

A rather concerned Chairman asked the fire chief if they had got to the cup room yet.

The fire chief replied:

"No we haven't managed to get into the canteen yet?"

No it wasn't MUFC.

I have been grafting hard all week and haven't had time to blog.  I'm trying to get a few extra quid/ Euros together for my forthcoming Prog Rock festival roughing it trip.

Storm Amy is knocking about our shores tomorrow night.  Batten down the hatches and hopefully it won't visit us.