The 1st of November has brought grey skies and light, drizzly rain and we had quite a lot of that sort of weather in October too. However, looking back we've also had some bright sunny days although there was an increasing chill in the air and we've been bringing in some of the tender plants into the covered yard. There has also been some planting of bulbs which will bring some cheer in the new year in Springtime, tidying up of fallen leaves and the gathering of produce from the vegetable plot and pear tree. The apples looked good whilst on the tree, but are small compared with other years and dropping before completing their development into sound fruit.
The last of the ripe tomatoes. Other green ones are indoors in the warm kitchen and hopefully they too will ripen so that they can be used in cooking. There are fresh leeks that are being used in soups etc.
We had a good crop of figs this year and those still on the tree won't mature now and are dropping along with the leaves.
The citrus trees are now in the covered yard.
This bunch of flowers sums up what is left in the garden now.
Even the magnolia tree has flowers although the leaves are turning yellow and dropping.
The cherry tree in our neighbour's garden is a joy to behold as the colour of the leaves change.