Work for the week

Virginia Creeper is best attended to this month or next if it has become a little rampant.

The Christmas Cactus is a very adaptable houseplant and thrives well in sunny locations indoors but will also fend well in low lit areas.

SHADOWS; Days may have shortened but the low sunlight concentrates the mind on shape and form. The gardens look larger and every line and contour stands proud so my gaze stretches to the boundaries and beyond, unhindered by the soft gauze of summer. I can easily see all the garden and I watch in awe as the box balls on the drive throw long, skinny shadows across the brick paving.