Stronger, higher, Aster

A rare try at growing asters failed so Peter Dowdall invites gardeners to join him in trying again for next year.

It’s a funny time of the year isn’t it? Not yet autumn but summer is definitely on the wane. The evenings are getting cooler now and darkness is creeping in a bit earlier each evening. It’s easy to feel a bit cheated when we haven’t had a decent summer.

It’s too soon for the year to think about slowing down because we haven’t had a run of good weather yet. However, there’s still every chance we’ll get a nice week or two before all go back to school and I think there’s something special about the August sunshine when we do get it.