Seventh day of October

 I had hoped to join in with Blogtober in the hope that it would get me back to daily blogging . . . . . that never happened!!

I seem to be so busy and then forget to blog, only remembering when I'm in bed!!

Today I woke from a rather heavy couple of hours sleep, really groggy and not knowing what day it was.  I went downstairs to make myself a coffee and looked out of the kitchen window. . . . . 

The bird feeders were empty again and Cyril was bouncing his way from one to the other looking to see what he could find.  It was sunny and looked warmish which, after all the rain, was quite uplifting.

I filled the feeders and, looking around, thought I might have a tidy up while I was there.  If you're a gardener you know what those words mean!!

DDC and I, more her than me, had removed most of the wood from round the chicken ranch and propped it up against the run.  I decided to put all the wood inside, out of the way and in the dry.  

Once that was all inside and out the way it meant that the birds would be able to use the bird bath in safety . . . . I have seen as many as ten sparrows at a time, washing, drinking and chatting.

I brought my beautiful peacock light over to the 'windmill' garden as it can't be seen in the blue garden, which is overgrown now. I can't wait to get started on clearing it all out as it has a lot of nettles growing there,  I am not sure when the butterflies pupate so am leaving it a bit longer. 

Once that was done, I decided to put my new lights around the pond, for some reason my old ones are not lighting anymore . . . . .had them years so can't complain.

I wrapped a cane with the new lights and hung them up, fastening the ends so the wind doesn't blow them down.

Then I discovered why the old lights have stopped working!!

Broken cable!  

Time to take the old stuff down.

Working down that end of the garden drew my attention to the plant theatre.

I have a number of houseplants which have been 'on holiday' out there and must come in before the frosts of winter arrive.

I decided to put them into the greenhouse for later and also to dry out a bit.  I like to repot the houseplants and wash the pots before bringing them back in for the winter.

So now I have the greenhouse full but with all the sorting out to be done, it should keep me gardening throughout the winter!!!

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