It is said that this is the beginning not the end of the gardening year.  I must say I am looking forward to lifting, dividing and replanting in a week or two's time.  I say a week or two because at the moment there is still much going on in the garden and also the ground is hard to try and start lifting turf which will need to be lifted to make two new beds that are on my list and to extend the shrubbery in the orchard.  I have collected a good deal of plants ready for this extended shrubbery but I know that it would look a bit sparse next year unless a fill up the gaps with herbaceous plants.  This is what I shall do and then remove them bit by bit as the shrubs develop.  I have see only too often over-planted areas that have resulted in the shrubs competing for everything from light of nutrients in the soil.  It is my intention to plug gaps with geraniums and crosomia till the plants develop.  Good thinking huh!