It is nearly the end of the summer and now I am planning what to alter ready for next year.  I love this time of year as the plotting and planning starts again.  I have decided to make more of the long borders as the summer starts to fade. I have been buying more Asters to add extra colour at this time of year.  The gravel garden comes into its own at this time of the year and I want the long borders which is behind the gravel to be more of a supporting act.  Well, it is a good excuse to go out and buy more plants.

It is that time of year when I just want to tidy up and start to put to put the garden to bed for the winter and make a list of all the corrections that need doing to the borders.  We had a talk at our gardening club from a lady called Julia Scott who has a walled garden in Warwick.  Her speciality is herbs and one of the most interesting parts of the talk covered the use of herbs in composting.  The under gardener and I splashed out on a packet of mixed herbs that must be mixed with water and added to the compost bit at a time. The result is supposed to be perfect compost in just six weeks!!!!  I'll let you know.