Orchard pretty much complete

On Friday, the last parts of the main work on the orchard were completed.  The trees are planted and the grass is seeded.

View along longs side or the orchard.  The brook is on the left pf the picture

The weather is really warm (almost 20 degrees) so if we get a little rain the grass could germinate before the winter.

View from corner of the footpath and Ringstrasse.  Our house is on the right.

Today we planted some twigs from the fallen willow low down on the river bank.  Maybe they'll take.

All that's left now is to clear the picnic glade by the brook and then wait for the grass to grow and the trees to fruit.

Autumn shut down at allotment, but orchard nearing readiness

As the season draws to a close I have tidied up a large part of the beds at the allotment.  The big  hits this year were the chili peppers and the cosmos flowers.  The chili plants have each produced a hand full of hot red chili peppers each week.  The cosmos planted themselves and gave been a riot of colour for ten weeks now.  The frost should get them soon.

Chilis and a couple of yellow marigolds

Meanwhile, nearer home, the preparation work for our orchard is well underway.  The soil has been "worked" and the fencing should be going up in the next couple of days.  We spotted some mallow growing near where the willow tree was before it fell down.  Most of this has been cleared for the orchard, but some remains and I think it looks really nice.  I have also tried eating the leaves, flowers, et c.; they are not bad either.

Mallow