Tuesday, September 30th, 2025
The long, dry summer finally transitioned into autumn and mushrooms started to spring up in the woods behind the house, bringing a welcome bit of colour in there at a time when the wildflowers have withered away and the leaves are still green. The early berries on the holly will surely have disappeared by the time they are needed for Christmas decorations. Some days are still surprisingly warm and sunny, and dragonflies and butterflies are abundant on the few remaining buddleia flowers. There were so many butterflies this year, and they favour buddleias over all other plants to such an extent, that I have ordered some more butterfly bushes in a range of colours to add to the three plants that we already have.