Autumn is here with a vengence. The nights are drawing in and it seems strange to be preparing supper each evening with the normally beautiful view of the garden masked by complete darkness.

While the treees are stunning and a mass of yellow and russet tones, collecting the leaves is a thankless task. It doesn’t matter how often we tidy up, we get up the next morning and the grass is completely covered again.

Last year, we had to ignore this as we were up to our neck in renovating the property and the lawns suffered greatly as a result. This year however, we can’t afford to ignore and so we’ll just have to keen raking……………..