#SixOnSaturday – Six things happening in my garden this week

Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations.

No sooner had we been celebrating the arrival of rain than it’s disappeared again, at least here in the south of England. It would do wouldn’t it just as we’ve installed two additional water butts to collect water from the guttering on the new potting shed. Any sign of rain, I’ll be rushing out to check how much they’ve harvested.

One – I don’t think I’ll need to be sowing borage again next year as there are already loads of seedlings.

Two – ‘Bishop of Dover’, the final of the three dahlia varieties I grew this year, has finally made an appearance. All the dahlias are growing in raised beds in our south facing front garden so I haven’t yet decided whether to risk leaving them where they are or lifting and storing them.

Three – I thought the squash had given up when it produced two fruits that have already ripened nicely, but it had other ideas. This fruit is growing rapidly and if we get enough sun just might ripen too. It’s another plant growing in our sunny front garden in a raised bed. I’m planning to turn over one of the four raised beds completely to vegetables next year. Courgettes and squash are the front runners.

Four – A bee enjoying the flowers of Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Joy’ as much as I am.

Five – Suddenly the rosemary is blooming again.

Six – Cyclamen hederifolium are popping up everywhere at the moment.

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