Summer began to melt into Autumn at Bealtaine Cottage amidst a flurry of bees and butterflies, more than ever witnessed in the permaculture gardens.

Harvesting began and the kitchen was a place of jam jars and bottles, all waiting to be filled and labelled.

The glut of blackcurrants became wine, jam and chutney, with even more added to the freezer.

Open days and workshops seen a steady stream of visitors to the cottage and gardens.

Kindling for the winter stoves continued to be collected and stored in the barn.

And the Potager beds kept growing!

The recipe for Blackcurrant Chutney was added to a blog post that had runaway success!

Valerian flowered…

Roses bloomed…

And all around, flowers showed off with total abandon!

I collected seeds…

and more seeds…

Drying and labelling in every container I had to spare!

Seedheads were stored for winter flower arrangements.

As the boys played…