9月のガーデニングガイド

9月は農園にとってほろ苦い月だ. 夏の気だるい暑さが終わり、収穫が早まりました, 秋のたき火の爆発もそう遠くないでしょう. これからもキュウリを楽しんでいただければ幸いです, 玉ねぎ, ズッキーニ, レタス, ネギとほうれん草. ジャガイモとトマトは両方ともたっぷりあるはずです. 月末に向けて,the last of the tomatoes may be taken inside to ripen. Runner beans and French beans will be continuing to produce until the first bites of frost and the last of the peas should still be coming until then as well. Blackberries are at their best this month, tasting delicious just on their own or with cream and the elderberries seem to cry out to be made into the cordials and wines that will see you through the colder months til spring. While September mornings may be as bright as June’s, their warmth is waning and there is a chill to the evening air, making this liminal month the perfect time to appraise as well as to appreciate your harvest.

Happily we bask in this warm September sun,
Which illuminates all creatures…”
Henry David Thoreau

There is a harmony
In autumn, and a luster in its sky
~Percy Bysshe Shelley

A maiden born when September leaves
Are rustling in September’s breeze,
A sapphire
on her brow should bind
`Twill cure diseases of the mind
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Wild is the music of autumnal winds, Amongst the faded woods.

~William Wordsworth