The front garden at Buitenzorg is ready for Spring!

Let the Snowdrops grow!
Autumn is a great time for pruning, removing leaves
and replanting while the ground is not frozen!

More room for more plants!

The amaryllis is now amongst the plants! Crab Apples!

Winter is on its way. The weather changed for the wetter this week! Had a few extra hours to get on with the "Things to do if it's just not to do outside" list! First of all the Hobby Rooms were sorted. Interesting reading in the IT! There is even a book on how to be a rat! Now the dining table has a few priority piles on it. Weeding.nl admin, Christmas cards and lights that need to be tested.

A nice thing to do this weekend is to be creative with house plants by making a few arrangements and find something for in the oasis!

What to do with this?

Warm days! 15C yesterday! Even the rain isn't too bad. Doesn't feel like Christmas is 33 days away! Great gardening weather though. After the last few windy days I think the leaves have all landed. Some of the gardens where I work have had their last visit from Weeding.nl for this year. A few more gardens to go then it's time to work on my own! I will be planting these bulbs amongst the Hosta's in the front garden. They are called Drumsticks, belonging to the onion family, and grow to about 60 cm in hight.
With the ground still warm, not frozen, more work has been done in the front garden at Buitenzorg. There is a new idea/plan for the parking area! The wooden planks and small poles will be replaced by sturdy round taller posts. So, weather permitting, a few new posts go in.

I like it! Gives the garden a bigger, more open feeling!

Also this weekend 200 bulbs have been planted.

May sound like a lot but with a garden

this big they soon disappear!

Another Totem pole weekend!

How will this turn out?

Watch this space!

Wind gusts, leaves blowing everywhere, rain, wind, more leaves. Autumn. Time to get a few things in house to make the evenings more cozy! Bee Movie!

I'm giving Amaryllis a try this year!

I am going to let them grow in a

glass dish with no potting soil!

Christmas is coming. Time to get a few things started! We decorated the table at Buitenzorg then took a few photos. Now they are being "foto shopped" to create the right look for their Christmas Card.

Here at home the tree is being created!
First secure it to a big glass pot

then add the lights.

A few rounds of tape are needed

to set the glass holders in place.

A bit of fake green to "warm"it up.

Then pieces of oasis, cut to fit, are added.

Now I just have to fill with cuttings of green!

"All the leaves are brown....
.... and the sky is grey"

16.4C in De Bilt at 17.00 today!

These are growing in our garden!

Lovely Autumn day!

Started out wet and cool

then sunny and 10C!

A fine afternoon to visit Canton Park on the way home!

Should visit more often!

Weather( in C) for Thursday 12 November:

Amsterdam, showers, 8 / 6

Banff, flurries, -2 / -9

Vancouver, showers, 8 / 4

Coffs Harbour, sunny, 27 / 15

Mexico City, partly sunny, 21 / 7

Such lovely colours in the Autumn. Today, and the coming week will be fine weather to work ouside. Lots to do in the Fall!

The weekend was busy at Buitenzorg!

A lot of planting around the Fruit Circle.

Wait until Spring!

Sounds like birds and butterflies

and bees will be attracted to this area!

The totempole is looking good!

Went to see the allotment! It rained a lot the last weeks! It is always good to know the ground conditions before designing the garden! This months issue of Gardener's World has great tips for boggy and waterlogged soil! Will be a beautiful place!

Santorini, Thursday 29 October
Just a few more photo's to share.
Lasting memories are always available!

So many different images

from the top of what was formed by a volcano.