The mellow fruitfulness is long gone but the mists seem to prevail, as this November has proved to be particularly misty. I do not mind, as I quite like the mysterious atmosphere the mists create.
Not that there is anything remotely mysterious about my activities of late... I have been quite busy in the garden, preparing it for the approaching winter. And if I may say so, I am quite pleased with the results.
The compost has been emptied and spread over the raised beds for soil improvement, making it a real feast for the hens (all the juicy earth worms...) Not that the compost is the only place for such delicacies...
The currant bushes have been pruned (I am afraid it is ages since it was last done). A bonfire is planned for tomorrow, to burn all the cuttings. I can hardly wait for the lovely wood smoke in the misty air.
All the flower beds, in the potager and elsewhere, have been cut back and cleared (I task I often fail to do before the snow falls) and they are about as ready for winter as can be.
And so am I, even though I would not mind if the misty weather continued a bit longer. I quite enjoy it and love to be outdoors this late in the year. As do the hens... a hen party in the mist.
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Ja, det er en egen stemning med tåke over jordene....
Fornøyde høner ser jeg ;)
Ønsker deg en finfin ny uke start.
Du er flittig til å arbeide. Vakre bilder og stemningsfullt også om høsten/vinteren.
Bente
Dear Mia,
I love your blog as a so called "silent reader"; just now I read your last entry and at once I remembered an old children's song:
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me,
Guess I'll go eat worms,
Long, thin, slimy ones; Short, fat, juicy ones,
Itsy, bitsy, fuzzy wuzzy worms.
Down goes the first one, down goes the second one,
Oh how they wiggle and squirm.
Up comes the first one, up comes the second one,
Oh how they wiggle and squirm.
;-)
Best greatings to you and the hens
from the northern part of Germany,
Bärbel
Hola Mía que paisaje maravillo tiene su encanto la niebla y tu lugar es mágico me encantan las gallinas que festín para ellas un beso Sandra.
I just found your blog the other day, Mia - I love it.
Your raised beds are so neat and orderly looking. Everything is charming! Not knowing anything of Norway, I am surprised you don't have snow already. :) I'll learn about it from reading your posts.
Dear Mia, these pictures really capture the cool air and freshness of Autumn. I really love how you show the changing seasons. We also get quite a bit of mist here and I love that feeling of not seeing beyond.
Vakre bilder hos deg og noe eget med tåke....her har også tåken lagt tung i dag
Fin kveld til deg
Klem
What a wonderfully seasonal post - something that I feel more than have words for. I've been thinking of you because I remember you mentioning your hens are allowed in your garden at the end of the season. our hens go to the currently going compost pile and pick it apart - then, they come to my garden for some sage seasoning to go with it.
Oh, Mia....everything ready for the winter. The garden put to bed. Mist and woodsmoke.... lovely!
xo
Herlig stemning Mia. Så koselig å lese bloggen din - er veldig glad for at du fortsatte.
It is a good feeling to get the garden put to bed for the winter. I love the misty photos you've shown. There's something romantic and mysterious about mist, isn't there?
Mist is always so pretty. Your garden and hens look nice too.
I wrote a bit about the mist today, too. I love this time of year and look forward to next weekend when we'll burn the big pile of slash from the autumn clean-up.
Reading your post and seeing the pictures makes me want to run out and work in my own garden. I think I have finally managed to convince my husband that raised beds in the vegetable garden is the way to do it!:) Thank you!
Mia, I enjoyed seeing how industrious you've been getting your garden ready for winter. You're lucky that you can let your hens loose.. we have 3, lost our 4th to probably a raccoon. I wish ours could roam free.
((hugs)), Teresa :-)
What a lot you have accomplished in your garden, Mia. The hours that you have spent in that gentle mist must have filled with so much work!
Bravo to you.
I do love the photos of your hens who also seem so appreciative of all your accomplishments.
I know that you will now be turning to cozier pursuits indoors. Best wishes.
ciao Mia
I love your pictures, your blog, your life style!
happy to have found you!
Ciao
Erica from Italy
You made a very beautiful work the earth(ground) will be grateful to you for it next year! You will have beautiful fed well plantations just as much as your charming hens!
That she(it) becomes moldy to live in a farm and to be able to take advantage of fresh products of eggs.
Good luck for the continuation(suite) and beautiful bonfire there will burn with him all the bad and will stay only a voucher to cross(spend) a good good winter in the warmth has to sew your wonderful patch or to pick beautiful tartan rugs, and to amaze us every time we come here.
Beautiful day to you kisses
Mimie.
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