Autumn Cleaning

Finally got out into the garden to clean up some of the Autumn mess. Mainly walnuts, which we have had a bumper crop of this year. It has been very wet, so most of them split open and are starting to germinate. Even so, I think we easily collected as many as previous years.

Swept up all the mess (those walnut fruits turn into a very slipery, slimey black mess) and raked them out of the lawn. Took advantage of the wet to wash the path clean of this gunge with the yard broom. Cleaned out all the gutters too. Now awaiting the walnut leaves to fall, which will no doubt happen in the next few weeks.