<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/woodland-pathoct16.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4037" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/woodland-pathoct16-150x200.jpg" alt="woodland-pathoct16" width="150" height="200" /></a>Isn't this a wonderful time of year, especially when it's dry, the sun shines and the leaves are a beautiful colour. It's the best season of all and whether in the garden or on the highways and byways of Lincolnshire in the Lotus it feels good to be alive.

Over the last couple of days I've been sowing wildflower seeds on the edge of the woodland path. It's a seed mix for shaded areas so hopefully I will get a good selection in the spring.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wood-cuttingoct16.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4036" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wood-cuttingoct16-200x150.jpg" alt="wood-cuttingoct16" width="200" height="150" /></a>With the evenings turning colder I have to keep my log pile stocked up and so a couple of hours cutting and splitting wood never goes amiss.
My new electric chainsaw is proving to be very good. It's much quieter than the petrol chainsaw and therefore is less likely to annoy the neighbours.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/leaf-sweepingoct16.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4035" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/leaf-sweepingoct16-150x200.jpg" alt="leaf-sweepingoct16" width="150" height="200" /></a>And of course there are always the leaves. They are such a beautiful colour but I feel obliged to rake them off the lawn and sweep around the house. It will be covered again in a few days but if I didn't clear them they might overpower the grass.

My next task is to start turning over the vegetable plot in readiness for the winter frosts.