<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sunflowerssep14.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2018" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sunflowerssep14-300x225.jpg" alt="sunflowers(sep14)" width="300" height="225" /></a>We're still exploring what grows where in the garden and of course this isn't a scientific experiment as weather conditions this year have been exceptionally good. That said, the sunflowers have grown really well, better than anywhere we've ever lived, and they are still giving a good show in the last week of September. At 12 feet tall they have largely been self-supporting and only one has broken in two as a consequence of the flower heads outweighing the strength of the stalk.

Alongside the sunflowers the runner beans are still providing us with beans and Jane has been collecting the last of the outside tomatoes. We've yet to dig up the last of the potatoes or expose the carrots or parsnips. Plenty of time for this during October.