There such a riot of autumn colour this year, I’ve been able to try a ‘colour theme’ for my choices this week. Here’s a load of yellow for #SixOnSaturday.

The summer has been as hot and dry as we’ve ever had here in eastern Scotland. Most things in my south-facing border by the south-facing house wall has shrivelled, not so the Fremontodendron — it is flowering away like crazy.

Around the garden, there is wonderful colour in shrubs and trees. One of the fruit bushes I have is a Saskatoonberry. I’ve tasted a bit ‘early’ and they are not very exiting, but I’ve never got to a ripe fruit, the blackbirds get there first. The yellow of the leaves is pretty stunning right now.

A firm favourite with a few straggler bees still foraging, the yellow-pom-pom type of buddleja keeps on flowering too.

A hydrangea that claws it’s way up the garage wall is pretty much a wall full of yellow this weekend.

Elsewhere, edible quince have a few fruit left, this small tree fruited well this year, perhaps enjoying a long warm spell.

Last this week, I’ve let a few self-seeding nasturtium take over the strawberry bed for the autumn. They are loving it, they always feel a little Halloweeny…..that not quite yet! Here’s one of the yellowest flowers to round things off for the week.

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Autumn colours are in full swing now, and we have not had too many storms yet. I thought I would share some of that colour with you for #SixOnSaturday

Amalancia is first this week. A lovely large shrub that I like to look at about 10 months of year, including this one….small leaves, but a wash of interesting green-to-red is going on here.

Next, before the frosts come, ferns are still standing tall. And this one is covered in tiny spores.

Continus sometimes looses its leaves before the colour shines out….this year there is a wonderful display. I’ve picked some of the branches for an indoor vase too.

More seed heads now, this time larger, making the leaves of the spirea sparkle.

Boston ivy will soon be scarlet, I like this phase, where each leaf has a full range of colours.

Last up this week, this fig tree sits against a south facing wall and gave us probably the best crop we have ever had. Now it will hold its leaves until the plant is touched by frost.

There we are, full on autumn without storms gives really wonderful colour in Scotland.

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October 2026…..what a long time into the future that once seemed, yet it is ‘just another autumn’. Yet not a usual one…I’m still able to grow some surprising crops, I think due to the warmish days and more unusually warmish nights. So here are a selection of edibles for #SixOnSaturday

Perhaps the least surprising crops still growing are in the greenhouse. In recent years I have been much more particular about cutting back the lush growth on tomatoes, allow their fruit, and others plants to enjoy more light. This has resulted in less rot, and plants fruiting for a good while longer. I reckon I still have a couple of kilos to harvest in this first week of October. This one is Audreys Love….many of the suit are heart striped, this one not-so-much, but there’s a hint of a green stripe and they have great flavour…and ideal for greenhouse bench as about 1m tall.

Lemon drop chillies are a must-have for me as a greenhouse crops these days. they fruit way into autumn if given a light and airy spot on the greenhouse bench, and produce medium-hot, lemony flavoured fruit, that also freeze well.

There’s a bit of a 2-for-1 going on here too. Some of the grapes have plumped-up — they were rather pathetic a month ago, yet next to them, and a complete surprise for early October, I still have a few cucumbers!

Moving outdoors, I have never seen a courgette plant still alive, fruiting and even flowering into October, until today. Athena is on her last legs, but has a couple more fruit to offer me.

I did plant a risky crop of little pak choi and tatsoi a couple of weeks ago. They have not been munched on my anything that slithers or flies yet, fingers crossed there will be a couple more warm weeks.

Last this week, is the visually gorgeous radicchio, loves a warm autumn, and will keep going if it has a few dry windy days to keep the rot off. Will be using these in sauces and pasta dishes.

That was a good look around the veg garden and greenhouse. A pretty good showing of home grown veg for October I feel!

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