Dear Garden Lovers!

Here is my early October update from this glorious tiered mess of a garden in the medieval quarter of Guardia Sanframondi, BN, Italy...

The window of opportunity to work without being eaten alive by insects is kiiinnnnddd of opening up, but not much! This week after the rain and with the beautiful coolness, things seem perfect for mosquitoes all over again. Oopah - I'm giving them their space.

Again, I am struggling with tech, and it took multiple tries on different devices, to get this to properly upload... Very nice that it finally moved forward for me! Please support my work, as times are very stretching on resources for artists!

The garden is a joy right now: I'm exploring all kinds of ways of cooking and storing pumpkins, the bigger pumpkins are still growing and expanding, the leaves are prolific (after a long dry spell this summer, when many of them gave up altogether) and it is glorious to have so many fresh greens on the table, herbs are spreading into more bush-sized forms, flowers are peeping out of old suitcases, and some trees which had been overwhelmed by creeping plants are now flourishing with limbs happily waving in the autumn breexes.

It is the most beautiful time of the year. So looking forward to more harvesting, and to beginning the wood-chopping! It has been most prohibitive due to insect life for at least 6 months.... cannot wait to start sawing.

All good things in your growing and reaping!

Clare.
www.claregaiasophia.com