Late Autumn in the Garden
Windowsill
During a break in the storms Perdita and Floradora contemplated the garden…
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Shoes
…and then Tuesday loaned Floradora her red shoes…
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Lupine
…so she could go out to help put the November garden to bed!
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Apple!
After clipping away most of the dead Lupine, they found an apple hidden by a squirrel!
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Root
They threw it in the compost, because we have chosen a different location for our new baby Gravenstein tree!
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Buds
It is a semi-dwarf variety, and rather spindly at the moment, but it has some promising-looking buds!
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Crocosmia
They walked through the rotten Crocosmia fronds which all had to be cut down to the soil level…
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Compost
…along with the fading Red Chrysanthemums!
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Mud
Floradora and Perdita were happy with their work in the garden…
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Scrub
…and Floradora scrubbed the red shoes clean before returning them to Tuesday!
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Quimper Hittys 
Ah, it feels so good to see the garden taken care of and tidied up so nicely for spring-time delights. Thank you little Hittys.
The garden does look much tidier now that the sticks, husks and fading flowers have been removed…it is great having Little Hittys to help, they can see things from a different angle and advise us about what needs attending to from closer to the ground.
Heart melting!
😊 we are glad!
The Hittys set us all a good example of thoughtfulness towards each other. Red shoes to garden in! They put my grey Crocs to shame…
We find our red Birkenstock clogs do help this gardener feel motivated…and thought Floradora would like to borrow Tuesday’s. She does need her own footwear though, it is taking a while to get that organized.
love the headless plant pot in the first picture. Is it a local potter?
Indeed yes, Mr. Excuse Me was made by my oldest child! The air plant is perfect in it!
Having several more pair of hands (wooden) on a garden job, makes the work fun. The girls helping was adorable.
It was great to have help, even tiny hands help lighten the workload, and as you say, increase the fun!
Always a joy to see your garden and read what the HIttys plan. They are such hard working gardeners. Enjoyed every photo! and those pinnies!
We were reminded last time they ventured out into the garden, that a holland apron might help keep the slime off of their pretty new dresses! The weather has been stormy, but they were glad to take advantage of a short dry-ish spell to get a bit more garden tidying accomplished!
Oh, the joy of working hard together to make the garden even nicer. I love how your girls always find pleasure in the little things. If I may, what is the origin of the name Perdita?
Perdita means “lost” in Spanish – the storybook Hitty kept getting lost, and I liked the name!
Oh, I see. In Italian is written the same way, with the stress on the “e”, and it means “loss”, which is way too sad.