When the leaves start to turn and the smell of wood smoke permeates the air I start to gravitate to country antiques that remind me of autumn, - harvesting, warming by the fire, and turning my attention to inside. Harvesting We have a huge old apple tree - so old no one can identify the variety - but they taste fantastic. I love apple boxes filled with apples and I put them all around the house, especially in autumn. Of course you need to check them often or a rotten apple

About 3 years ago I published a blog post about having antiques in the garden. If you are a gardener, as I am, and if you love antiques, as I do, you invariably start adding them to your plantings. There are lots of ways to use antiques in the garden - some antiques were always meant to be there, and others just look good among the plants. I started collecting photos of things that appeal to me in other people's gardens and I created a Pinterest board from them. You can se