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Yearly Archives: 2023
Six on Saturday. 25.11.2023
At last, a dry week! I have managed quite a bit of raking the leaves which have come fluttering down rather quickly and had a few sessions in the woodland getting ready for snowdrops, some of which I have found … Continue reading
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Tagged Acer seeds, camellia, Campanula poscharskyana, Iris unguicularis, snowdrops, wisteria
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Six on Saturday. 18.11.2023
Time once again for Six on Saturday, but not much work has been done in the garden due to more rain every day. The garden really is so sodden, walking on the grass just turns it into mud so I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Aesculus, camellia, Geranium Rozanne, Iris unguicularis, mahonia Charity, Rosa Graham Thomas
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Six on Saturday. 11.11.2023.
Hopefully this will work after a fraught time with my laptop being clogged up with photos. Thankfully my lovely daughter visited from Bristol yesterday and moved to a hard drive, would you believe, over 31,000 photos, no wonder my laptop … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 28.10.23
Another week of sunshine and rain, with more rain I think than sunshine. In spite of this I have managed a fair amount of gardening, cutting back, potting up more bulbs, planting plants and photographing plants ready for today. The … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 21.10.2023
After another week of rain, when the gardener couldn’t come and cut the grass, plants are still coping, flowering as usual, the threatened frost didn’t arrive here in this part of Devon, so everything is carrying on as normal. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherry tree, hardy geraniums, Iris foetidissima, Iris unguicularis, Michaelmas daisy, Salvia
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Six on Saturday. 14.10.2023
Even though its getting darker and colder, although yesterday was so warm,20C, there are still things to see in the garden that make me smile as I have my daily wander. We had a yellow flood warning for yesterday, but … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 7.10.2023
Sunshine and more sunshine and still more to come over the weekend and next week, an Indian summer for us and our plants to enjoy. Why though, is the only rain forecast, going to be on the day when the … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 30.9.2023
Another month gone in the blink of an eye and still so much to do in the garden getting ready for the winter.Yesterday I spent quite some time covering benches and carvings and bringing seats and smaller carvings into the … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 23.9.2023
When I started thinking about photographs to take for this weeks offering, I thought I wouldn’t find much at all after the weather that we have had this week. Going back to last Sunday was like living inside a waterfall! … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeonium schwarzkopf, Black leaved Elder, Conkers, Nerine bowdenii, sedum, Viburnum plicatum Mariesii
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Six on Saturday. 16.9.2023
Another lovely sunny week, some days starting off rather misty, as they do in September, but the sun came shining through in the end. I feel it is going to be all change from today, lots of rain is forecast … Continue reading
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Tagged Colchicum, cyclamen hederifolium, Hawthorn, Pampas grass, Solidago fireworks, Trachelospermum Jasminoides
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