Author Archives: Pauline
Six on Saturday. 11.07.2026
I feel I’m fighting a losing battle with the weather and so is my garden. Everything is looking parched and very dry and I just can’t keep up with it all. I’m watering everything in pots that need watering in … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 4.7.2026
We have had a much cooler week this week, thank goodness, with just a couple of little showers that didn’t last very long so watering has had to be added to the list of early morning jobs to be done. … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 27.06.2026
What a week that was! So hot, so humid, so sticky, if I was awake at 5am, I got up and did my first session of gardening. At that time of the morning it was so wonderfully cool, just me … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 20.6.2026
Another week has flown by, a lot more weeds have been removed and even more deadheading has been done. With all the rain we have had, I’ve been spared watering as well, but seeing the forecast for the next week, … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 13.06.2026
After a week of mostly rain with just a bit of sunshine, it looks as though the weather will be improving slowly. I’m afraid circumstances got in the way of my blog and post last weekend, but hopefully this week … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 6.6.2026
Another week has flown by, this time a lot cooler and a lot of rain which was much needed. Photographing plants was a question of rushing out in between all the showers. In the past couple of weeks I have … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 30.5.2026
What a hot week it has been, I’m afraid far too hot for me, hopefully from today onwards it will be much cooler, which will be better for me and my plants. This hasn’t stopped my plants from flowering though, … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 23.05.2026
The rain has stopped and the sun has arrived with the temperatures rising, time for the plants to get used to a change! I will have to be out early, probably before breakfast, to be able to get any physical … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 16.05.2026.
I think we can say that we have had rather a mixed week weatherwise this last week, very strong winds, lots of rain and also lots of sunshine, although when I was working in the garden yesterday I had hailstones … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 09.05.2026
This week has been mainly dry, not what I was expecting from our weather forecasts, but it meant I could get on with much needed work in the garden this week, most days. More shrubs are coming into flower, making … Continue reading