Category Archives: News
Six on Saturday 14. 05. 2022
Another week gone by, more weeds have been pulled, more plants planted and a lot of rain came on Wednesday so I had a rest from watering! Everything is growing at an alarming rate, I just wish I could keep … Continue reading
A mixed bag for May.
We are having some very welcome rain today after another dry spell, the plants and I are very grateful, I won’t have to get the watering can out for a couple of days , thank goodness, my back will appreciate … Continue reading
Six on Saturday 7.5.22
A week gone of May already, a sunny, dry week so that lots of gardening has been done, one day of gentle rain so lots of weeds have been pulled out and I now think I need a rest! There … Continue reading
Battling the Bog
Not a battle really, more a minor skirmish. I have just finished getting the rockery sorted and then went on to weed the back border between the garden and the woodland. I then thought that the next area to flower … Continue reading
Six on Saturday 30. 4. 22
Another sunny week has passed but with bitterly cold winds until yesterday when there was hardly any breeze at all, such a change, but still no rain. Hopefully we will have some rain tomorrow so I might get a rest … Continue reading
Time for Molly
My “go to plant” at the moment is Peony mlokosewitchii which is by the front drive. For quite some time she has been in tight bud, then all of a sudden when we had a warm, sunny day, she opened, … Continue reading
Six on Saturday 23.04.2022
Another week has passed, another week of sunshine with one or two showers, but not enough showers to keep plants happy that I have just planted, so its out with the watering can once more. Lots more plants are starting … Continue reading
Rockery progress report.
The rockery is starting to look as I imagined it would when I first thought about replanting it a few years ago when large shrubs were removed. It has taken time for new little shrubs to settle in and start … Continue reading
Six on Saturday 16.04.22
Over the last week temperatures have been gradually rising until yesterday, when suddenly they shot up and we were into summer with the temperatures rising higher than ever. Yesterday started off with thick fog and mist and it is the … Continue reading
Better for you than a stick of rock.
Tiny tulip Peppermint Stick is just the colour of a stick of rock, the same pink outside with white inside. Coming from the north west and living on the coast, shops selling rock were plentiful, but unlike rock, T. Peppermint … Continue reading