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Six on Saturday 09. 04. 2022.
After a week of very cold, strong winds, thankfully they have now died down and it is far more pleasant working in the garden. During the week I was using the house to shelter me from the wind, depending on … Continue reading
Blink and you miss them!
I’m talking about the lovely dainty Erythroniums which grow in the woodland. They flower for such a short time, I’ve always said don’t go on holiday at this time of year otherwise you will miss their flowering altogether. They are … Continue reading
Six on Saturday 02. 04. 22
From T shirts back to winter jumpers and a gardening coat and I’m still cold when I go outside! I managed a bit of gardening yesterday, cutting back and weeding in the back gravel area so that I was sheltered … Continue reading
The long and the short of it.
Wandering around the garden yesterday, I was struck by how colourful half of it was, the other half looked terribly naked compared to the borders with all the bulbs and flowering shrubs. The naked half is where the borders were … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 26. 03. 22.
What a difference a week makes, a week of lovely warm sunshine. So much is now pushing up and starting to flower, but flowers that have been with me for a while are suddenly going over with all the unexpected … Continue reading
Six on Saturday 19. 3. 2022
We have had better weather this week except for Wednesday when once again it was torrential rain which made gardening totally impossible, I even rang the gardener and asked him not to come. Since then though it has been a … Continue reading
The rockery is waking up.
The rockery has had flowers blooming since January when some snowdrops started flowering alongside Rhododendron praecox. They were joined by quite a few hellebores in February and March now has the start of the daffodils alongside the hellebores. When planting … Continue reading
Six on Saturday 12.03.2022
Yesterday was a downpour of torrential proportions and later this afternoon it will be the same, if not worse because of the high winds that are forecast. My roof has now been fixed, new tiles on the front and back … Continue reading
A bit bruised and battered.
I’m talking about my Crocus tommasinianus growing in the back lawn. When they popped up this year I noticed that a lot had vanished, courtesy of the squirrel I assume, even though I planted my crocus with chilli flakes on … Continue reading
Goodbye February, Hello March.
The first of March is a cold, grey, dreary, windy, wet day, not a lot to make me want to dash out into the garden, but I did first thing to take my photos for this post. All the white … Continue reading