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Sun at last. GBBD March 2020.
We have enjoyed a few lovely sunny days with just a few wintry showers lately, is this the beginning of the end of all our dreadful rain, I wonder? I hope so. The wind recently has been very cold coming … Continue reading
Welcome to March.
March, a new month, but will the weather be any better, time will tell. It is impossible to walk round my garden and has been for weeks, if not months now. everywhere is so saturated and standing water is everywhere. … Continue reading
Top Ten for 23rd February 2020.
I was rather spoilt for choice when I went to take my photos for today’s post, did I photograph different families of plants or stick to one family, showing 10 different varieties? Having shown everything on the 15th of the … Continue reading
Cheerful Tommies.
All the crocus in the garden are well and truly battered by our recent storms. This is when I am so pleased that I potted up loads of Crocus tommasinianus and kept them in the unheated conservatory.
The Menace for GBBD February 2020
I made the most of an opportunity of quieter weather yesterday to nip out into the garden and take my photos for todays post. Our latest storm, Storm Dennis, arrived overnight and once more the wind is howling through the … Continue reading
Paddling in the garden.
We are used to the rain here in the UK, but not of such biblical proportions! Talk about non stop rain, day after day after day, when will it all stop we are asking, but there is no respite on … Continue reading
The calm before another storm.
Having been warned that there is another large storm heading across the Atlantic towards us, I made the most of a nice sunny day to take some photos before the storm hits us and maybe flattens everything!
January drops and other friends.
Once again I am in my element, wandering through my little woodland each day, looking at all the snowdrops that are flowering at the moment. We have had so much rain over the last month, the rest of the garden … Continue reading
Beating Brendan for GBBD
On Monday, our first named storm of the winter arrived, Brendan was roaring through my trees, trying to create havoc, a wander through the woodland to see if any damage has been done will be necessary as soon as I … Continue reading
A new decade.
What will this new decade bring I wonder, there are bound to be changes, hopefully for the good of all. Will there be changes in the garden here, hopefully not many, just the planting that needs improving in places. The … Continue reading