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Flowers for August GBBD.
August has been a very dry month for us in the SW corner of England and the plants are suffering from the lack of rain. We have thunderstorms forecast for later in the week, so hopefully that will make a … Continue reading
Musical chairs and the dilemma with the US. treasury!
Originally we incorporated four sitting areas into the garden when we were planning the garden out 25 yrs ago. The first area was outside the back door where we had a wooden table, bench and single chair. The second area … Continue reading
To Move or not to Move, that is the question.
This day has come much sooner than I expected, I was hoping that we would have another 10 yrs maybe in this house, before the garden got too big for us to manage.
July foliage GBFD, 2016.
Our heatwave is over – thank goodness! My plants and I were wilting before the rain and lower temperatures came and rescued us both. The air is now so much fresher and plants are once again standing proud and looking … Continue reading
Makeover for the gravel garden.
The gravel area, tucked away at the back of the house, next to the hedge between us and next door, was looking the worse for wear and was in desperate need of a makeover. Up until now, it has mainly … Continue reading
July Abundance GBBD.
It was a difficult decision which flowers to chose for this month’s Bloom Day, as there is so much flowering in the garden at the moment.We have had quite a lot of rain during June and July, which has made … Continue reading
Celebrations in the air!
We have an Ash tree in the back garden which has a rose and a clematis climbing up in amongst the branches. The Montana clematis flowers mainly in June and was planted to mark our son’s wedding quite a few … Continue reading
Little and Large.
One minute we have large birds fighting over the feeders and the next there is so much twittering from one of the smallest birds that we have here, well, they would be if they didn’t have such long tails! First … Continue reading
Raindrops keep falling!
We have had so much rain over the last couple of weeks, sometimes torrential, sometimes just a light sprinkling with sun in between the showers. One morning when I was up nice and early, the raindrops were twinkling in the … Continue reading
A mixed bag for June.
This post is mainly an update on various recent posts, starting with our family of Great Spotted Woodpeckers. It didn’t take long for the youngster to learn how to feed from the peanut feeder, now there is no stopping him/her, … Continue reading