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The last few Flowers. GBBD.
It was a hard job to find some flowers to photograph for today’s Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, everywhere in the garden is so wet and everywhere looks a mess with plants collapsing all over the place. I went out with … Continue reading
Slowly, slowly.
Slowly, day by day, Acer Osakazuki is changing colour. It is taking such a long time this year, probably because it has stayed warm at night time for so long this year. It is just this last week that we … Continue reading
A wet end to October.
Apologies for being so late with my end of month view, it was written at the end of October but the gremlins have been at work again! Modern technology is fine when it is working properly, but when it goes … Continue reading
Colours of Autumn GBFD.
Gradually the colour green is draining away from some of the leaves in the garden. Underlying colours are starting to emerge as the garden prepares to have it’s final fling of the year. Usually we can rely on fantastic colours … Continue reading
Still flowering. GBBD October.
I managed to have a few minutes just walking round the garden the other day, so made the most of it and took some photos for GBBD. The garden is managing quite well without attention from me, the only problem … Continue reading
Leave of absence.
I’m afraid I will be missing for a while as the undergardener is now in hospital, so the garden and my blog will have to take a backseat.
Changing foliage in September GBFD.
The present sunny spell is lasting quite a long time. We had torrential rain last Friday which perked all the plants up, and now we are back to sunny days once more. September so far has been a very warm, … Continue reading
Still flowering for GBBD September.
September is halfway through already, it is darker in the evenings and there is definitely an air of autumn about the garden. Misty mornings which then turn into beautiful sunny days are the norm at the moment and will be … Continue reading
Lunch and a garden in Somerset.
We met up with a friend the other week who was making her way home from Dorset to Wales, at Margery Fish’s garden at East Lambrook Manor in Somerset. There is also a good pub opposite, The Rose and Crown, … Continue reading