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Six on Saturday. 30.9.2023
Another month gone in the blink of an eye and still so much to do in the garden getting ready for the winter.Yesterday I spent quite some time covering benches and carvings and bringing seats and smaller carvings into the … Continue reading
Six on Saturday, 17. 09. 2022
After an historically momentous week here in the UK , I feel that I’m ready to get back to normal and tackle SOS once again. Lets face it, I can remember the late King dying ( I was 9 yrs … Continue reading
Six on Saturday 2.10.21
The weather this week has been very variable, some days lovely and warm and sunny, others torrential rain of biblical proportions, making me wonder whether to get the plans out and be ready to build an ark! Today it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Arum, Asters, Cornus, Honeysuckle, hydrangea, Myrtus communis, Solidago
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Six on Saturday 18.09.21
We have had a week that has been drier than forecast and also with more sunshine than expected. The trees are beginning to change colour and some leaves are starting to fall. The sun is lower in the sky and … Continue reading
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Tagged Asters, Eupatorium purpureum atropurpureum, Ivy, Miscanthus malepartus oa, Rhododendron buds
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Deja vu.
At this time last year we had decided to visit Picton Garden and Old Court Nurseries in Worcestershire, in the last week of September. Unfortunately fate stepped in, as this was when the undergardener was rushed into hospital. Last week, … Continue reading
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Tagged Asters, autumn flowers, Michaelmas daisies, National Collection of Asters, Old Court Nurseries, Picton Garden
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GBBD. Flowers for October.
When I first came downstairs this morning and looked out of the kitchen window, there was a wonderful sunrise to greet me.
Our holiday garden.
As with Sussex Prairies, years ago, I had read in various magazines and seen on TV, a house and garden on the Isle of Wight which also had a cottage in the garden which you can rent and also have … Continue reading
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Tagged Asters, bananas, cannas, dahlias, Haddon Lake House and Garden, Isle of White, phormium, tree ferns, tropical planting
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Where has August gone.
The month of August seems to have flown by with not much gardening getting done, due to the heat. The small amount of rain that we have had, has made no difference at all to the overall look of the … Continue reading
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Tagged agapanthus, Asters, bee and butterfly plants, bees, buddleia, butterflies, crocosmia, eupatorium, Evening primrose, kniphofia, Lilies, Penstemon, Rudbeckia, summer flowers, verbena bonariensis
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