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Six on Saturday. 25.11.2023
At last, a dry week! I have managed quite a bit of raking the leaves which have come fluttering down rather quickly and had a few sessions in the woodland getting ready for snowdrops, some of which I have found … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 18.11.2023
Time once again for Six on Saturday, but not much work has been done in the garden due to more rain every day. The garden really is so sodden, walking on the grass just turns it into mud so I’m … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 25.02.2023.
After having a mild spell for a while, we are now starting another cold spell. Lots of new bulbs have popped up and I hope they don’t regret it! Snowdrops are still presenting well in the woodland, some of the … 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
Six on Saturday 8.1.2022
With one lovely sunny day on Wednesday , in a week of lots more rain, I was able to get into the garden and prepare the bed for snowdrop flowering which backs onto the woodland. It was a pleasure to … Continue reading
Plants for Free
That’s what I like, freebies, plants that don’t cost anything, that can fill an odd space here or there or if you’re doing a new bed, then they can fill the space between the permanent planting for now. They can … Continue reading
A Bit of Retail Therapy.
Having got my gardening mojo back at last, I felt the need of a bit of retail therapy! I took myself off to my local garden centre, Otter Nurseries, to see what they had on offer and found lots of … Continue reading
The sun shone for the snowdrops!
The forecast for yesterday was good, sunny but cold with the wind coming straight from the Arctic! I made some biscuits, baked a cake, bought some chocolate biscuits, hoovered, dusted and cleaned the loo, then sat back and waited for … Continue reading
It all starts again. GBBD January 2016.
In fact it doesn’t start again, it’s never stopped! Once again though, it is time for GBBD on the 15th of the month and this month has quite a few little beauties flowering at the moment. Until a few days … Continue reading