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Six on Saturday. 18.02.2023
What a difference 2 or 3 days and 2 degrees makes, I now have crocus popping up everywhere and opening for the bees, other little bulbs are popping up in the woodland and on the alpine scree, none of these … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 11/ 02/ 2023
Another week of freezing nights and mostly sunny days, a lot of the mornings have seen the snowdrops and hellebores collapsed to the ground, but by lunch time they are bright and perky, standing upright once more. I was getting … Continue reading
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Tagged Crocus, daphne, Galanthus, Iris reticulata, narcissus, Winter aconite
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Six on Saturday 12. 02. 22.
This last week seems to have rushed by and thank goodness I did manage to get some gardening done. I have been working hard in the woodland trying to get it ready for the snowdrop climax which I think will … Continue reading
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Tagged Crocus, eranthis, iris reticulata Sheila Ann, Leucojum, narcissus, rhododendron praecox
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Colour in the Woodland
After a freezing cold week followed by a week of torrential rain of biblical proportions, we now have warm sunshine! This has made the snowdrops and crocus open up and the woodland is buzzing, I couldn’t help but smile when … 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.
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!
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Tagged Crocus, Cyclamen, February bulbs, February flowers, narcissus, snowdrops
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A worm’s eye view.
First of all I would like to talk about photographing crocus, snowdrops or any small flower which only stands about 3 inches high. I have puzzled as to which is the best way to do it, either standing. but then … Continue reading
What a difference!
The snow has finally all gone, today the sun was shing and the sky a beautiful blue! At last I could get out and check on all my lovely winter flowers, no coat needed as it was nicely warm and … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaenomeles, Crocus, daphne, February flowers, Iris reticulata, narcissus, snowdrops
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What a difference a day makes!
I am amazed, the past few days have been the depths of winter, today it is bright sunshine, the birds are singing once more, the temperature is up to 10 C and the flowers are fine, definitely spring time!