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Welcome February 2023.
The weather this last week has been milder, thank goodness and working in the woodland, in the sunshine, has been an absolute pleasure. I finally got all the leaves cleared from where the special snowdrops are planted, pulled up miles … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaenomeles, Cyclamen coum, Galanthus, Hellebore, Iris reticulata, Iris unguicularis
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Six on Saturday. 14.01.2023.
What a lovely day yesterday was, after a week of almost non stop rain. I made a start on tackling all the leaves that are down in the woodland, clearing away the worst from round all my special snowdrops so … Continue reading
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Tagged cardamine pratensis, Cyclamen coum, garrya elliptica, Hellebore, Iris reticulata Pauline., Primula denticulata
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Six on Saturday plus a few more. 31. 12. 2022
This post will be done in bits and pieces between my son and DIL going back home from here after Christmas and me coming back from a couple of days with the rest of my family in Bristol. I’m finding … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaenomeles, Hellebore, Iris unguicularis, primrose, snowdrops, Viburnum Dawn
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Six on Saturday 22.01.22
Another crisp week with frost each night and mainly sunshine most days. It has been very pleasant working in the woodland raking yet more leaves up so that I can see my snowdrops, some days even without my gardening coat. … Continue reading
Six on Saturday 15.1.22
The weather this week is more like January should be, frosty at night time and lovely sunshine during the day. Some days it has hardly risen above freezing which to me means that I stay inside where it is nice … 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
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Tagged camellia, claytonia, false oxlips, forget me nots, foxgloves, Hellebore, Hosta, narcissus, snowdrops
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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
Away from home.
Having just returned home from a few days near London with our son and dil, which followed a few days in Bristol over Christmas with our daughter and family, I need to catch up with the garden, the house and … Continue reading
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Tagged camellia, Hellebore, January flowers, muscari, Sunbury Embroiderers, Sunbury-on-Thames, Witch hazel
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Brave hearts, all of them!
The garden at the moment is in a state of suspended animation. A few weeks ago we had one or two sunny days, everything started growing, sending out new shoots, and then arctic winds from Russia came and burnt everything. … Continue reading
Spring lasted for 2 days!
Spring was lovely while it lasted, all of 2 days! What a difference it made, to be able to garden without a jacket, feeling the warm sunshine on your back with the birds singing away proclaiming their territory and the … Continue reading
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Tagged cardamine, Chaenomeles, corydalis, cowslip, Crocus, euphorbia, frogspawn, Hellebore, narcissus, primulas, pulmonaria, snowdrops, Witch hazel, ypsilandra
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