David Marsden

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• A Walk About The Priory

  

  All that heat and all that rain has allowed the grass to romp away.  It has been growing so quickly that ideally I should’ve been mowing it twice a week. Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Priory Picture Post # 9

  

  Helenium Moerheim Beauty " data-image-title="DSC_0080" data-orig-file="https://theanxiousgardener.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dsc_00803.jpg"... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Mini-Me Meadows

  

  South of the river and north of the house, there is a big expanse of grass and flowers and life that I like to walk around at least twice a day.  It’s a nice... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Humming-Bird Hawk-Moth

  

  About four years ago, whilst walking around my garden, I saw my first Humming-Bird Hawk-Moth (Macroglossum stellatarum).  It was early evening and it was feedin... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Priory Picture Post # 8

  

  Seed head of Stipa gigantea " data-image-title="DSC_0054" data-orig-file="https://theanxiousgardener.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc_00544.jpg"... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• The Poppy and The Bee

  

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  Posted on 25 June 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• After The Rain

  

  Following on from a very dry April and May, June has ushered in cooler weather and sporadic heavy showers.  Hoorah!  (I’m such a killjoy).  After one such... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• At Home With The Girls

  

  Jim and I recently took possession of three chickens; Rhoda, Isla and Red.  They had come to the end of their productive egg-laying farm life and were to be mad... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Priory Picture Post # 7

  

  The flowers of Echeveria albicans.  Looking good enough to eat – though they are probably horribly poisonous. ooOoo These last few days, I have been smugly... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Hubris and Angelica. And Wasps.

  

  A few weeks ago, all puffed up and pleased with myself, I wittered on about my Crambe cordifolia flowering for the first time. (See ‘I’m So Excited’). It’s up. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Priory Picture Post # 6

  

  A day or two ago, as I walked through the meadow, my eye caught a tiny splash of pink. I was smitten but also totally flummoxed as to it’s identity. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• The Flower Meadow …

  

  … isn’t something that the owner of the house asked for.  Rather it was something that I foisted upon him.  I couldn’t not.  As soon as I saw that flat expanse... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Priory Picture Post # 5

  

  Ladybird on Alchemilla mollis " data-image-title="DSC_0419" data-orig-file="https://theanxiousgardener.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dsc_04191.jpg"... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Priory Picture Post # 4

  

  Cow parsley (nothing to do with cows) is beginning to get established in the meadow.  And very welcome it is too.  It is just going over; you can see that... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• The Greenhouse …

  

  … sits at the highest point of the garden (if there’s a strong north wind and I stand on tiptoe, I can get mobile reception up here.  Sometimes).  It is here... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Priory Picture Post # 2

  

  Striking little fella isn’t he:Blue Damselfly " data-image-title="DSC_0156"... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• The Rock Border

  

  In the long borders,alliums have taken over mass-flowering duty from the tulips;and fine and dandy they look too.  They have multiplied tremendously in the two... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Blog Logo: 2nd Attempt

  

  Regular readers will remember that I was toying with the idea of a blog logo. My first attempt looked like it might be more appropriate on a butcher’s blog... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Priory Picture Post # 1

  

  I take many photos of The Priory; and often I’ll end up with a nice shot of something or other which won’t necessarily fit into a ‘post story. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Sheesh. I Don’t Know Why I Bother

  

  I was delighted to read on the excellent Hazeltree blog recently that a pair of robins were nesting on a shelf, in a shed. Behind a couple of pots of paint.... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2011 GARDENING, HOME