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• Six on Saturday – Irises

  

  As ever I'm late to the party but yesterday was such a nice day I decided to delay sitting at the laptop until this morning and I'm pleased I did as the sky is... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• In a Vase on Monday – Late Spring

  

  I was inspired by a couple of beautiful feeds on Instagram (@simplybyarrangement @kreettakreetta and @derletztewolf) to pick some late spring flowers from the... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View April 2021

  

  One of the positive outcomes of being working from home and my son being furloughed is that various jobs we have spoken about for a while are getting done. A... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• The Front Garden – Bringing Joy

  

  I love my Front Garden at the moment. I love the vibrancy of the acid yellow Euphorbia and the purple honesty. I love the way the breeze, or wind today,... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Six on Saturday – After the Rain

  

  I've been moving a lot of plants around over the last couple of weeks partly to clear the Big Border for edibles but also to address some of the plants that hav... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• The Little Veg Bed

  

  Finally, got around to writing this blog post about my gardening exploits this past weekend. The weather was delightful, dry and sunny and it was the perfect... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View – March 2020

  

  It is ages since I posted an End of Month View post. I have been hosting this meme for something like 10 years and I think that I just ran out of steam. But no... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Edibles Again

  

  Some eight years ago I made the decision to give up on veg growing and gave up my allotment. It had been a love/hate relationship from the start for a whole... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Tread Lightly

  

  "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Madeira – the Verdant Island

  

  I'm on a much anticipated holiday in Madeira. It goes without saying that it is tinged with anxiety about COVID-19. It appears that anyone arriving tomorrow wil... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• A Fresh Perspective

  

  My head is buzzing with ideas, one idea bouncing off another and taking my gardening thoughts in another direction. It takes me back, two, three years ago or... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Sometimes You Have to Walk Away…..

  

  .....in order to see something with fresh eyes and a new purpose and this is exactly where I am with my garden and this blog. The persistent reader will have... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Six on Saturday 27-7-19 – Mid-Summer Bulbs

  

  Agapanthus Alan Street (?)Such a relief this morning to wake up to persistent rain after the heat of the past week.  The garden has stood up reasonably well to... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• A Dream of an Herbaceous Border

  

  I spent most of last week trundling around Yorkshire with a large group of friends indulging in visiting gardens, plant buying and eating cake – what’s not to... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Six on Saturday 20/7/19 – A Soggy Interlude

  

  Dahlia Little RobertI’ve been away for a week visiting gardens in Yorkshire, very inspiring and I will probably share my thoughts and images with you soon. Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Six on Saturday – 13th July 2019 – Boundaries

  

  My six this weekend are all about the boundaries because I am celebrating getting my privacy back.  Long term readers of this blog will know that my old... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Visit – the Birthplace of Crocus

  

  Last weekend I had the delight of visiting Brockhampton Cottage, near Ross on Wye with a group of friends from Hardy Plant Society. Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Six on Saturday 6th July 2019 – Summer Bulbs

  

  Lillium ElodieI have a passion for bulbs, as well as ferns and some other groups of plants, but bulbs I really love.  I love that there is so much energy and... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Six on Saturday 29th June 2019 – Roses

  

  Rose ‘Jude the Obscure’Its far too hot to spend time in the garden today, the patio thermometer is showing 36C although it is fair to say that is probably a... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Take One Aeonium….

  

  Take one group of overgrown leggy aeoniums add…a pile of old terracotta pots anda few trugs of sandy gritty compost and you geta whole load of aeoniums which I... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2019 GARDENING, HOME