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Six on Saturday: A Week and More of Flowers
Blogging friend Cathy of Words and Herbs needed something to cheer herself up and, guessing that others might be feeling the same, suggested that from Sunday the 22nd through to Saturday the 28th of November we shared one or more … Continue reading
Posted in A week of flowers, composting, cutting beds, Gardening, Gardens, greenhouse, Six on Saturday, snowdrops
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Six on Saturday: Always Something to Do
Hairdressers and barbers may now be closed again here in England due to Lockdown #2, but trimming of the hedge still continues, and the Golfer has moved on to the section that needs most work, that behind the special snowdrop … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, cutting beds, dahlias, garden pests, Gardening, Gardens, Six on Saturday, snowdrops
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End of a Leafy Month View
October has been an increasingly leafy month and a wet one too, with our weather monitor telling us it has been the wettest month of the year so far, with 140mm of rain (5.5inches). Unlike February which was nearly as … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, cutting beds, dahlias, End of Month View, Gardening, Gardens, greenhouse, Weather
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Still Blooming After All This Time
Without a fixed date of posting top blooms each month, it becomes a random combination of when I think about it and when I have the time, in or around the third or fourth week, but it continues to form … Continue reading
Best of the August Bunch
For some time, Chloris of My Blooming Garden has been hosting a meme celebrating the Top Ten blooms each month; it is often difficult to pick just ten, to avoid both repetition and featuring several varieties of the same species, … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, dahlias, Garden Bloggers Blooms Day, Gardening, Gardens, herbaceous perennials
Tagged Chelsea chop
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In a Vase on Monday: Cherry Brandy
Rudbeckia ‘Cherry Brandy’ doesn’t seem to be as reliable as other annual rudbeckia, and germination can be poor, but they are dark and dramatic and make a real statement in a good year. I only managed to produce a couple … Continue reading
Posted in annuals, cutting beds, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged Japanese painted fern, Rudbeckia 'Cherry Brandy'
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Six on Saturday: Busy!
As the globes of echinops begin to colour up they become a magnet for bees – but this busy bee was dining alone, his friends perhaps still being reluctant to dine out. Us humans have been busy this week too, … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, garden structure, Gardening, Gardens, projects, Six on Saturday
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In a Vase on Monday: In Memory of the Purple People Eater
In the dim and distant pre-lockdown past, when Thursdays were Grannie Days and I looked after Younger Daughter’s two children, our afternoon routine was sleep (them), walk, refreshment (“cake..!” went the plaintive cry) and then play till hometime accompanied by … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged Caithness Glass
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Six on Saturday: Yellows
I decided, for want of anything else grabbing my attention, to share six yellow blooms from my garden as part of Jon the Propagator’s weekly meme – but then struggled to find six, nearly having to resort to half of … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, Six on Saturday
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