Category Archives: fruit

Six on Saturday: Fruitful

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Cathy

After flowering non-stop since June, and still sporting an odd bloom, climbing rose ‘Parkdirektor Riggers’ is now covered in hips, creating a striking silhouette even against today’s grey sky. Such an undemanding rose, it is never deadheaded and will be … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: First Appleblossom

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Cathy
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The Eyes Have It: Six Spots, Patches and Circles on Saturday

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Cathy

Having finally given the Golfer permission to pick the rest of the apples, it now fell to me to Do Something with them – one of the less enjoyable seasonal tasks as we have never had anything other than a … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Promise

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Cathy
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Six on Saturday: at the Bottom of the Garden

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Cathy

Most of today’s Six are at the bottom of the garden, the ‘working end’ with the greenhouse, cutting beds and fruit cage, so in the absence of a theme or better title we have the unimaginative one above. I feel … Continue reading →

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Fresh and Furtive

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Cathy

After a wet morning, it turned into a bit of a blustery afternoon and, having missed a day of deadheading roses, the breeze seemed to do the job for me, removing both petals and, in some cases, complete heads. The … Continue reading →

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Just a Spadeful of Topsoil Helps a Project Along…

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Cathy

It must be a number of weeks since I mentioned the numerous projects that had suggested themselves since the summer and which have been ongoing ever since, in between other commitments. The last week or so has brought them close … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Like Baubles on a Christmas Tree

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Cathy
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A Medlar Experiment – and a Surprise!

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Cathy

I can assure you that the surprise was NOT that bletted medlars are the most delicious fruit I have ever tasted… However, I have now tasted (and when I say tasted I mean tentatively tried the teeniest bit on the … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: 94 Crab Apples

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Cathy
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