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In a Vase on Monday: Turn That Frown Upside Down…
It was fairly late in the day yesterday when I prepared my vase, having attended a long lunch with other National Garden Scheme garden owners in Staffordshire, Birmingham & part of the West Midlands and picked up our posters and … Continue reading
Never Mind the Weather, Never Mind the Rain
Never mind the weather, never mind the rain Now that we’re together, whoops she goes again La-di-da-di-da, la-di-da-di-de All good pals and jolly good company I gave up looking at the weather forecast for the day of our garden opening … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, open gardens, winter interest
Tagged opening a garden for the NGS
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In a Vase on Monday: Simple
I occasionally get mild dermatitis and tend to make a point of using toiletries for sensitive skin, which is why we have the rather bizarre prop of a bar of soap to accompany this very simple vase, in itself a … Continue reading
Posted in early spring, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, open gardens, Winter, winter interest
Tagged flowers in a vase
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Six on Saturday: Woe is Me!
…. not me, but the Lanky Lodger, whom I found sprawled out on his bench earlier in the week. wailing and gnashing his teeth. Sadly, he has proved to be a short-lived sculpture, despite the number of coats of primer … Continue reading
Six on Saturday: Busy, Busy
Unlike this pristine Camellia japonica ‘Nobilissima’, a solitary bloom on this bush now freed from the encroachment of an adjacent hedge and currently busy doing nothing, I have been busy busy with little jobs on a non-diminishing job list, as … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, open gardens, Six on Saturday
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Six on Saturday, Mostly Inconsistent
January seems to be have been unusually overcast with only a few days offering any blue sky or noticeable sunshine, and it will be interesting to compare the final output of our solar panels with those of previous Januarys. The … Continue reading
Six on Saturday: All Systems Go?
It’s probably another 6 months until the garden is looking anything like it does in the lovely picture painted for me by lovely Elder Daughter, but now that I have had it framed I can hang it on the wall … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, open gardens, Six on Saturday, winter interest
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All Done…
Tuesday afternoon saw the last of our gardening openings for this year, with a group visit from a local gardening club. The group had actually booked to visit last year but Covid put paid to that, so I was pleased … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, open gardens, Visiting gardens & days out
Tagged NGS, opening a garden for the NGS
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And Oh! The Roses…
Behind the gate Are surprises, Something different Around every corner. And oh! The roses… A feast for the eyes. Cup of tea please. The sweet peas are early. A magical experience, Delightfully quirky. Everything’s late. Welcome! Have you Been before? … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: Apricots
Just a very quick vase post from me this Monday, with a quickly snipped clutch of Rosa ‘Lady Emma Hamilton’ and foliage from the ‘devil’s plant’ (symphoricarpos) that I expended a lot of energy trying to remove from the hedge. … Continue reading
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