Category Archives: seed sowing

In a Vase on Monday: Sweet

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Cathy

I have not allowed myself to sway from the original intention of using purely sweet peas in today’s vase: after all, they deserve it, brightening the greenhouse where they are grown and filling it with a sublime fragrance. For those … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: First Cosmos

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Cathy
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In a Vase on Monday: News of the Blues

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Cathy

It would be easy to think there was more blue around in the spring garden than at other times of the year, with muscari, forget-me-not, hyacinth, pulmonaria, brunnera, Anemone blanda and the like, with bluebells and aquilegia poised to join … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: Wisteria in Bud!

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Cathy

The buds on our wisteria are swelling nicely and in profusion…but sadly I am not the only one who has noticed, as you can see from the photo above… The blame rests, I am pretty sure, on the chunky shoulders … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: Damage Limitation

Posted on April 3, 2021 by Cathy

Thank you for all the comments about compost during the week; as with all garden problems, it is reassuring to know that many other bloggers have encountered poor quality compost at times too. Thankfully most of us in our blogging … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: They Keep on Coming

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Cathy

The woodland was planted in 2000 and a batch of probably 100 wood anemones were planted soon after – I might have said wood anemones, but in truth they were more like a small pile of broken twigs, for that … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: Something for Nothing…or Not Much

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Cathy

At the end of the 2019 season, our local garden centre heavily discounted all their remaining bulbs at the end of December; this season’s, however, were only reduced by 50% at New Year, so when I heard last weekend that … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: Mystery, Exotica and Miracles

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Cathy

I had forgotten how much I liked the colour of this hippeastrum, Red Lion, which always reminds me of red silk. This is the one I used to treat myself to each year if I hadn’t been presented with one … Continue reading →

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Ina Vase on Monday: the Zinnia’s ‘Excuse Me’

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Cathy

I was on my way to the cutting beds to pick dahlias for today’s vase but the zinnias (those project-tolerant ones) pushed their way in front of me and said ‘excuse me, but isn’t it our turn?’. How could I … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Dotty

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Cathy

Picking almost anything that took my fancy to fill today’s vase, I was thinking along the lines of  ‘Anything Goes’ for a title, although ‘Anything But the Kitchen Sink’ might have been more appropriate. When I came to choose a … Continue reading →

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