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Category Archives: Six on Saturday
Six on Saturday: No Room at the Inn
As I move towards the end of seed sowing for this time of the year, I am increasingly aware of the demands on space in the working greenhouse. So far, I have sown over 60 different seeds since January, with … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, greenhouse, seasonal tasks, seed sowing, Six on Saturday
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Six on Saturday: Down to the Nitty Gritty
With our February garden opening and a visit to my Mum out of the way, there has finally been an opportunity to catch up on outstanding ‘winter’ tasks, many of which had been postponed due to the ground being frozen … Continue reading
Posted in composting, Gardens, pruning, seasonal tasks, seed sowing, Six on Saturday, snowdrops
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Six on Saturday: What a Difference a Day Makes…
Well, a few days that is, as a short visit north to my Mum’s meant I didn’t see the garden for a little while and, my goodness, how it had changed when we got back! To other eyes the changes … Continue reading
Posted in early spring, Gardening, Gardens, Six on Saturday, winter interest
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Six on Saturday: Gearing Up
With our open garden tomorrow, I wasn’t sure if I would have time to prepare a Six on Saturday post for Jim’s weekly meme at Garden Ruminations. However, I have been busy today with all the remaining tasks that can … Continue reading
Six on Saturday: When is a Snowdrop Not a Snowdrop?
…when it’s a snowflake, or Leucojum, probably L vernalis as this one is quite short in stature, unlike the taller and slightly later L aestivum. Often mistaken for snowdrops by those with more limited plant knowledge, they are commonly known … Continue reading
Six on Saturday: More Bewitching
I am fortunate to have a number of witch hazels in the garden and this year, for some reason, given the summer drought and severe pre-Christmas freeze, most of them are flowering better and more profusely than ever before. You … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, open gardens, projects, Six on Saturday, snowdrops, Winter, winter interest, woodland
Tagged opening a garden for the NGS, snowdrops, witch hazel
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Six on Saturday: Timetables
With only 3 weeks to go till we open the garden for ‘snowdrops, witch hazels, hellebores and other plants of winter interest’, it is still far from clear what plants of winter interest will be in flower by then. We … Continue reading
Six on Saturday: Best Exotic
After Christmas, I commissioned The Golfer to build the framework of a bug hotel, which has duly been completed and erected. Everything has been recycled (no, I tell a lie – the slate roof was made from a roofing tile … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, seed sowing, Six on Saturday, winter interest
Tagged bug hotel
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Six on Saturday: Itsy Bitsy
Try as I might, I just could not establish any sort of theme for today’s Six on Saturday, the meme kindly hosted by ruminating garden blogger, Jim, so it’s a real itsy bitsy hotchpotch, starting with the first primroses blooming, … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, herbaceous perennials, Six on Saturday, snowdrops
Tagged hellebores, witch hazels
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Six on Saturday: Labour Bears Fruit
With Christmas ‘out of the way’ and rather milder and drier weather, I have easily spent more hours in the garden this last week than in the whole of the rest of December put together, systematically ticking off a number … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Gardening, Gardens, seasonal tasks, Six on Saturday, Winter, winter interest
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Rambling in the Garden 