Category Archives: trees

Wordless Wednesday: Rochester, the First

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Cathy
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, trees, Winter, winter interest | Tagged | 6 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: Red and Orange and Yellow and Green and…Amethyst?

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Cathy
Posted in Autumn, Gardens, trees, Wordless Wednesday | Tagged | 2 Comments

Six on Saturday: Another One Bites the Dust…

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Cathy

Well, another two really, as these two silver birches were felled a couple of weeks ago by Tom, Tom, the Lumberjack’s son, our friendly young tree surgeon, the Golfer having erred on the side of caution and decided he was … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Gardens, Six on Saturday, trees | 8 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: Beech Body Ready

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Cathy
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, trees, Wordless Wednesday | Tagged | 13 Comments

Let There Be Light…

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Cathy

…and there was light, once the oak tree had been cut down to size. Having been planted in what I called the woodland edge border, the plants underneath the canopy can all cope with a certain amount of shade, but … Continue reading →

Posted in garden structure, Gardening, Gardens, trees | 5 Comments

A Bit of Forestry, Part Two: the Path Less Travelled

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Cathy

Less than a month ago, blogging friend Chloris from The Blooming Garden happened to mention, when talking about projects, that she had been having fun uncovering a hidden overgrown brick path. This sounded an exciting discovery and reminded me of … Continue reading →

Posted in garden structure, Gardening, Gardens, projects, trees, woodland | 15 Comments

A Bit of Forestry, Part One

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Cathy

It was Chloris who, on seeing some of the evidence from my busy Six on Saturday post, suggested that we might be doing ‘a bit of forestry’, and yes, she was right. Now, we all know that ‘mighty oaks from … Continue reading →

Posted in garden structure, Gardening, Gardens, projects, trees | Tagged | 11 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: Tracery

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Cathy
Posted in trees | Tagged | 4 Comments

In a Vase on Monday: Calming Ciara With Zen

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Cathy

The UK has been having a battering from Storm Ciara, with high winds and, at times, torrential rain, causing all sorts of damage and localised flash flooding (and worse, I hear later, having written the post on Sunday). Our garden … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday, trees | Tagged , , , , | 39 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: See Where She Comes Apparelled Like the Spring

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Cathy
Posted in Gardens, trees, Wordless Wednesday | Tagged , , | 10 Comments