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Category Archives: Autumn
Another Wordless Wednesday: Leaving November
* Please note, from next month the video link and its predecessors will only be available through this blog and not publicly on YouTube
Posted in Autumn, End of Month View, Gardening, Gardens, Winter
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In a Vase on Monday: Scaling the Heights
Nearly everything about this Monday vase changed during its production – some of the contents, the prop, the actual vase itself, although not the title, which was triggered by the original inspiration, crab apple Malus ‘Evereste’. Originally joining the crab … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: Zen
The simple but exquisite beauty of this chrysanthemum, ‘Kiyomi No Meisui’, is the ideal candidate to provide the focus for a meditation and summon up a sense of peace and relaxation. Positioned in a black glass ikebana dish, held in … Continue reading
Time On My Hands
At last I have had time on my hands to get out in the garden and get on with all those seasonal jobs, managing at least a couple of hours most afternoons this week – and what a difference it … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, composting, dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, greenhouse, pruning, Six on Saturday
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Wordless Wednesday: Red and Orange and Yellow and Green and…Amethyst?
Posted in Autumn, Gardens, trees, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged Hamamelis vernalis 'Amethyst'
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Six on Saturday: Seasonal Stuff
With our first proper frost just over a week ago there have been some dramatically seasonal changes in the garden, with any remaining leaves on the witch hazels quickly changing colour before they too drop off – the one above … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, composting, cutting beds, dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, Six on Saturday, Winter
Tagged frost
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In a Vase on Monday: Slow and Steady
Today’s vase is a single stem of greenhouse fantasy chrysanthemum ‘Salhouse Joy’, buds just breaking into bloom at the end of last month, enabling an appearance in the first vase of November. Growth has been slow and steady throughout the … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged flowers in a vase, greenhouse chrysanthemum
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End of Month View: the Clocks Go Back, and the Months Move Forward
Anticipating a wet day today, I took the photographs and video for this end of month post yesterday, a good move as we had some really heavy rain this morning – it was barely light until late morning but then … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, End of Month View, Gardening, Gardens
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Rambling in the Garden 