Category Archives: Autumn

Six on Saturday: Always Something to Do

Posted on November 7, 2020 by

Hairdressers and barbers may now be closed again here in England due to Lockdown #2, but trimming of the hedge still continues, and the Golfer has moved on to the section that needs most work, that behind the special snowdrop … Continue reading →

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End of a Leafy Month View

Posted on November 1, 2020 by

October has been an increasingly leafy month and a wet one too, with our weather monitor telling us it has been the wettest month of the year so far, with 140mm of rain (5.5inches). Unlike February which was nearly as … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: Silhouettes and Structures

Posted on October 31, 2020 by

A wet and windy Saturday will no doubt add to the increasing accumulation of leaves around the garden, but if the rain eases off I might begin sweeping later in the day, bagging leaves to provide the anticipated leaf mould … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Come Inside…

Posted on October 21, 2020 by
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Six on Saturday: Getting Stuck In

Posted on October 17, 2020 by

A dry day and an absence of other commitments have meant a start to some of those seasonal jobs that weigh on put minds for weeks if we don’t get stuck in when we have the chance. Here, the Golfer … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Autumn Promise

Posted on September 30, 2020 by
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Six on Saturday: Disgraceful!

Posted on September 26, 2020 by

As autumn progresses, it brings with it a range of changes within the garden as annuals turn up their toes, herbaceous plants cast off their earlier finery and trees don their autumn outfits before casting them off like an eager … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: the First and the Last

Posted on November 9, 2019 by

Well, the last will be first for this Six on Saturday post, as temperatures down to minus 2°C last night will sadly have seen off the dahlias for this year. The photograph was taken quite early in the day but … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Clara, Dorothy and Phyllis Come to Tea

Posted on November 4, 2019 by

I am sure I have brought other lovelies to tea on a previous Monday morning, but today it is the turn of Dahlia ‘Dorothy Rose’, Chrysanthemum ‘Clara Curtis’ and Salvia ‘Phyllis Fancy’, nipped at their heels by Antirrhinum ‘Liberty Classic … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: Autumn Colours

Posted on October 19, 2019 by

Despite shorter days, increasingly cooler nights and the impending likelihood of the first frosts, the garden continues to provide a succession of ‘wow’ moments as autumn takes its brush and repaints it in its own choice of colours. The initial … Continue reading →

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