Category Archives: Spring

End of Month View: Green With a Touch of Colour

Posted on May 31, 2018 by

In this period between spring and summer one could easily be swallowed up by the green leafiness of the garden; green is such a soothing colour and the abundance of greenery must surely provide an environment not only for healing … Continue reading →

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Top May Blooms: a Recurring Theme

Posted on May 20, 2018 by

The wisteria may be a little half-hearted this year having suffered, I think, from the cold northerly winds we had in March, but elsewhere in the garden things are definitely hotting up – and with a recurring theme. Chloris of … Continue reading →

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Full Steam Ahead

Posted on May 13, 2018 by

Apart from a couple of hours at a steam event literally just down the road from us I have spent virtually all my ‘free’ time recently working on the garden. This still doesn’t amount to very many hours and for … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Victoria and Susan Have No Secrets

Posted on May 7, 2018 by

The three plummy purple parrot tulips in this first vase of May are Victoria’s Secret and it is certainly no secret how gorgeous they are, and as they have reappeared for at least three years I am especially pleased to … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Apple Blossom

Posted on May 2, 2018 by
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In A Vase on Monday: Big Skies

Posted on April 2, 2018 by

Up at my Mum’s for a few days, I have but a simple and brief offering today: a vase of daffodils, plucked from a bed normally overgrown with reeds and hogweed where they are currently the only visible occupants. Not … Continue reading →

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End of Month View: Happy Times!

Posted on March 31, 2018 by

There are many things in the garden that are bringing happiness at the end of March, a greenhouse full of seedlings being one of them. I don’t think my list of sowings (under the Sowings Record tab above) is quite … Continue reading →

Posted in End of Month View, garden structure, Gardening, Gardens, projects, Spring | 14 Comments