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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
All Done…
Tuesday afternoon saw the last of our gardening openings for this year, with a group visit from a local gardening club. The group had actually booked to visit last year but Covid put paid to that, so I was pleased … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, open gardens, Visiting gardens & days out
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Six on Saturday: After the Whirlwind
At 10.30 this morning 29 members of the West Yorkshire Hardy Plant Society (HPS) filed down the side of our house and into the garden; an hour and 101 questions later they were gone, on their way to Devon for … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Gardens, herbaceous perennials, Six on Saturday
Tagged opening a garden for the NGS
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And Oh! The Roses…
Behind the gate Are surprises, Something different Around every corner. And oh! The roses… A feast for the eyes. Cup of tea please. The sweet peas are early. A magical experience, Delightfully quirky. Everything’s late. Welcome! Have you Been before? … Continue reading
In Six Jam Jars on Sunday (aka IAVOM)
Another brief post from me, but I am sure that opening our garden twice in the last few days is a good enough excuse, if an excuse was needed! I will feedback in due course, probably after our big group … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged flowers in a vase, opening a garden for the NGS, sweet peas
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In a Vase on Monday: Apricots
Just a very quick vase post from me this Monday, with a quickly snipped clutch of Rosa ‘Lady Emma Hamilton’ and foliage from the ‘devil’s plant’ (symphoricarpos) that I expended a lot of energy trying to remove from the hedge. … Continue reading
Six on Saturday: Visitors
In less than four weeks time we will be welcoming visitors as we open our garden for the National Garden Scheme, so we continue to crack on with necessary tasks in the garden. Now in our 5th year of opening … Continue reading
Posted in garden pests, Gardening, Gardens, open gardens, Six on Saturday
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Cancelled…
We were able to open our garden for the National Garden Scheme in February last year but our June openings were cancelled and there was inevitably doubt over our 2021 planned dates, particularly the February one. We were contacted in … Continue reading
Musings From an Unopened Garden
It has been an interesting few months in lockdown, with our garden openings cancelled because of it, but it has given me time to explore, enjoy and tweak the garden without the hindrance of days when it becomes public property … Continue reading
Posted in garden structure, Gardening, Gardens, projects
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Behind the Gate
Today was due to be the first of our three June openings for the National Garden Scheme, cancelled because of Covid 19, so in the absence of visitors I thought I would share some of the things they would have … Continue reading
Rambling in the Garden 