Category: gardening
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Good News and Bad News…
I really wanted to do a Six on Saturday post today, but short of going for a walk to see if I could find something to photograph, I don’t have anything. There have been other developments this week, however. I have good news and bad news. I have been putting off cutting the grass as…
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Six on Saturday… #Flowers for 2024
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It is Saturday again, time for more lovely flowers but this time from the future! Click on the link to visit them all over at Garden Ruminations! http://gardenruminations.co.uk/2023/09/16/six-on-saturday-23-9-2023/ I have decided to sacrifice a strip of lawn ( I use that term lightly) to create a new flower bed next year. So I have been…
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Six on Saturday ~ Bonsai Style…
It is Saturday again, time for more lovely flowers from gardens all over the world. Click on the link to visit them all! http://gardenruminations.co.uk/2023/09/16/six-on-saturday-16-9-2023/ Unfortunately, our garden, thanks to the dreadful weather, is not looking its best, so rather than hunting down some beaten-up and bedraggled specimens, I thought I would bonsai it this week.…
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Ouch!
Image by Nina Garman from Pixabay Ouch! I had already used my new strimmer to tackle the overgrowth of weeds and long grass at the bottom of the garden. I started with the plastic blade, as the metal ones looked lethal. It worked well but tended to snag on the long grass. So, when I wanted to finish…
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Macro Monday…
a very special surprise… I think this qualifies as a macro image, and I was delighted to spot it. It, of course, is a cutting I potted two years ago from this magnificent specimen. My beautiful and unusual Myrtle… “Myrtle is a genus of evergreen shrubs that is cultivated for ornamental purposes and as a source…
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#Silent (and peaceful) Sunday…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay After a minor accident in the garden yesterday (more on this later!) I am in need of a peaceful day today… May all of your Sundays be peaceful!
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#Six on Saturday…
I didn’t expect to find anything still standing after all the torrential rain we have been having lately. I was pleasantly surprised to find no casualties, although one of the tomato plants was leaning precariously! The yellow tomatoes are doing well. Sowing the seeds late doesn’t seem to have mattered much. All we need now…
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Nothing New This Week…
I like taking part in #Six on Saturday, but unfortunately, I have nothing new flowering in our jungle this week… As my teachers used to say, “must do better…”
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Dahlias… #Flowers
Way back at the beginning of the year, I bought five dahlia tubers as I was determined to finally manage to grow one of my favourite flowers. I did all the right things and was rewarded with green shoots in every pot. After what seemed like an awfully long wait, the flower buds appeared. There…
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Truthful Tuesday 25th July
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Today, I thought we would do something different, so when I spotted this post on pensivity 101, the idea of being truthful about our miserable excuse for a garden really appealed to me… Unlike Fibbing Friday, the concept is quite simple in that Di asks a question, and you reply honestly and truthfully.You can either…