So here they are – I hope it’s true that it’s better to be slightly late than never to arrive (or try) at all … One. Having mentioned recently that my Crocus tommasinianus in the Iris Garden were a bit of a failure (I’ve planted 60 ‘Barr’s Purple’ in all) they have actually made a … Continue reading Late six on Saturday. 25 February 2023
I feel a little like a broken record – I pick up and play at this time of year, intending to go right through to the end of the disk, but later on in the season I skip what’s happening in the garden so much that I might as well not be blogging at all. … Continue reading Six on Saturday, 11 February 2023
With apologies to Jim at ‘Garden Ruminations’ . Go on over to his meme at Garden Ruminations and look at what the proper Saturday people have been up to this week. This is the last weekend that I get to say to myself … ‘well, it’s only January’ … and then laze about doing what … Continue reading Lonely Six on Sunday. 29 January 2023
I really must give up memes – I lack the commitment! Not only is it not Saturday, but I’m not sure if I can come up with six ‘news items’. I love the garden at this time of year. I think possibly I suffer from some sort of mental disorder which only allows me to … Continue reading When you miss Six on Saturday … carry on regardless!
My body can’t quite keep up with my mind these days – my mind still believes ‘all is possible’. Mostly my body is moving a little stiffly two steps behind. So, it took determination to heave myself away from book and warm fire out into the garden this afternoon. The two young boys and their … Continue reading Six on Saturday. 12 November 2022
It’s been a long time since I’ve joined in with SoS – here we go … There’s something vaguely celebratory about this post: in all honesty, the garden looks better than it has done since about 10 June. What a funny season, though! I have French beans still flowering – and setting, although the courgette … Continue reading Six on Saturday, 5 November 2022
With apologies to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for not managing to get this Sunday vase online before Tuesday! But do follow the link for some lovely vases … Finally, finally, there are some dahlias … they were all potted up in the greenhouse in March and then refused to grow for the rest … Continue reading NOT a vase on Monday …
My goodness, it’s been too long since I participated in Cathy’s nice meme at Rambling in the Garden! My cut flowers this year got off to the very best start ever – all growing so beautifully in the greenhouse during late April and first part of May. I put it down to using different compost … Continue reading In a vase on Monday. 29 August 2022
This is just really a picture essay of the first Renaissance fête we’ve had here, in this Lorraine village, since 2019. Normally it is yearly, but Covid confinement put paid to that. It was terrific, uplifting, a testament to human history and how we value it … and our communities that never die. Here we … Continue reading Châtillon en fete
I now realise that I’ve been living in the lap of luxury for the past two years, during the Covid pandemic – I’ve had someone else to do the hedge-trimming and lawn-mowing. Normal service has resumed … During those two years we purchased a heavy petrol lawnmower and a small shed, installing both at the … Continue reading Taming the beast
Garden Dreaming at Châtillon 