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
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
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
We’ve had a milder week, with temperatures not going below about 5 centigrade at night. But the mild weather brought heavy skies and rain full of the most disgusting sand, presumably picked up from the Sahara and dumped here? My old white Peugot now not only has multiple dents in the side of it (I … Continue reading Six on Saturday. 19 March 2022
Even while with think of the folk in Ukraine, let’s keep clinging to little bits of spring joy … It’s been a really sunny week with heavy frosts each morning, although the greenhouse temperatures have never dropped below below zero. It’s been about 12 days since our last proper rain, so I’m wondering if we … Continue reading Six on Saturday. 5 March 2022
So now I go back to normality, after having two years with my husband at home. Once again, a large garden and nobody else but me to tend it. I’ve lost my stamina (through lazing about and having a bit of a holiday!) and am facing the heftier tasks on my own. But perhaps I’ll … Continue reading Six on Saturday. 26 February 2022
I was trying to resist this temptation … because it’s cheating. However, I simply can’t. These two lovely pics are not mine at all, I found them on the internet. My prompt for the search was a card I received from a very dear friend. He’d photographed individual petals of Tulip ‘Rococco’ on a dark … Continue reading A week of flowers. Day 6
Garden Dreaming at Châtillon 