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
Sunday’s my favourite day – nothing unexpectedly shocking will arrive in the post. (Although there is now email, which knows no holiday). Peace will – most probably – reign. (But perhaps that’s tempting fate?) In the summer I’d be out in the garden, in winter it’s a spot of drawing, music or just reading in … Continue reading A week of flowers. Day 5
I’m in May 2021 now, in the realm of euphorbias & hellebores just beginning to need cutting back. How wonderfully fresh, tidy and full of promise it all looked! Until tomorrow’s selection – have a wonderful Thursday! Continue reading A week of flowers. Day 2
December sees us moving away from the dreak, dieing days of November towards the light – ok, there’s still more darkness to descend up until the Solstice, but I can see the light coming, if only in my mind’s eye. Saint Lucia’s day on 13th December offers us the first hint of promise, just as … Continue reading A week in flowers. December 2021
I’m learning to throw out my ‘to-do’ lists and be more philosophical in the garden. At the grand old age of (nearly) 65, there’s got to be more to gardening life than hedge-trimming and grass-cutting! Mission: find more joy and to hell with tidiness and professional standards! When the BV goes into the garden, it … Continue reading October treasures: Quercus rubra
‘The frost is all over, thank god.’ It definitely isn’t true (we have to wait until the Saints de Glace, May 11th to 13th to be sure), but that’s the way it feels this weekend. Have a listen to The Chieftans playing a great Irish jig by that name, which I’m feeling in my bones … Continue reading Six on Saturday, 20 February 2021
Here I am again – can’t believe it! Two weeks in a row is my personal best … this has been a fiercely cold, snowy week that did not tempt one to go out into the garden, so that would explain my dedication to SoS! I have also been dedicated to the birds congregating around … Continue reading Six on Saturday. 13 February 2021
My snowdrops arrived yesterday! They are wonderful, pot-grown plants from the garden and nursery of De Boschhoeve in Holland. I bought a collection comprising ‘Sam Arnott’, ‘Jaquenetta’, ‘Pusey Green Tips’, ‘Atkinsii’, ‘Viridapice’, ‘Beluga’, ‘Hippolyta’ and ‘Straffan’ – and added in a couple of bulbs of ‘Magnet’ because I couldn’t resist. The kind grower sent me … Continue reading Here be snowdrops …
Here I am dipping in again to the Saturday Six challenge. It’s been endlessly wet this week and even when we had a little sun on two mornings I had either something else to do or enjoyed simply walking around the garden with my camera. So many jobs to do before March! I need a) … Continue reading Six on Saturday. 6th Feb 2021
Garden Dreaming at Châtillon 