Tag Archives: garden

Next stage

Posted on 27/05/2012 by

The raised beds for the vegetable plot will arrive on Thursday or Friday. The place where they will be going has been used as a bonfire site in the last couple of weeks – and as I cut back a … Continue reading →

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Contrasts

Posted on 26/05/2012 by

Sidey’s weekend theme is contrasts. Today I have been in the garden, admiring the contrasting leaf textures, light effects and …. well relaxing and then working! Today’s work entailed, amongst other things the deconstruction of an over grown shrub – … Continue reading →

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Sunshine and flowers

Posted on 24/05/2012 by

Celi said she wanted to see around other folk’s gardens. Kate wanted to be shown the works-in-progress and the untidy corners, which of course one doesn’t normally share. That’s the beauty of a photograph: cropping out the unwanted bits, the … Continue reading →

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Sunday

Posted on 13/05/2012 by

Today I have been planting seeds, knowing that over the next 10 – 14 days tender shoots will appear, ready for transplanting to the vegetable plot which is not yet ready for them. Rather focuses the mind. I have reused … Continue reading →

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No challenge

Posted on 11/05/2012 by

It’s Friday and there’s no photo challenge, so here are a few photos. In the front garden the canary bird is singing its colour against the acid of the euphorbia. and the clematis is out all along the fence. In … Continue reading →

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Slow but sure, or in fits and starts?

Posted on 09/05/2012 by

The snail which ended up in the boot of my car travelled far further than most snails would travel in a whole lifetime. It must have fallen off the greenery I took to the tip yesterday  though it was in … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 29 and 30

Posted on 30/04/2012 by

Yesterday was a washout, on the whole. No gardening possible. No project progress. I kept thinking I’d go out, “If it stays dry for the next 10 mins…” But it never did. We pootled. Then we went to the cinema. … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 26

Posted on 26/04/2012 by

Day 26 of 30 of NaPoWriMo. I can hardly believe it! A snowdrift of pink on the grass, in the yew hedge – trodden through the house (The cherry blossom is at its peak, the wind is blustery, petals are … Continue reading →

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Acopia

Posted on 18/03/2012 by

The garden always seems so daunting at this time of the year – so much to do. It is exciting as well, planning and planting, but the sheer volume of the work seems completely unmanageable in this short window of … Continue reading →

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A little splash of Spring sunshine

Posted on 03/03/2012 by

Under the sundial,where the little Buddha sits decorated with ruby ladybirds a few bulbs turn their faces to the sun. Everything in the garden is moving – the buds, the bulbs, the wildlife….and the bright sunshine is tempting me to … Continue reading →

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