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Quote of the day:
“What wondrous life is this I lead!
Ripe apples drop about my head;
The luscious clusters of the vine
Upon my mouth do crush their wine;
The nectarine and curious peach
Into my hands themselves do reach;
Stumbling on melons, as I pass,
Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.”
~ Andrew Marvell
Forage in October for:
Sweet Chestnuts, Sloes, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips, Hops, Walnuts, Haws (Hawthorn berries), Wild Strawberries, Cleavers, Burdock Roots, Rowan Berries
Author Archives: Frogend_dweller
Wordless Wednesday – A lovely old-fashioned Chrysanthemum!
Posted in Wordless
Tagged autumn, autumn flowering, Chrysanthemum 'Emperor of China', chrysanthemums, Gardening
4 Comments
Six on Saturday – Mouse in the Greenhouse!
I’ve spent the day on my knees, clearing out the greenhouse. Mostly stuff (densely packed pots, fleeces, watering gadgets, feeds, labels and inventive covers accumulated over a number of years) that resides under the long bench. I’ve been finally forced … Continue reading
Posted in Six on Saturday
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, autumn clearance, Gardening, greenhouses, mice, nerines
21 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Calico aster ‘Lady in Black’
Posted in Flowers, Wordless
Tagged Autumn flowers, Calico aster, Gardening, Photography, pink, symphyotrichum lateriflorum 'lady in black'
10 Comments
Six on Saturday – Autumnal Beauties
Oh good, it’s time for Six on Saturday again! This week, in addition to sharing 6 gardening goodies, our host has apparently gone on a very long run (100 miles). Hopefully, his trainers can take the pounding. Meanwhile, if I … Continue reading
Danger: Flying Fur Balls!
Posted in Bees, Wimpole Hall
Tagged Asters, autumn, buff-tailed bumblebee, Bumblebees, Common Carder Bee, Gardening, ivy, Ivy bees (Colletes hederae), Photography
15 Comments
In a vase on Monday – Bring me sunshine
I don’t feel too bad about cutting flowers from the garden at this time of year, since there is a rapidly approaching natural end in sight for many of them. For instance, the winds last week already culled a few … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers
Tagged #IAVOM, chrysanthemums, Cosmos, Gardening, In a vase on Monday, orange, Sunflowers
13 Comments
Six on Saturday – Close Encounters of the Tussock kind
What a dull as dishwater day, weather-wise at any rate. In other ways it has been interesting day watching local gridlock develop and tempers flare as a result of cars forming ‘orderly’ queues for petrol. It was certainly a bad … Continue reading
Posted in Six on Saturday, The home garden
Tagged abutilon, Climbing beans, Gardening, oregano, Pale Tussock Moth, pomegranates, Strawberries
15 Comments
