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“Colored scents that fill the air as drowsy insects hum around in the meadow is the place of secret magic where nature alone renews itself.”
– Kate Bergquist
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Mallow, Yarrow, Fat Hen, Dog Rose, Honeysuckle, Chickweed, Wild Strawberries
Author Archives: Frogend_dweller
Wordless Wednesday – Poppy Parade
Posted in Wordless
Tagged Gardening, Papaver nudicaule, Papaver orientale, Papaver rhoeas, papaver somniferum, Photography, Poppies, Wimpole Estate
10 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Never gonna let you go!
( Title after Sergio Mendez, picture captions after Rick Astley 😉 )
Posted in Wildlife, Wordless
Tagged damselflies, Garden ponds, Gardening, iPhone photography, pondlife, Wildlife
6 Comments
Six on Saturday – 04/06/2022
June doesn’t seem to have realised that it’s Summertime yet! It’s already been, alternately, freezing (well not quite, but down to 3°C), shockingly windy and showery, between bouts of lovely sunshine. Tomorrow is predicted to be very wet, with early … Continue reading
Posted in Six on Saturday
Tagged astrantia, broadbeans, compost, Dianthus 'Mrs Sinkins', Gardening, Poppies
22 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Peonies
Posted in Wordless
Tagged flower farming, Flowers, Gardening, iPhone photography, local farms, Peonies, Pick your Own flowers, PYO
14 Comments
Six on Saturday – End of May Display
28/05/2022 You know how it is when you’ve been away: Shove your mail out the way and dash out the door to check (and water) all your pots and plants! Feel a little bit sad about the things that have … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday – Tower of Jewels
Posted in Out and about, Wordless
Tagged Echium wildpretii, Photography, Red Bugloss, Tajinaste Rojo, Tenerife, Tower of Jewels
11 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Iris ‘Benton Menace’
Posted in Wordless
Tagged bearded irises, Benton iris, Gardening, Iris 'Benton Menace', Photography
13 Comments
Six on Saturday – Honey all round
07/05/2022 Thankfully, we’ve had rain this week. A good amount, as it turns out, and on several days too, including this morning. I was very relieved to see it fall, in spite of having to drive to Kent through thick … Continue reading
Posted in Six on Saturday
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, Billbergia nutans, Dicentra, Gardening, Honey lilies, honeywort, papaver rupifragum, Photography, Wisteria
15 Comments