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Author Archives: Frogend_dweller
Six on Saturday – Ripe for the picking
21/09/2019 Well, what a glorious week that was! But it’s been cold in the mornings. The car said 4.5 deg C on Tuesday morning and the heating came on unexpectedly on Monday morning (since I hadn’t bothered to turn the … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Food, fruit, Six on Saturday
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, American Pokeweed, Canna indica, Caryopteris clandonensis, Gardening, Ivy bees, kiwi berries, Salvia uliginosa
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Six on Saturday – Summer’s Swansong
31/08/2019 We are in that time of abundance in the year where there’s still plenty to harvest, pick and admire, but there are also overtones of completion and change. As a former astronomer I hold with summer stretching on till … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Six on Saturday, Vegetables
Tagged Achocha, Figs, Gardening, Grasses, Lavatera trimestris 'Dwarf Pink Blush', Meadow flowers, Wood Aster
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Wordless Wednesday – All about my plot
Posted in Food, The home garden, Vegetables, Wordless
Tagged #Growyourown, #GYO, Beans, Gardening, iPhone photography, vegetables
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In a Vase on Monday – Scorchio*
It’s hot. It’s been yet another worryingly record-breaking day for late August Bank Holiday temperatures in the UK, particularly in southern of England, so my vase today reflects the colours of our current weather map: There has been lots of … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, The home garden
Tagged Gardening, Helenium, Heliopsis 'Summer Nights', In a vase on Monday, Pennisetum, Rose hips
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