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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
Category Archives: Plants
Six on Saturday – 17/07/2021
The bit of the lawn that still gets mown was cut bright and early this morning, before the temperatures started to get a bit melty. This provided a lovely velvet surface for our apples fall on to. In fact I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Plants, Six on Saturday
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, Betony, Delphinium requienii, dianthus, Dieramas, Gardening, Monarda didyma, Prickly poppy
22 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Golden Wisteria
Posted in Plants, Wordless
Tagged autumn, Autumn colours, Gardening, Photography, Wisteria
7 Comments
Dixter’s Tricks Revealed
I’ve never been to Great Dixter, although it is top of my To-Visit list. I had hoped to go this year, but it has been difficult and I’ve not managed it! However, a couple of years ago I did hear … Continue reading
Posted in Plants
Tagged Fergus Garrett, Gardening, Great Dixter, Mixed borders, tools, Veratrum nigrum, Zoom lectures
6 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Excitation levels
Posted in Flowers, Plants, Wordless
Tagged climbers, Gardening, Pergolas, Photography, Purple, scented flowers, Wisteria floribunda 'Violacea Plena'
15 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Bunny Tail Grass
Posted in Grasses, Plants, Wordless
Tagged #EarthDay50, annual grasses, Bunny Tail Grass, Gardening, Lagurus ovatus, Photography
11 Comments
Chihuly at Kew, 2019
Dale Chihuly’s glasswork has appeared in some of the most fabulous venues around the globe for five decades, yet I’d never registered its existence until recently. I think that I must have slowly absorbed its impact and beauty while reading … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Out and about, Plants
Tagged #Chihuly, Gardens, Glassworks, Kew Gardens, Palm house, Photography, Royal Botanical Gardens, Sculptures, Temperate Glasshouse
14 Comments
Six on Saturday … don’t amount to a (small) hill of beans
06-10-2018 Lovely, it’s raining hard. I’m grateful, I really am, but I can’t help wishing it would do it at night … when I am not walking the dog or wanting to dig up some ground elder. Easier to justify … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Food, Plants
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, Beans, Echium, Gardening, Hops, nerines, Photography, Six on Saturday, Walnuts
15 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Dripping red nectar
Posted in Flowers, Plants, Whimsy
Tagged Campanulaceae, Chemistry, Gardening, Gecko pollinator, Nesocodon mauritianus, Photography, Red Nectar
6 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – A grass worth having
Posted in Grasses, Plants, Wordless
Tagged autumn, Gardening, Grasses, Pennisetum macrourum, perennial, Photography
9 Comments
