Category Archives: Six on Saturday

Six on a Saturday – Cosmocracy!

Posted on July 20, 2019 by

Well, we’ve had a few dribs and drabs of rain recently and it seems to be cheering the plants up no end. The beans are romping up their canes (and not just the runners!), courgettes are swelling in nice quantities … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday – Tangential to a Summer Solstice

Posted on June 22, 2019 by

If only we could keep going with these lovely long days. But it is already midsummer and by the time we reach my birthday in August I know that the nights will most definitely be drawing in, even though the … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday – There aren’t enough hours in the day …

Posted on May 25, 2019 by

25/05/2019 I’ve been fighting off a virus this week and while I have finally enough strength to wield a fork and spade again, it feels as though everything is rushing away from me. I am desperately playing catch up with … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday – Rhubarb and Sweet Cicely

Posted on May 11, 2019 by

11/05/2019 It is Six-on-Saturday time and the weather is perfect for it: Photos in the sun and then blogging when the heavens open. As the season progresses the variety of Sixes is getting more and more diverse and interesting, so … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday – The vagaries of mail order and spring weather

Posted on April 27, 2019 by

27/04/2019 Wooh, one day shorts, the next duffle coats! And this wind today looks to be pretty much the end for all that lovely snowy blossom bedecking the apple, pear and cherry trees in the garden. Plants are certainly having … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday – Of Petticoats and Dragons

Posted on March 16, 2019 by

16/03/2019 Well, one week on and it is still howling a gale. I’ve decided that I primarily don’t like wind because the continuous noise makes me very restless. The dog and I have had some close encounters with flying small … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday – 09/03/2019

Posted on March 9, 2019 by

Oh my, how blustery! Yesterday I was up a ladder pruning the wisteria (only a bit late), but I would not have considered that today. And then there’s been the episodic torrents of hail coming down all day. Can we … Continue reading →

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