Category Archives: Six on Saturday

Six on Saturday – Pretty little things

Posted on June 18, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

18/06/2022 Temperatures have dropped dramatically since yesterday I am pleased to say. (I start to droop, along with the plants, when the mercury reaches 25°C.)  This morning it’s possible to work, so I’ve finished planting out the climbing beans, so … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday – 04/06/2022

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

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 →

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Six on Saturday – End of May Display

Posted on May 28, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

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 →

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Six on Saturday – Honey all round

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

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 →

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Six on Saturday – If I could hold back time …

Posted on April 23, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

It feels like I might have a chance to: sow, prick out, pot on, plant, weed, crop (salads) and stand back to enjoy the chaos. Actually I wouldn’t miss this period of activity for anything! It’s such a relief to … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday – Maraschino anyone?

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

02/04/2022 Aye! Always with the ice and snow when the blossom starts to open! Tempted into full bloom by a couple of weeks of close to 20 deg C there are currently gorgeous displays of magnolia and cherry blossom about … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday – And still they come

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

12/03/2022 It’s been a bit of a mixed week weather-wise, but Spring is surely advancing. Daffodil displays are in now full swing. In fact, there’s a local daffodil festival in Thriplow next weekend that I will try to get to. … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday – Spring, at an angle

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

19/02/2022 In spite of being on the edge of the second red alert zone for debris flying winds yesterday, we luckily escaped any real damage from Storm Eunice. Probably the losses of old fruit trees, dodgy branches and fences over … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday – Wafts from the coming season

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

05/02/2022 So February has begun. It’s certainly not spring yet, but there are hints that things are moving. It starts slowly … signs of a new season. Looked for daily, the changes are small. 1) Was it only last week … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday – 22/01/2022

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

Well, there’s definitely noticeable extra daylight in the afternoons now. You can still see what you are doing outside at ~4:30pm. It makes you feel like getting on with a few projects. So we made a start on some work … Continue reading →

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