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“We go, in winter’s biting wind,
On many a short-lived winter day,
With aching back but willing mind
To dig and double dig the clay.”
~ Ruth Pitter, The DiehardsForage in January for:
Alexanders, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips, Cleavers, Burdock Roots, Chickweed
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Category Archives: Spring
Wordless Wednesday – Introducing Slawa
Oh go on then, just a few more!
Posted in Flowers, Spring, Wordless
Tagged Gardening, orange, Photography, Tulipa 'Slawa', tulips
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Easter 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic
As we hit a number of scary milestones in the path of this disease this Easter I am thinking of key workers in all walks of life with gratitude And wishing everyone a peaceful and hopeful Easter.
Wordless Wednesday – Daffodils: A visual antidote
Wimpole Hall is owned by the National Trust. In a statement about the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Tuesday 17 March 2020 the National Trust said that … Although Wimpole Hall, Farm, restaurant, visitor welcome, shops are now closed until further notice, … Continue reading
Posted in Out and about, Spring, Uncategorized, Wimpole Hall, Wordless
Tagged Coronavirus (COVID-19), Daffodils, Gardens, National Trust, Photography, spring bulbs, Wimpole Hall, Yellow
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Wordless Wednesday – Sun Bliss and the Wild Tulips
Posted in Flowers, Spring, Wordless
Tagged Gardening, Photography, Scented, spring bulbs, Tulipa sylvestris, Wild tulips, Yellow
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Wordless Wednesday – A sinusoidal snake dance
Posted in Spring, Wildflowers, Wordless
Tagged fritillaria, fritillaria meleagris, Gardening, meadows, Photography, snake’s head fritillaries, Wildflowers
4 Comments
April flowers – You’re the ones that I want!
Chloris at The Blooming Garden has a fantastic range of spring flowers and she has select her favourite ‘ten’ for April in this post, giving me plenty of ideas for next year. Meanwhile, these are my current favourite plants around … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Spring
Tagged Arum, euphorbia, fritillaries, Gardening, Photography, Ribes, spring bulbs, tulips
11 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Sunshine
Posted in Flowers, Spring
Tagged Gardening, Photography, spring bulbs, Tulipa Abu Hassan', tulips
1 Comment
Wordless Wednesday: Fleur-de-lis decoration
Posted in Flowers, Spring, Wordless
Tagged bulbs, Gardening, Iris reticulata, meadows, Photography, Purple, Wimpole Estate
9 Comments
A Cuckoo in the Nest
Grape hyacinths, even Muscari armeniacum, don’t seem to last here for more than a couple of years in the garden. It is probably our soggy winter conditions and clay soil that does for them, but I do love their wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Spring
Tagged bulbs, Gardening, Grape hyacinths, Highly scented, Horticulture, Muscari, Photography
25 Comments
Wordless Wednesday :- Words for snow
Our little sliver of an old Chivers orchard has erupted into a blizzard of white:
Posted in fruit, Spring, Trees
Tagged Blossom, damsons, Flowering trees, Gardening, Greengages, Photography, Plum, sloes, stone fruit
16 Comments