Category Archives: The home garden

Wildlife Wednesday – Funny faces and anthropomorphised gestures

Posted on August 7, 2019 by

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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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Wildlife Wednesday – Water: The Great Attractor

Posted on June 6, 2019 by

Apologies, I know that it’s Thursday, but you know how things get. Regardless, I wanted to quickly link up with Tina for her monthly Wildlife meme, to share some of the babies and new creatures I’ve seen in the garden … 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 – Catch-up

Posted on April 6, 2019 by

06/04/2019 We’ve been away for the last week, lodging in a small, quaint seaside town (an old smugglers’ haunt) called Beer in East Devon. The weather was mixed to say the least, but we had good fun. Today’s prowl round … Continue reading →

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Wildlife Wednesday – Searching for the last juicy morsels

Posted on February 6, 2019 by

It has got to the time of year when our natural hedgerow larders are nearly running empty and wildlife is looking for alternatives. Over the last month I’ve noticed occasional scurrying around the olive tree pots under our pergola. Mostly … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday – In between Lemsips

Posted on December 15, 2018 by

15/12/2018 I’ve been snatching moments in the garden this week, in between sneezing and coughing and guzzling vitamin C and Lemsip. There’s been a bit of tidying, a bit of potting up/on and a final bit of bulb disposal (OK … Continue reading →

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