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Category Archives: The home garden
Six on Saturday – All fall down
22-09-2018 Today has been a clearing up day after those gusty winds we’ve been having over the last 48hrs managed to wreck a fair few things in the garden. And now it is raining, so I’ve retreated to the house … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Food, The home garden
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, Gardening, Grow-your-own, Hazel hurdles, Photography, Six on Saturday
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August plants for August
I am joining Chloris at The Blooming Garden for this post of my top ten plants for August. However, I am not actually growing anything particularly unusual this year, so I guess that there will be some flowers in common … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Posted in Bees, Flowers, The home garden, Wordless
Tagged Bumblebees, Echium pinnata, Gardening, Giant Viper's Bugloss, Photography
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Making a wildlife pond: First water …
Just like ‘First Light’ on new telescopes, except that this is for our new wildlife pond. So, drum roll please, as the first drops of water start to fill the pond: Last autumn we got rid of the 6m hexagonal … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday – Into the gloaming
After working in the sunshine for most of this morning, it was a strange feeling to get back this afternoon to the odd half light that storm Ophelia is causing by whipping up Saharan dust into the skies. It’s been … Continue reading
