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Quote of the day:
“O, that lone flower recalled to me
My happy childhood’s hours
When bluebells seemed like fairy gifts
A prize among the flowers”
– Anne Brontë
Forage in May for:
Hawthorn, Lime leaves, Red Clover, Ox-eye Daisy, Garlic Mustard, Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum), Dandelions
Tag Archives: Gardening
Wordless Wednesday – Iris ‘Benton Menace’
Posted in Wordless
Tagged bearded irises, Benton iris, Gardening, Iris 'Benton Menace', Photography
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Six on Saturday – Honey all round
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
Posted in Six on Saturday
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, Billbergia nutans, Dicentra, Gardening, Honey lilies, honeywort, papaver rupifragum, Photography, Wisteria
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Wordless Wednesday – Setting seed with style!
Posted in Wordless
Tagged Gardening, iPhone photography, nature, Pasque flowers, Pulsatilla vulgaris, Seed heads, Therfield Heath, Wildflowers
8 Comments
Six on Saturday – If I could hold back time …
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
Posted in Six on Saturday
Tagged Bellevalia, camassias, Erysimum mutabile, Gardening, iPhone photography, Lagurus ovatus, Mimulus, Parrot tulips
30 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Bursting with Orange
Posted in Wordless
Tagged Azalea Orange, Gardening, iPhone photography, orange, spring bulbs, Tulipa 'Ballerina', tulips
10 Comments
Silent Sunday – Promise
Posted in Trees
Tagged apples, Blossom, Crab apple, Gardening, iPhone photography, Malus 'John Downie', Silent-Sunday, Trees in flower
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Six on Saturday – Maraschino anyone?
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
Wordless Wednesday – Oh my! Anemone Bordeaux
Posted in Wordless
Tagged Anemone coronaria 'Bordeaux', Flowers, Gardening, iPhone photography, perennials, Purple, spring bulbs
8 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – The reason for the word butterfly?
Posted in Nature, Wordless
Tagged Brimstone, butterflies, Gardening, iPhone photography, pollinators
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