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Quote of the day:
“What wondrous life is this I lead!
Ripe apples drop about my head;
The luscious clusters of the vine
Upon my mouth do crush their wine;
The nectarine and curious peach
Into my hands themselves do reach;
Stumbling on melons, as I pass,
Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.”
~ Andrew Marvell
Forage in October for:
Sweet Chestnuts, Sloes, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips, Hops, Walnuts, Haws (Hawthorn berries), Wild Strawberries, Cleavers, Burdock Roots, Rowan Berries
Tag Archives: Gardening
Wordless Wednesday – A lovely old-fashioned Chrysanthemum!
Posted in Wordless
Tagged autumn, autumn flowering, Chrysanthemum 'Emperor of China', chrysanthemums, Gardening
4 Comments
Six on Saturday – Mouse in the Greenhouse!
I’ve spent the day on my knees, clearing out the greenhouse. Mostly stuff (densely packed pots, fleeces, watering gadgets, feeds, labels and inventive covers accumulated over a number of years) that resides under the long bench. I’ve been finally forced … Continue reading
Posted in Six on Saturday
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, autumn clearance, Gardening, greenhouses, mice, nerines
21 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Calico aster ‘Lady in Black’
Posted in Flowers, Wordless
Tagged Autumn flowers, Calico aster, Gardening, Photography, pink, symphyotrichum lateriflorum 'lady in black'
10 Comments
Six on Saturday – Autumnal Beauties
Oh good, it’s time for Six on Saturday again! This week, in addition to sharing 6 gardening goodies, our host has apparently gone on a very long run (100 miles). Hopefully, his trainers can take the pounding. Meanwhile, if I … Continue reading
Danger: Flying Fur Balls!
Posted in Bees, Wimpole Hall
Tagged Asters, autumn, buff-tailed bumblebee, Bumblebees, Common Carder Bee, Gardening, ivy, Ivy bees (Colletes hederae), Photography
15 Comments
In a vase on Monday – Bring me sunshine
I don’t feel too bad about cutting flowers from the garden at this time of year, since there is a rapidly approaching natural end in sight for many of them. For instance, the winds last week already culled a few … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers
Tagged #IAVOM, chrysanthemums, Cosmos, Gardening, In a vase on Monday, orange, Sunflowers
13 Comments
Six on Saturday – Close Encounters of the Tussock kind
What a dull as dishwater day, weather-wise at any rate. In other ways it has been interesting day watching local gridlock develop and tempers flare as a result of cars forming ‘orderly’ queues for petrol. It was certainly a bad … Continue reading
Posted in Six on Saturday, The home garden
Tagged abutilon, Climbing beans, Gardening, oregano, Pale Tussock Moth, pomegranates, Strawberries
15 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Carder Bee vs. the Black Hole
Posted in Bees, Wordless
Tagged Annual climbers, Common Carder Bee, Gardening, Ipomoea 'Black Knight', Morning Glory, Photography, pollination
11 Comments
Wimpole Sunflowers under Van Gogh Skies
Several areas in the Walled Garden at the National Trust’s Wimpole Estate have been planted up with mixes of sunflowers. This brings in tons of wildlife in the form of pollinators and, as of last week, seed eating birds. Plus … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Wimpole Hall, Wordless
Tagged Gardening, National Trust, No Dig, Photography, Sunflowers, Vincent van Gogh, Walled Gardens, Wimpole Estate
11 Comments
