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“Hello, sun in my face.
Hello you who made the morning
and spread it over the fields…
Watch, now, how I start the day
in happiness,
in kindness.”~ Mary Oliver
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Alexanders, Beech leaves, Cow Parsley, Hairy Bittercress, Hop shoots, Cleavers, Gorse Flowers, Primroses, Ransoms, Sweet Violets
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Tag Archives: Gardening
Wordless Wednesday: The Slow Sloe Gin Preparation
Posted in Drinks, Foraging, Wordless
Tagged blackthorn, Fruit growing, Gardening, Hedgerows, iPhone photography, Prunus spinosa, Sloe gin, Spring blossom
6 Comments
In a Vase on Monday: Flurries of White
We spent Easter Sunday in the garden, including a picnic by the pond, in glorious sunshine with greengage and damson blossom bursting around our heads. Wonderful! In the gentle breeze an odd petal or two drifted down on to the … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Uncategorized
Tagged #InaVaseonMonday, Blossom, flower arrangements, Flowers, Gardening, In a vase on Monday, Narcissus, Primroses
17 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – The sunshine before potatoes
Posted in Wordless
Tagged Celandines, creeping thistle, Gardening, iPhone photography, Potatoes, Spring, Yellow
9 Comments
Six on Saturday – Not standing still
27/03/2021 Growth in the garden is moving up a notch. The grass needs another trim, which makes it a nearly weekly task again 😦 . Leaves are bursting their buds and the world is turning green. It’s my favourite time … Continue reading
Six on Saturday – All things being equal!
Well, it is the Vernal Equinox today. Day and night are the same length … and so we can look forward to increasingly lovely, long days and outside living. I’ve been clearing up the patio in preparation. Moving bird feeders … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday – Tossed Tresses and Twisted Trunks
Posted in Spring, Trees, Wordless
Tagged catkins, Corkscrew Hazel, Corylus avellana 'Contorta', Gardening, hazel, Photography, Spring, Trees
10 Comments
Six on Saturday – A spring in my step
27/02/2021 So the greenhouse windows opened automatically this week for the first time this year (that I’ve noticed) and Steve cut the grass for the first time in roughly four months! In fact, my title was almost ‘The first cut … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday – “Mandrake, or Mandragora, is a powerful restorative.” … “Excellent. Ten points to Gryffindor.” *
* From Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (by J K Rowling)
Posted in Flowers, Wordless
Tagged Cambridge Botanics, Gardening, Mandragora autumnalis, Mandrake, Photography
8 Comments
In a Vase on Monday – Woven
Well, today the garden has been a no-go area, what with all the snow, sleet and ice. And let’s not forget the bitter arctic wind! In fact I discovered last night that there is something about the design of our … Continue reading
