Monthly Archives: September 2011

Harvesting Fruit and Veg from the garden.

The garden is still providing us with plenty to eat, mealtimes are quite interesting still. We will never be self sufficient, would have to turn all the garden over to fruit and veg for that to happen, but it is … Continue reading

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Foliage Day.

Christina @ Creating my own garden of the Hesperides, is hosting this Foliage Day meme so that we can appreciate the beauty of foliage and see which foliage is still looking good after the summer. When planting a new border … Continue reading

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A good year for Butterflies.

Even though we haven’t had a wonderfully hot, sunny summer, we certainly have had plenty of butterflies and other insects flying around the garden and adding extra colour. Early in the spring we had plenty of Orange Tips but they … Continue reading

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Relaxing at Rickmansworth.

We have just spent a lovely weekend visiting our son and daughter in law in London. Went for a relaxing walk at the nature reserve at Rickmansworth on the Saturday morning.

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Planning a Rainbow.

I’m sure all gardeners have had moments when garden visiting, that have so inspired them, that they can’t wait to get home and start changing part of their own garden. This is how it was for me when on holiday … Continue reading

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August roundup.

Just thought I would do a quick whizz around the garden to record what is still in flower, found there was more than I had anticipated.

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