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Yearly Archives: 2012
Wonderful Acers at Westonbirt.
I was so worried that we had missed the wonderful show of colour at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire, but yesterday we went and the colours were absolutely amazing. Lots of leaves had fallen but there were still plenty left for … Continue reading
Thank you.
I’m back, but first of all I would like to thank you all for your concern, lovely messages and good wishes. I have had a super rest after my shoulder op, it has been wonderful doing nothing for a change, … Continue reading
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Phew, just in time !
As most of you know, I sent off for lots of lovely plants recently, which then arrived very promptly. A few days ago I got a phone call from the hospital in Exmouth saying that they had a cancellation on … Continue reading
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The start of the Autumn Fireworks. GBFD.
No, I don’t mean the things that go bang in the night, just the beautiful colours that are now being revealed as the green colour in the leaves is turned off and we are able to see all the different … Continue reading
Still flowering.
October seems to be flying by, the days are getting cooler, the nights getting longer but there are still plenty of flowers shining in the garden. Gales have made rather a mess of some plants and the garden in general, … Continue reading
Christmas has come early.
…….or it seems as if it has. Every day a new parcel of goodies arrives and the anticipation while opening the boxes is just as exciting as when opening presents at Christmas when a child! It is so easy to … Continue reading
Will there be enough berries to go round?
Having just done a post about the lack of bees to pollinate our fruit bushes and trees has led me to wonder how the birds will manage this winter. If there weren’t enough bees to make our fruit, would there … Continue reading
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Tagged Arum, Berberis, Cotoneaster, food for birds, Hawthorn, Honeysuckle, Leycesteria, Lonicera, Ophiopogon, Pyracantha, rose hips
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An Apple a Day.
With such a cold wet spring and summer, bees were in short supply when all the fruit trees needed pollinating. We had plenty of blossom, in fact masses of it, but hadn’t realised that the flowers weren’t being pollinated, in … Continue reading
All change again!
Last year it was the bog garden that had an overhaul and is still in the process of developing. This time it is the border at the side by the field that is in desperate need of a make-over. The … Continue reading
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Tagged cuttings, improvements, overhauling borders, sowing seeds, weeding
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Still flowering.
Some plants in the garden have been flowering their socks off all summer. The roses and erigeron started in June and the fuchsias in July. The roses have had a short break now and then but the other two have … Continue reading