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Yearly Archives: 2013
Stars in their own right.
This is the time of year when we can see how busy the ants have been. I suppose really what we are looking at is the result of what the ants were doing a few years ago, as it takes … Continue reading
We escaped for just one day!
Yesterday, Sunday, we escaped with others from church, on a coach trip to Lulworth Castle and Cove which are in Dorset. The 17th C castle originally started out as a hunting lodge in 1608 and has entertained 7 of our … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic chapel, dinosaurs, fossils, Jurassic coast, Lulworth Castle, Lulworth Cove, rosa rugosa, rosehips
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Flying visitors keep coming.
There is no stopping the butterflies that keep coming to the garden. As well as the normal visitors that we usually have, we have had a couple of firsts, for this garden anyway. You also have to watch where you … Continue reading
Where has August gone.
The month of August seems to have flown by with not much gardening getting done, due to the heat. The small amount of rain that we have had, has made no difference at all to the overall look of the … Continue reading
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Tagged agapanthus, Asters, bee and butterfly plants, bees, buddleia, butterflies, crocosmia, eupatorium, Evening primrose, kniphofia, Lilies, Penstemon, Rudbeckia, summer flowers, verbena bonariensis
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Dormice homes are up and ready!
Some of you may remember saga of the Dormice here in the garden, their hibernation nests which we found and the planning permission which we opposed when their habitat was threatened by the building next door. So far, no trees … Continue reading
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Tagged Dormouse, dormouse boxes, dormouse habitat, hibernation nests, protecting habitation
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Foliage for August GBFD.
When I first started thinking about which foliage would be suitable to record for August’s Foliage Day, I didn’t think there would be very much as we are still suffering from a lack of rain. Fortunately I was wrong and … Continue reading
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Tagged Acers, august foliage, conifer, Cornus, Cotinus, Dahlia, erica, euonymous, Ferns, foliage, heuchera, holly., Hosta, laurel, Miscanthus, photinia, pontaderia, pulmonaria, rhododendron, yew
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August Flowers. GBBD.
So far, August has been a bit mixed, weatherwise. We have had lots of hot sunshine but just a small amount of gentle rain which really hasn’t been enough to keep the garden looking happy or the water butts filled. … Continue reading
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Tagged acanthus, agapanthus, Anthemis, astibe, August flowers, buddleia, cardoon, clematis, Cyclamen, Erigeron, Fennel, filipendula, Honeysuckle, hydrangea, hypericum, kniphofia, lily, perovskia, roses, trachelospermum, verbena bonariensis
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Day lilies, stalwarts of the garden.
What has been the best plant in your garden recently – here it has definitely been the day lilies or hemerocallis. They carried on flowering while we were having our heatwave, they carried on flowering when we had rain nearly … Continue reading
Jersey Tigers on the prowl!
This morning I was in the garden doing a spot of deadheading, when all of a sudden, just as I was about to snip off some buddleia flowers that had finished, there was a Jersey Tiger Moth. You can see … Continue reading
Snakes alive!
When we had all our visitors the other weekend, I was asked what the large snake was in the bog garden. Some time ago I planted out lots of Meconopsis seedlings at the back of the border, the following day … Continue reading