Monthly Archives: April 2014
April, where have you gone?
Time is flying by so quickly, the month of April has flown by, I haven’t done half the things that I had hoped to do…..help! We had quite severe gales last weekend with the wind ripping the new young leaves … Continue reading
Molly the Witch.
Or to be precise, Paeony Mlokosewitschii, is now flowering by the front drive. She is such a beautiful paeony, single with pale yellow petals and sensible enough to keep her petals closed when it is cold like today. I managed … Continue reading
Springtime foliage in April for GBFD.
Lovely new foliage is appearing on all the trees and shrubs now, in just a couple of weeks, bare trees have turned to such beautiful shades of green. The fresh greens of the hedges in all our lanes is such … Continue reading
April Flowers for GBBD.
This month of April is rushing by without giving me a chance to catch my breath and enjoy all that it has to offer. No sooner does one lot of plants come into flower, than another is pushing forward, trying … Continue reading
Who’s looking over our hedge?
Some of you may remember me writing a couple of posts about the land next door, in the grounds of what was the village school, being sold for development, click here and here if you would like to read about … Continue reading
It’s Blossom Time again.
The garden has been producing wave after wave of flowers, snowdrops, crocus, narcissus and now it’s blossom time once more. Time to lift up our heads and look above head height at all the flowers that are open at the … Continue reading
Through the window.
When starting the garden here, many, many years ago, I felt that whichever part we were doing had to look right from inside the house as well as from outside. So many times, I would mark things out, usually with … Continue reading