Yearly Archives: 2014

Not a flower to be seen, or not many.

In an area which doesn’t feature very often on this blog, are our fruit and vegetables. Even though this is in the highest part of the garden, before we changed it, it was also one of the wettest areas apart … Continue reading

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A wander round the garden. EOMV June.

When we used to open our garden for the National Garden Scheme, it was always in June  that we opened it, as all the borders were putting on a display of flowers. Some areas peak at different times, like the … Continue reading

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Time to look up.

Usually looking at flowers involves looking down or even bending over to examine our treasures,  but lately I have doing the opposite, looking high up into the tops of trees. First of all, up the dead oak in the middle … Continue reading

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The Foliage in June is Hiding! GBFD.

Normally the foliage in the garden is so easy to see, so there is no problem when it comes to photographing leaves for GBFD  hosted by Christina. This time though, it is flowers, flowers and even more flowers, I have … Continue reading

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June’s bounty ! GBBD.

It’s difficult to know where to start, there are so many flowers all vying for attention this Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. I think I’ll start in the front with some oriental poppies in the Bee and Butterfly border. This one … Continue reading

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Celebrating!

Twelve months pass by far too quickly these days and another birthday has been and gone! Thursday last week dawned bright and sunny and the weather forecast promised us a dry and windy day. Having looked at the National Garden … Continue reading

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A rainbow of colour from the Iris.

I am quickly coming to realise that the Iris family is such an amazing family of plants. Flowers can be enjoyed from one member or another for well over seven months of the year and even this is getting longer … Continue reading

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Short Back and Sides for the Box.

The Rule Book says that box balls should be cut on Derby Day, which, to those of us who don’t follow horse racing, is the first weekend in June or thereabouts. I say rules are there to be broken and … Continue reading

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May has flown by. EOMV.

The woodland is much the same as last month, I’ve not got any more new planting done as I’ve been concentrating on trying to get the borders weeded in the main garden. With all the rain we have had, at … Continue reading

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Who do you think has a garden like this?

We have been away for the weekend visiting our son and dil. We were taken out on the Saturday, not to visit a garden as such, but I couldn’t resist peeking over the walls to see what sort of planting … Continue reading

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