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Monthly Archives: July 2016
July foliage GBFD, 2016.
Our heatwave is over – thank goodness! My plants and I were wilting before the rain and lower temperatures came and rescued us both. The air is now so much fresher and plants are once again standing proud and looking … Continue reading
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Tagged contrasting foliage, deciduous foliage, evergreen foliage, july foliage
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Makeover for the gravel garden.
The gravel area, tucked away at the back of the house, next to the hedge between us and next door, was looking the worse for wear and was in desperate need of a makeover. Up until now, it has mainly … Continue reading
July Abundance GBBD.
It was a difficult decision which flowers to chose for this month’s Bloom Day, as there is so much flowering in the garden at the moment.We have had quite a lot of rain during June and July, which has made … Continue reading
Celebrations in the air!
We have an Ash tree in the back garden which has a rose and a clematis climbing up in amongst the branches. The Montana clematis flowers mainly in June and was planted to mark our son’s wedding quite a few … Continue reading
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Tagged Clematis montana, climbing roses, Rosa Golden Wedding, Rosa mulligani, Rosa Wedding Day
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Little and Large.
One minute we have large birds fighting over the feeders and the next there is so much twittering from one of the smallest birds that we have here, well, they would be if they didn’t have such long tails! First … Continue reading
Raindrops keep falling!
We have had so much rain over the last couple of weeks, sometimes torrential, sometimes just a light sprinkling with sun in between the showers. One morning when I was up nice and early, the raindrops were twinkling in the … Continue reading