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Yearly Archives: 2023
Six on Saturday. 30.12.2023
Having spent a few days in Bristol over Christmas, I am now back home once more and able to look round half the garden to see what is now in flower. The half that I can’t walk round is flooded … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 23.12.2023
Last week I thought I would be giving S.O.S. a miss this week as I didn’t think I would have anything new to show you, but the plants thought differently! Sitting at my laptop and looking up out of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaenomeles, Galanthus, Iris unguicularis Walter Butt, rhododendron
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Six on Saturday. 16.12.2023
Another week flown by and this week has been busy with getting ready for next weekend and not gardening! But now all parcels are done and posted along with all the cards, so maybe next week I might be back … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 9.12.2023
More rain, more floods, but we had a much drier day yesterday for a change. The previous day, Thursday we had almost all Decembers rain in one day, then it dried up just in time to give us the most … Continue reading
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Tagged camellia, Crocus, Galanthus Little John, Iris reticulata, Iris unguicularis, sunset
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Six on Saturday. 2.12.2023
I had thought I wouldn’t be able to do a post today as the only flowers that I have are the ones you saw last week. However, the weather had other ideas and frost descended in the night and left … Continue reading
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Six on Saturday. 25.11.2023
At last, a dry week! I have managed quite a bit of raking the leaves which have come fluttering down rather quickly and had a few sessions in the woodland getting ready for snowdrops, some of which I have found … Continue reading
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Tagged Acer seeds, camellia, Campanula poscharskyana, Iris unguicularis, snowdrops, wisteria
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Six on Saturday. 18.11.2023
Time once again for Six on Saturday, but not much work has been done in the garden due to more rain every day. The garden really is so sodden, walking on the grass just turns it into mud so I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Aesculus, camellia, Geranium Rozanne, Iris unguicularis, mahonia Charity, Rosa Graham Thomas
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Six on Saturday. 11.11.2023.
Hopefully this will work after a fraught time with my laptop being clogged up with photos. Thankfully my lovely daughter visited from Bristol yesterday and moved to a hard drive, would you believe, over 31,000 photos, no wonder my laptop … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 28.10.23
Another week of sunshine and rain, with more rain I think than sunshine. In spite of this I have managed a fair amount of gardening, cutting back, potting up more bulbs, planting plants and photographing plants ready for today. The … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 21.10.2023
After another week of rain, when the gardener couldn’t come and cut the grass, plants are still coping, flowering as usual, the threatened frost didn’t arrive here in this part of Devon, so everything is carrying on as normal. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherry tree, hardy geraniums, Iris foetidissima, Iris unguicularis, Michaelmas daisy, Salvia
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