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Yearly Archives: 2023
Coffee, Cake and Snowdrops.
I woke to a very misty morning and just had to hope that the sun would come out as promised and burn the mist away. It was still dull while we had our coffee and cake, but then suddenly the … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 11/ 02/ 2023
Another week of freezing nights and mostly sunny days, a lot of the mornings have seen the snowdrops and hellebores collapsed to the ground, but by lunch time they are bright and perky, standing upright once more. I was getting … Continue reading
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Tagged Crocus, daphne, Galanthus, Iris reticulata, narcissus, Winter aconite
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Six on Saturday. 04/02/2023
I saw my first bee of the year yesterday, it was working through all the flowers on Galanthus Magnet which were open for business. The week has finished with reasonably mild weather for the time of year, but the forecast … Continue reading
Welcome February 2023.
The weather this last week has been milder, thank goodness and working in the woodland, in the sunshine, has been an absolute pleasure. I finally got all the leaves cleared from where the special snowdrops are planted, pulled up miles … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaenomeles, Cyclamen coum, Galanthus, Hellebore, Iris reticulata, Iris unguicularis
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Six on Saturday. 28.01.2023.
We have just had another week of heavy frosts each night, but now the weather is warming up slightly and by next week we might be up to double figures! It has been cold out tidying the woodland but a … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 21.01.2023
Well, that was a cold week and Wednesday such a strange day, I think we had every bit of weather just in one day. I woke up to snow, then we had a bit of sunshine, rain which then turned … Continue reading
Six on Saturday. 14.01.2023.
What a lovely day yesterday was, after a week of almost non stop rain. I made a start on tackling all the leaves that are down in the woodland, clearing away the worst from round all my special snowdrops so … Continue reading
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Tagged cardamine pratensis, Cyclamen coum, garrya elliptica, Hellebore, Iris reticulata Pauline., Primula denticulata
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Six on Saturday. 07.01.2023
We have had a mixed week of weather, lots of rain but I have been able to get out into the garden on a couple of days to continue the big tidy up. I am way behind where I usually … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaenomeles, Iris unguicularis, primrose sibthorpii, primroses, rosehips, snowdrops
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