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Six on Saturday. 25.5.2024

Posted on May 25, 2024 by Pauline

Another week of mixed weather, a bit of everything in fact, including thunder and lightning and the flowers keep coming, no matter what. I have managed a bit of gardening most days, but the weeds are still winning at the … Continue reading →

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May Abundance.

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Pauline

May is on fast forward at the moment. after the cooler than usual April which has held flowers back a bit, it is all change now that we have warm sunshine every day with everything trying to flower all at … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday 21.05.2022

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Pauline

After a week of rain and sunshine, sometimes quite heavy rain, the plants are shooting up and so are the weeds! Weeding though is a lot easier when the ground is so damp, especially all the docks that seem to … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday 14. 05. 2022

Posted on May 14, 2022 by Pauline

Another week gone by, more weeds have been pulled, more plants planted and a lot of rain came on Wednesday so I had a rest from watering! Everything is growing at an alarming rate, I just wish I could keep … Continue reading →

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Just in time.

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Pauline

Ladies from the village WI. came for coffee, cake and biscuits yesterday, they also came to have a wander round the garden to see the snowdrops and other lovlies that are flowering at the moment. The weather behaved itself with … Continue reading →

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The sun shone for the snowdrops!

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Pauline

The forecast for yesterday was good, sunny but cold with the wind coming straight from the Arctic! I made some biscuits, baked a cake, bought some chocolate biscuits, hoovered, dusted and cleaned the loo, then sat back and waited for … Continue reading →

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The Bog is waking from it’s Winter Slumbers..

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Pauline

All winter the bog garden slumbers away with not a sign of the delights to come later in the year. Nearly all the plants die back to nothing, some disappear altogether, so there is nothing to tempt me to go … Continue reading →

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The beauty of a bog!

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Pauline

When we moved here 25 yrs ago, I didn’t know much about gardening, it has been a very steep learning curve and I’m still learning.  We discovered that part of the garden never dries out, even in the summer when … Continue reading →

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P.I.P.s in May.

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Pauline

May is the month for ebullient flowering,  the garden will be overflowing with flowers that are definitely OTT!  The Pips in question are the flamboyant Peonies, Iris and Poppies and they are joined by Rhododendrons and Azaleas, but they will … Continue reading →

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January treasures for GBBD.

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Pauline

At the moment, the sun is shining, the sky is a brilliant blue, the wind is blowing and everywhere is very wet from torrential rain overnight. We have escaped the awful weather of the last few days, when other places … Continue reading →

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