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Six on Saturday. 22.6.2024
After a week of sunshine with nice warm weather, somedays even hot, it rained yesterday evening and overnight. I’m sure the garden was very happy and it saved me any watering this morning. The sunshine brought lots of bees and … Continue reading
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Tagged hydrangeas, Inula helenium, iris sibirica, meadow, Mimulus, Phormium Yellow Wave, roses
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Six on Saturday. 24.6.2023
We have had lots more hot sunshine during the week with just the odd little shower, I think it has rained a couple of times during the night, but nowhere near enough, we need more, lots more rain! I think … Continue reading
Six on Saturday, 27.5.2023.
It is nice to have it confirmed by Chelsea that my garden is the height of fashion, in vogue at the moment, I am “nurturing my wild flowers” so my garden looks “pretty but shaggy” I think that was the … Continue reading
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Tagged Camassia, Germander speedwell, Iris latifolia, meadow, red campion, Rhododendron luteum, roses, wild flowers
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Six on Saturday 21.05.2022
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
Time to mow.
I decided it was time to mow my mini meadow the other day, but because of its small size, it is a strimmer that is used to cut the grass back. I liked the way it looked with its grass … Continue reading
One man went to mow…….
But not yet for a while. Any mowing will be done at the end of August, by which time the grass will be a lot longer and I’ll have had a lot more different flowers in my tiny meadow.
Right plant, right place.
Before moving here 20 yrs ago, I just looked after the garden of whichever house we were living in – not really interested – just keeping it tidy. It wasn’t until I was having to come down to Devon, house-hunting, … Continue reading