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Spreading marmalade

Last year at the ‘Gardening Scotland 2006’ show I was drawn to the displays of heucheras. The newer varieties had such unusual colours and wonderful names. I wonder how the nurserymen choose names for new plants. Marmalade was the name of one of the varieties I came home with that day and today I went… Read More Spreading marmalade

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Wildlife videos

AUTUMNWATCH 2007 Returns to BBC TWO – next week Mon-Thurs 8pmJoin Bill, Kate and Simon to see current wildlife action across the UK. They are also keen to know what interesting wildlife you’ve caught on film around the UK and ask: “Have you got video of an unusual wild visitor to your garden or local… Read More Wildlife videos

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It worked!

Three weeks ago today we took down our Camera Nestbox, cleaned it and scattered some wood shavings on the floor. We were hoping that we might get birds roosting in our box over the cold nights ahead. Let’s hope our camera survives the cold temps in our area of Scotland as tonight our Nestbox actually… Read More It worked!

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Wildlife sunbathers

This post is especially for those who enjoy seeing wildlife photos from my garden. It is also quite a contrast from frost in the previous post. I am delighted that today I finally managed to get photos of the Red Admiral butterfly visiting the plants in my garden around 12.30pm when it was warm and… Read More Wildlife sunbathers

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Beautiful winter flowers

Garden Bloom Day has just passed and browsing through other garden blogs I noticed many comments regarding the likely absence of flowers for future winter posts. Coincidentally last Friday evening I picked up a collection set of young plants that will be in flower from November through until March. I had originally intended to title… Read More Beautiful winter flowers