Garden captures were made from my garden on the 15th of the month to join others celebrating blooms that day. Perhaps it was fortunate I was late with my posting as yesterday a Press Release came in from the RHS which I’d like to pass on. The RHS are concerned about the risk of holiday… Read More GBBD, Updates & RHS advice/warning on holiday cuttings
Blogs like gardens evolve. Some mature, while others go off in different directions with new ideas. I’m gardener that is always moving plants around and changing things in my garden. The Cuckoo flower Cardamine pratensis When it comes to my blog the story is not much different. After 4½ years of garden watch blogging I… Read More Starting with the Cuckoo flower
Can you believe it? March is almost done! You’ll see in the video and photos below that despite odd cold spells, the second half of the month has had many sunny blue sky days too. Activity in the garden (by plants and visitors) has gone up a notch or too with the warm sunshine. Today,… Read More Almost there
…to the middle of the month with ‘Boofle’ in birthday cake form, sunny mornings, blue skies, first flowers opening, a snow covered garden, flattened flowers, grey skies, heavy rain, an invasion of Finches, recovering flowers, new shoots through the ground, a lengthy visit from Mr S. and short ones by Jack Frost . The cameras… Read More Phew! Flying past…
As promised, it’s time to reveal progress with the new wildlife pond build at the end of the month. However, the last day of February 2011 was a glorious one and my camera was drawn to other areas of the garden first 😉 Front garden: Narcissi ‘Ice Follies’ with sunlight revealing flowers inside. Front garden:… Read More End of month view, Feb 2011
If it’s real life or virtual Snowdrop walks/visits you’d enjoy then perhaps you might want to pour yourself a cuppa and browse the links below. Yep… if you are wondering where to find Snowdrop displays to visit just now, perhaps I might have found you just one or two. It has been fun searching 🙂… Read More Snowdrop Festival & Visits
Five years ago Carol at May Dreams Gardens invited Garden Bloggers to join her in posting the blooms in our gardens on the 15th of the month. Today she is still hosting this very popular Meme which has brought so many like-minded people together. Carol, our thanks go to you for another successful year 🙂… Read More GBBD February 2011
Mount Everest was where I arrived at last night! What a fascinating trip it was too. Don’t you just love those unplanned trips? Let me share this one with you. A great view awaits us. Don’t worry… we won’t get altitude sickness 🙂 We will begin our trip at Llanelli Wetlands Centre in Wales last… Read More Llanelli Wetland Centre, Wales
Swedish Blogger, Katarina at Roses and stuff hosts ‘Blooming Friday’. This week she has chosen the topic ‘Contrasts’ and after much talk, this week I’m finally going to walk the walk and join her. If you’re a blogger perhaps you might like to join in too… I’m sure she won’t mind if you post over… Read More Contrasts – Blooming Friday
Don’t worry… you haven’t been dreaming it’s only the 1st of the month 🙂 I’m on a waste not, want not theme. Trying to keep my pledge on shorter postings (for me) and not wishing to leave this on the internet cutting room floor I thought this would be a different take on a review… Read More Reviewing February