ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
The last few days of fine weather have almost entirely gone into getting my allotment licked into shape, a task delayed by the endless rain. I have never seen, or killed, so many slugs in my life. For the last ten years I've had two plots and I've decided that this year will be the…
Episode 364, seven years chalked up. My opening six on 6th May 2017 were Camellias 'Annette Carol' and 'Nightrider', Maianthemum racemosum, 'Plympton Pippin' (apple) graft, Schefflera taiwaniana and Libertia x butleri. The last two are long dead and gone, the Camellias are over this year and the Maianthemum is behind where it was then. 'Plympton…
It rained most of today, somewhat dampening my enthusiasm for searching the garden for the six nuggets required for a six on saturday post. I pulled on my coat, tucked my camera under it, and sallied forth. Five shutter clicks and less than five minutes later I was back inside. I bagged a final shot…
I'm a gardener again! It's drying out and warming up and for the last couple of days I've been in the garden or on my allotment pretty much all day. I have to say that after a particularly inactive winter, it's taken its toll somewhat, I'm knackered. I've been planting on the allotment and in…
Today felt like spring; sunny, warm and pleasant. I took pictures in sunshine, which hasn't happened much of late. I even felt confident enough to leave taking pictures until Friday, instead of getting a few in earlier in the week. Hopefully your garden is really getting into its stride and there are things you'd be…
More rain, more wind. Cornwall Garden Society spring flower show at Wadebridge showground. On top of a hill a mile or two from the north Cornwall coast, just the place to sit out a Met Office weather warning for wind. I'm supposed to be there all day on Sunday. The garden limps along, with everything…
I went out looking for things to include in this week's six not having seen much of the garden in the past week. It has either been raining or I've been off doing other things. I was slightly taken by surprise by a few things, which makes a change from watching them emerge day by…
At long last I am beginning to be able to put together a six without a sense of struggle. A milder and somewhat drier week has seen things moving along quite nicely and there has been a noticeable greening up accompanied by several things new into flower. Six on Saturday, where gardeners around the world…
In one of the clips of video from my trail cam it was apparent that the hedgehog who had recently started using my newly installed hedgehog home was trying to climb the railway sleeper wall behind his home. I constructed a ladder and when I checked the camera this morning, discovered that he has found…
At first glance there didn't seem to be a lot happening in the garden and I thought about a six of repeats, same subjects but a progress report angle. It could still turn out that way, depending which pictures I choose to use.There is merit in things that perform over an extended period, a garden…
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