ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
I just spent the last hour blasting mealy bugs off cacti, at which point the skies opened and I ran for cover. Such a glamorous life. I was expecting to be fencing this weekend, the kind with bits of wood, not swords. Unfortunately only part of what I'd ordered was delivered, so now the rest…
Three dumpy bags of local quarry stone were carefully lowered onto our neighbour's parking area on Friday. I set to work straight away, wheeling it in my trusty wheelbarrow up to the top end of the garden. Two tonnes were shifted on Friday afternoon, the remaining tonne on Saturday morning. Our estate was built 40…
Continue reading ➞ The top corner project – part 2 – 19/10/2020
There will be only one thing happening in my garden this saturday and it involves stone. Lots of stone. You won't get to see it in Saturday fsixes, it's such fun I'll do a post about it separately.I got the sheet onto my polytunnel on thursday, so that's now ready to get tested by next…
It was 29th September that I showed the sheet disappearing from the polytunnel that has adorned the top corner of our garden since 2014. I knew at the time that it wasn't going to get any easier. The tunnel came down very easily, was transported up to my allotment and erected without incident. I had…
Continue reading ➞ The top corner project – part 1 – 11/10/2020
Unless it's tipping down, I shall be out in the garden taking the big project sparked by the removal of my tunnel forward. Hacking out the remains of the hedge mainly. I'm working on a different post about that, so I'll say no more here. I might plant a few bulbs too but I'd better…
Around this time last year I did a post on Begonias. It was getting to the end of a growing season during which I'd been experimenting further with planting out some supposedly hardy begonias as well as some that I knew would need lifting again before the winter. I have repeated and extended my experimentation…
In like a lamb and out like a lion describes this week. I need better weather, I have things to get on with. Rainy days are good for blogging and bad for things to blog about.Bulbs have been to the fore this week in that Tony Tomeo sent me lots of Amaryllis seed, thank you…
I put off using the WordPress block editor for as long as I could but eventually decided to jump in. There's a block called image compare which I've been playing with. It's nifty stuff but you really need to get two pictures taken from the exact same spot and with the same camera setup. That's…
Phew, what a week, and it's not over yet. Last Sunday was the Rare plant fair at Tregrehan, probably the highlight of my gardening year. It was postponed from June but was worth the wait. I shouldn't do this because it'll make you envious, but this is what we bought. (Sue came too)Crassula albaBegonia 'Griphon'Begonia…
The weather looks set to assert itself next week, bringing an end to the pretence that summer is lingering on. The first seed catalogue arrived thursday too. I'm OK with it, even if I do have at least two Dahlias that have only begun to flower this week. My thoughts are turning to next season…
