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…
Author: Jim Stephens
Gardener, no-dig allotmenteer, camellia enthusiast.
I love colour, it cheers me up.
Retired nurseryman.
Six on Saturday – 16/3/2024
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…
Six on Saturday – 9/3/2024
I'm up at RHS Rosemoor for the first show of the season, the Early Spring Show. A day of talking Camellias with like minded people. The last couple of days have been really windy so the competitors are going to have their work cut out getting show perfect blooms. They will rise to the occasion,…
Six on Saturday – 2/3/2024
Very gradually, it's all getting greener. That should in theory make it easier to scrape together six things going on in the garden but I don't think it has. Knowing I was going to be out all day today (Friday) I took a few photos earlier in the week. Another mixed bag. One.The hedgehog that…
Six on Saturday – 24/2/2024
The thing about doing an absolutely regular snapshot of a garden is that it makes you very aware of the speed of change. By June things are moving so fast that everything changes from one weekend to the next and you've even missed the odd thing that happened in between. Then you get a week…
Six on Saturday – 17/2/2024
Where did that week go? The two dry days have been spent on my voluntary camellia collection curation at Mount Edgcumbe, leaving a succession of drizzly or downright wet days to do very little in the garden here. I tried to take a few pictures yesterday (thursday) but you could barely see from one end…
Six on Saturday – 10/2/2024
It stopped raining long enough today (Friday) to at least get out and grab a few pictures, but not long enough for the blooms in question to dry out. Nor was there enough sun to open crocuses. It won't therefore come as any surprise that this weeks theme is Camellias, to the exclusion of all…
Six on Saturday – 3/2/2024
We had a couple of really quite pleasant days this week and I seized the opportunity to put in some hours on the Camellia collection at Mount Edgcumbe rather than the garden here while I still had the car to myself, Sue being away for another couple of weeks. It's meant I've barely looked at…
Six on Saturday – 27/1/2024
I probably spent longer in the garden today than I have since somewhere back in October. Searching out pictures for this six, potting lilies and hydrangea pruning being the bulk of it. The weather has turned around but even so, nothing happens quickly in January even if it isn't freezing. I found the requisite six…
Six on Saturday – 20/1/2024
Ten past seven on Friday evening and I think the weather has just made an about turn. An hour ago it was 0.3°C and now it has gone back up again to 1.9°C. First thing this morning I recorded -6.3°C, which for Cornwall is exceptionally cold. Hopefully the greenhouses stayed above zero and most things…
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