ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
A new year and the days are getting longer and we've had a dry week. Have I been out gardening? Well no, I think I'm turning into a fair weather gardener and it's been too cold for pottering. Were I still a digger, it would have been perfect weather for turning over the soil on…
Last post of the year. Unsurprisingly the garden this week has not been the main focus of my attention and when I went round this morning to see what I could find, it wasn't much. We still haven't had significant frost so a lot of things that should be dead are not, which is far…
One word sums up this week, wet. Today, meaning Friday, it didn't rain but I spent most of the day helping resheet a polytunnel for some friends who live nearby. Consequently I have spent almost no time in the garden all week. I did a quick sortie yesterday to see what I can find and…
Well, that was no ordinary week. Storm Bram gave us a good dousing on Monday, accompanied by strong winds, so there is less than ever to feature this week. Please join in if you can, we need all the help we can get for our Six on Saturday meme. All you need is half a…
Into the final month of 2025 and as one season winds down, I am beginning to see the very first stirrings of the next one. A few of next spring's bulbs are emerging, one or two spring flowering Camellias have the odd bloom on them, new shoots are coming up on at least one Crocosmia.…
It looks like we're going to get another dousing overnight and into Saturday morning. Hey, it's late November, what do you expect? I still have plants out in the garden that need to come in, but I'm not getting into the garden much at the moment and the jobs are backing up a bit. I…
Last night saw our first real frost, still only around zero, a long way short of the minus 12 my sister had up north of Aberdeen. Half the garden would be dead if we'd had that here. As it is, damage was slight. Even so, there is a lot less happening, i.e. flowering, this week…
Mid November and we're yet to have a frost. There's colder weather on the way next week, but still looking like it should stay above freezing. Which is just as well since my winter preparedness is about as low as it's ever been. That said, one of the forecasts I use is showing below zero…
I can't quite believe that I've taken pictures over the last couple of days and now have more than enough from which to pick six. True, some are repeats of things I posted in the last few weeks, but that, in a way, is the point. Plants that were looking good a month or six…
There's been a strong, gusty wind blowing all day here, but from the south, so not especially cold. Not pleasant to be out gardening in, but anything near to freezing seems barely conceivable at the moment. It'll come suddenly and catch me out with plants all around the garden that need protection. As an item…
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