ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
Next wednesday is our first opening for the NGS so I thought that rather than pick out six individual items I'd go with six viewpoints. When visiting gardens there are always going to be things that have just gone over and things that aren't quite open yet; the sense that last week or next week…
Our first NGS opening is on the 23rd but we had something of a dry run with a group from Liskeard on wednesday afternoon. It all went well, which was a relief. Having spent weeks coaxing things along and primping and preening it all, it's hard not to feel a bit flat afterwards. There's plenty…
It's all coming on apace now, making up for lost time. Everything is filling out and bare ground is disappearing; a good thing, I don't like bare ground. Lots of things are in bud, like peonies, dahlias and hydrangeas and it's tempting to include the promise of things to come but the things already happening…
At long long last we have some decent growing weather. It feels like everything is miles behind but looking at pictures from last year doesn't bear that out. There seem to be a lot of things on the verge of flowering and rather fewer actually performing, but serving up six helpings at this time of…
Nearly the end of May and we've yet to have a spell of really good growing weather this year. The forecasts have often suggested that things might be getting better only for it not to materialise, so I'm trying to attenuate my hopes for the coming week. Gales are particularly unwelcome and all you can…
When I was writing this yesterday evening it was very obvious that another bout of rain was not far off. Increasingly heavy cloud was streaming in from the west, the Met Office radar showed it to be approaching fast and the forecast was for rain most of the night. Showers are forecast for the rest…
It looks like yesterday morning's frost may be the last and that we are going to get slightly higher temperatures in the next week or two. We had a good bit of rain overnight but less seems to have found its way into my storage system than I would have liked. A lot of things…
Weird it is. For a good part of yesterday the sky to the south of us was black with rain coming down in sheets. There were several claps of thunder though I didn't notice any lightning flashes. We had about five drops of rain, the rest missed us. Normally that would have been a good…
The greenhouse extension is done, all that remains is to sort out shelving and staging. It won't last but at the moment it actually feels spacious. Building has meant that apart from watering, all other gardening has been neglected, so I'm keen to wrap it up and get back to weeding, planting, pricking off, potting…
Most mornings this week there has just been a touch of ground frost and in desperation to get some space, a few risks have been taken. I planted tomatoes in my tunnel and have been putting things out by day then back in at night, or not if I'm feeling lucky. Planted a Begonia out…
