ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
We've had a sister and a niece staying this week, diverting my thoughts away from matters horticultural and towards genealogy. My sister was researching the Plympton chunk of our family tree, that being where my dad came from and where my grandad had a nursery that sadly no longer exists. The garden looks exactly the…
The 15th of October last year was the last SoS hosted by The Propagator, the 22nd, the first hosted by me. If you're reading this Jon, I hope you're well and have enjoyed being free of the self inflicted responsibility that SoS entails. Jon hosted the meme for 283 weekly episodes from its inception; I…
When it reaches this time of year and the rain doesn't know when to stop, you have to be grateful for anything in the garden that is hanging in there and performing in some way. Never mind that it's as common as muck or a hideous clashy colour, at least it's not green or brown.…
October already, how did that happen? I just looked back at my post for this time last year, I had Aster and Golden Rod still flowering; they're finished this year. I had just cleared away tomatoes; this year it was a fortnight earlier. The weather is lovely, the garden is looking in good shape, we…
Last day of the month and I'm on my hols. We're on the Scillies for a short break, made shorter by both boat and planes being cancelled on Wednesday when we were due to travel. It was a breezy force 11 here in gusts, we were told today, so it was probably better to lose…
For a while it seemed like autumn had been put on hold, there was lots flowering, quite a bit of new growth, and while it was all getting a bit overgrown it was at least standing up. Wednesday's weather was a blow in two senses and it's not looking so pretty now. Some Dahlias have…
I finally have my new computer up and running. It's much the same but not the same, lots of little things are different, some of which can be changed to what I'm used to, some not. I might be getting too old to be swapping SSD's from one computer to another then diving into disk…
27°C here today for the second day in a row, not as hot as "up country" but pretty extraordinary for September, at least by historical standards. The upshot is that the garden is looking good with lots of colour and the autumn wind-down seemingly on hold. We went down to the Tremenheere plant fair last…
The speed at which these Saturdays come around is terrifying. It's not like I lead a busy life and there isn't a great deal needs doing in the garden just now. My allotment is a different matter but there's been just enough rain to provide an alibi for putting that off. Yet here we are…
The sky out the front window is black, it's raining, and the sun is shining brightly. Out the back the sky is blue. It's been that sort of day. The garden is beginning the long slide into autumn; pretty much all the gardening that can be done has been done but it's way to early…
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