ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
It's been a week of dodging showers or just ignoring them and getting wet. I managed to plant some wood anemones and a few bulbs, about ten, small ones. Bagged my first Camellia picture of the season too, though this is the wrong blog for that and it wasn't one of mine, unusually. I was…
Two Camellia articles that I am supposed to be writing fall due in October so I've been willing it not to arrive since April. Didn't work, I'd better get writing. It's a funny time of year in the garden; part of me wants everything to go on flowering and looking good for as long as…
The slow downward spiral into autumn continues, slowly this week, a little quicker next week if the forecast is accurate. Soon it will be Camellia season, which always keeps me busy through the winter months. I have buds on new plants that I cannot wait to see in flower. Still lots of colour around though,…
It's one of those beautiful bright mornings where you go out, take a deep breath and go back in for a jumper. I intend to spend time on my allotment; Monty says it's time to prune my Blackcurrants, not that I watched GW. A bit of weeding wouldn't go amiss either and I should dead…
The cats away and the mice have been playing. Sue gets back on Tuesday and I have a project on the go that needs to be finished and the mess tidied up before then or I'm in trouble. Most of what I've done in the garden proper this week is move things around, by which…
When Cyclamen, Hedychium and Crinum commend themselves for inclusion you know where in the year you are. It'll soon be Nerine season. Last week I included my new shed as an item. This week I emptied the much bigger shed it is to replace and have an empty space for the new glasshouse that arrives next Thursday. Much…
It's still only 7:30 and I've been out taking pictures in the garden. I usually have it all wrapped up by Friday but I was busy building a new shed instead and nothing may come between a man and his shed. It was a weird day, I popped out to buy some timber first thing…
Oh dear, more rain. It was supposed to be dry today. Friday rained all day. At this time of year a rainy day can be an expensive day. I sat at my computer, browsing Parkers catalogue, Peter Nyssen's catalogue, then Potterton's, Avon Bulbs and Ron Scamp's Daffodils, just to mention the ones with whom I…
Hmmmph! I don't like wind. Two days of wind and all the pot plants that are lying down start to turn sideways. I haven't been up the allotment to see how Dahlias and runner beans have fared. I've been pinned down indoors. It's not good for brevity. One. Fuchsia of the week is Fuchsia procumbens.…
Last week Chris in Canada featured six veggies and I all but promised him I'd do the same this week. Sorry Chris, I'll do a separate blog on my veg plot, there's too much going on here in the garden. One. Fuchsia of the week just had to be 'Vera Garcia'. Sid Garcia used to…
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