First thing in the morning our garden is entirely in shade, one of the reasons I usually take the pictures for my SoS on Friday. I was elsewhere, it didn't happen, so my pictures were taken in shade after a wet and windy night. There's worse to come tomorrow and Monday, much worse. One. Narcissus…
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Six on Saturday – 23/2/2019
The weather is behaving like April and my head is still in January. I hadn't cranked up my slug vigilance, which cost me a pot of lettuce seedlings this week, and I'm struggling to remember to keep checking what needs watering. Yesterday evening saw the first torchlight slug patrol of the year; the other side sustained…
Six on Saturday – 16/2/2019
Here's a fine thing, six on Saturday and I had done nothing until this morning. Being in the luxurious state that is retirement, I usually have it all lined up by Friday night at the latest. It was inevitable then that the weather would conspire to frustrate me, not that it's raining or snowing, just…
Six on Saturday – 9/2/2019
I'm hoping for enough of a break between weather events this morning to meet with a young couple who are going to take on half of one of my two allotments. I don't really need two whole plots but one isn't quite enough either. They're new to veg growing and both work full time, so…
Six on Saturday – 2/2/2019
It rained steadily all day Thursday, turning to snow in late afternoon. Any salt applied to the roads had been washed away so the snow settled and as the temperature dropped, froze, along with the slushy stuff underneath. Result, an inch or less of snow and impassable roads. I was very glad I didn't have to…
Six on Saturday – 26/1/2019
Yesterday the temperature was well up in double figures and there is no doubt the pace of things in the garden is picking up. I went out expecting very little to have changed from last week and found twice as many items as I needed. I'm not complaining, winter is plenty long enough and I'm always desperate…
Six on Saturday -19/1/2019
When I was writing this yesterday afternoon it was 8°C and raining, as it had been all day. It was also getting brighter, like it was going to brighten up just in time to go dark. Thanks a lot. I didn't fancy going out in the rain with my camera and today I'm off gallivanting…
Six on Saturday – 12/1/2019
If we had a well defined winter in this country I imagine there would be months of nothing at all happening followed by a relatively quick transition into full on growth. It seems that one season starts before the last one has finished and the acceleration into full growth runs at about 0 to 60…
Six on Saturday – 5/1/2019
If you wanted the clearest possible indication that not a lot is happening in the garden it's the fact that I've spent most of the last week decorating. Hanging wallpaper and painting. The last few days have been cold though we've mostly escaped frost. Nevertheless I scurried round on Wednesday afternoon tucking things up, then…
Six on Saturday -29/12/2018
Last six of the year. Taking inspiration from Jane's king parrots last week I have been trying to take pictures of garden birds. We hang a couple of feeders of sunflower seeds out for them and mostly get flocks of goldfinches hoovering them up from dawn to dusk. I started taking pictures from the house, through…
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