The last week has seen an extraordinary spurt of growth in the garden and on the allotment. We've had some rain, would have welcomed a bit more, but you get what you get. I've been trying to match the frantic pace of growth with frenetic activity of my own, chopping stuff down, planting, sowing, potting…
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Six on Saturday – 26/5/2018
I popped up the allotment first thing, earthed up spuds and planted more seedling dahlias. Rain is forecast and the clouds are gathering. A good downpour would be ideal this weekend, just before things start to get seriously stressed. What with newly planted stuff on the allotment and all the pot stuff back here, I'm…
Six on Saturday – 19/5/2018
I'm in the habit of writing my Saturday posts on Fridays but here we are, Saturday morning and nothing done. Good thing the sun is shining and early morning photos can be taken. One. Chillies. I sowed three sorts and put them on a south facing windowsill on 3/3/18. Two sorts, 'Apache' and 'Ring of…
Six on Saturday – 12/5/2018
So impressed was I with the Hardy Plant Society's plant sale in Truro last weekend that I have now joined the Hardy Plant Society. Who knows, by next year I might be back there as a seller. I nearly added "rather than a buyer" but I bet most of the sellers spend as much on other…
Six on Saturday – 5/5/2018
It's one day shy of a year since I did my first SoS post. My first item then is my first item now, with the next two items also having featured before. The next three are new. It's inevitable as the season starts round again that repetition will occur and it will be interesting to…
Six on Saturday – 28/4/2018
Ah the joys of retirement. I've enjoyed a full week of gardening this week, a bit like being at work. I had three fairly major things I wanted to get done. First was to lift some Camellias from my allotment and pot them before it was too late to do it. Done, 13 in all.…
Six on Saturday – 21/4/2018
Not sure how it happened, but this is my 50th Six on Saturday post. 300 "things", most of them plants. This weeks six is not the one where I shoot off in a different direction, not when we have some decent weather and flowers and shoots bursting out all over. I love a bit of warm sunny…
Six on Saturday – 14/4/2018
Back after a week out. Last week I was "up country", sampling the delights of the M25 and M3. I was judging camellias at the RHS show at Savill Garden; now that is a lovely garden, and I managed to spend all of Friday at Wisley, a garden that seems a little less to do…
Six on Saturday 31/3/2018
A week ago it seemed like the garden was poised for action, just waiting for the moment when winter shifted to spring. But someone hit the pause button and it all looks much the same. I found half a dozen things to mention, worthy or not. One. Camellia of the week is one I raised from seed…
Six on Saturday – 24/3/2018
Has to be said that when I opened the cupboard of horticultural delights for this SoS it was looking pretty bare. It's a good thing that hopes, dreams and disasters are admissible because that's what's on offer from me this week. I'm counting on everybody else's contributions, linked from The Propagator, for an uplift. One. Cuttings;…
