ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
The weather man said earlier that June 1st is the beginning of meteorological summer and just for once the weather itself is in agreement. What the weather man also said was to make the best of it because it's only going to last two or three days then go back to below average temperatures. I…
Every year there is a day that stands out as the pinnacle of the Cactus display in Sue's glasshouse. Some cacti have flowers that last only 24 hours, opening in the evening to be pollinated by moths, then fading through the following day. They tend to be very large and showy flowers, usually faintly but…
I've spent another week almost entirely in the garden or on my allotment. What do I have to show for it? Not as much as I'd like but I do have the sense that it's moving in the right direction. It needs to, our first garden opening is in three weeks time and I reckon…
How can I spend day after day working on this garden and it's as big of a mess now as it was a week ago or a month ago? I can't make the chaos recede. A lot of it is the inevitable consequence of sowing seeds or allowing seeds to sow themselves. One way or…
The last few days of fine weather have almost entirely gone into getting my allotment licked into shape, a task delayed by the endless rain. I have never seen, or killed, so many slugs in my life. For the last ten years I've had two plots and I've decided that this year will be the…
Episode 364, seven years chalked up. My opening six on 6th May 2017 were Camellias 'Annette Carol' and 'Nightrider', Maianthemum racemosum, 'Plympton Pippin' (apple) graft, Schefflera taiwaniana and Libertia x butleri. The last two are long dead and gone, the Camellias are over this year and the Maianthemum is behind where it was then. 'Plympton…
It rained most of today, somewhat dampening my enthusiasm for searching the garden for the six nuggets required for a six on saturday post. I pulled on my coat, tucked my camera under it, and sallied forth. Five shutter clicks and less than five minutes later I was back inside. I bagged a final shot…
I'm a gardener again! It's drying out and warming up and for the last couple of days I've been in the garden or on my allotment pretty much all day. I have to say that after a particularly inactive winter, it's taken its toll somewhat, I'm knackered. I've been planting on the allotment and in…
Today felt like spring; sunny, warm and pleasant. I took pictures in sunshine, which hasn't happened much of late. I even felt confident enough to leave taking pictures until Friday, instead of getting a few in earlier in the week. Hopefully your garden is really getting into its stride and there are things you'd be…
More rain, more wind. Cornwall Garden Society spring flower show at Wadebridge showground. On top of a hill a mile or two from the north Cornwall coast, just the place to sit out a Met Office weather warning for wind. I'm supposed to be there all day on Sunday. The garden limps along, with everything…
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