ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
At first glance there didn't seem to be a lot happening in the garden and I thought about a six of repeats, same subjects but a progress report angle. It could still turn out that way, depending which pictures I choose to use.There is merit in things that perform over an extended period, a garden…
I'm up at RHS Rosemoor for the first show of the season, the Early Spring Show. A day of talking Camellias with like minded people. The last couple of days have been really windy so the competitors are going to have their work cut out getting show perfect blooms. They will rise to the occasion,…
Very gradually, it's all getting greener. That should in theory make it easier to scrape together six things going on in the garden but I don't think it has. Knowing I was going to be out all day today (Friday) I took a few photos earlier in the week. Another mixed bag. One.The hedgehog that…
The thing about doing an absolutely regular snapshot of a garden is that it makes you very aware of the speed of change. By June things are moving so fast that everything changes from one weekend to the next and you've even missed the odd thing that happened in between. Then you get a week…
Where did that week go? The two dry days have been spent on my voluntary camellia collection curation at Mount Edgcumbe, leaving a succession of drizzly or downright wet days to do very little in the garden here. I tried to take a few pictures yesterday (thursday) but you could barely see from one end…
It stopped raining long enough today (Friday) to at least get out and grab a few pictures, but not long enough for the blooms in question to dry out. Nor was there enough sun to open crocuses. It won't therefore come as any surprise that this weeks theme is Camellias, to the exclusion of all…
We had a couple of really quite pleasant days this week and I seized the opportunity to put in some hours on the Camellia collection at Mount Edgcumbe rather than the garden here while I still had the car to myself, Sue being away for another couple of weeks. It's meant I've barely looked at…
I probably spent longer in the garden today than I have since somewhere back in October. Searching out pictures for this six, potting lilies and hydrangea pruning being the bulk of it. The weather has turned around but even so, nothing happens quickly in January even if it isn't freezing. I found the requisite six…
Ten past seven on Friday evening and I think the weather has just made an about turn. An hour ago it was 0.3°C and now it has gone back up again to 1.9°C. First thing this morning I recorded -6.3°C, which for Cornwall is exceptionally cold. Hopefully the greenhouses stayed above zero and most things…
Arrrgh! This is getting difficult. There really isn't a lot happening out there right now. I wandered around this morning looking for inspiration and finding none. Could I scrape together six flowers, of absolutely anything at all, the real diehards? What about low life, mosses, lichens, a fern or two? Maybe I could take half…
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