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It's been a bit warmer down here this week but any gain in bringing things on quicker has been offset by wind and rain. My garden is pretty open and strong wind is never welcome. Earlier in the week I had enough Camellias looking good to be motivated to write a piece about them on…
It's turned wet, hour after hour of drizzly rain, so not enough to fill Colliford Reservoir and get the threat of water restrictions lifted, but enough to keep this gardener indoors most of the week. On the whole, the garden is happy with it, though I'm seeing a lot of slugs and expect them to…
I'm at RHS Rosemoor today, immersed in Camellia matters. They have their Spring Flower Show, which includes the RHS Early Camellia Competition. Down in our corner of the country, conditions have been passable for getting blooms in good condition, I'm not so sure that those from further afield will have had an easy time. In…
Looks like it's going cold from the diagonally opposite corner of the country, moving this way but maybe not quite making it. Things are well enough under way to be worried about new growth getting clobbered, a routine, happens every year kind of worry. Six things in the garden on a Saturday, posted for the…
I rushed around on Thursday to get a few pictures, frost having been forecast that night. I've been out all day today (Friday) do haven't had a look to see if any damage was done. It's a two steps forward, one step back time of year. Hopefully for most of you out there it's two…
The upward curve continues, I have sown my first veg seeds and things are shooting out all over the place. The things I put into a six a week or two back with one half open flower are now in full flow. I have options. Six things happening on a drizzly Saturday, no worries. One.I'm…
It's light a little earlier in the morning, starting to be noticeable. And things are growing; slowly, but surely. Most of last year's dead stuff is gone, Crocus and snowdrops are flowering. It's not raining. Situation normal ...... One.I haven't done a WordPress before and after shot for a while, so when I decided to…
Perish the thought I might be getting ahead of myself, but there are very definitely signs that a new season is kicking off. The advantageous bit, as far as SoS is concerned, is that there are a few more flowers appearing, but of greater significance, in the great scheme of things, is that there are…
I think the main problem I have with this weather is that the forecasters seem to keep on promising that it is about to warm up, then it doesn't. It would also help greatly if it was sunnier, 6°C in sun can feel quite pleasant but under thick cloud feels raw. Whingeing won't help, onwards…
With the weather still not really conducive to gardening I've spent much of the week on things camellia related. Mostly that has meant sitting in front of the computer updating records in the Plant Heritage database of the Mount Edgcumbe collection. I went up to the park yesterday, taking photos of plant labels mostly, by…
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