ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
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…
Not a lot happens in an English garden in January. What was happening a week ago is still happening, and it wasn't much. I could do with a short run of weeks without Saturdays, just skip from Friday to Sunday, but it's not going to happen. It's only six things, how difficult could it possibly…
One week into a new year and if there was a notion that a new year should feel like an improvement, it's passed. January is always going to be like that, it's a stupid month to start a new year with. Looking for an upside, I can tell you that for the seven years we've…
I managed to make a start on clearing up the garden in the week and there are signs of life amongst the carnage. In fact, I could have done a six based on what is flowering now, on the last day of the year. Four Camellias, Muscari and Cyclamen coum. However, I'm going to save…
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