ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
It's one of those beautiful bright mornings where you go out, take a deep breath and go back in for a jumper. I intend to spend time on my allotment; Monty says it's time to prune my Blackcurrants, not that I watched GW. A bit of weeding wouldn't go amiss either and I should dead…
The cats away and the mice have been playing. Sue gets back on Tuesday and I have a project on the go that needs to be finished and the mess tidied up before then or I'm in trouble. Most of what I've done in the garden proper this week is move things around, by which…
When Cyclamen, Hedychium and Crinum commend themselves for inclusion you know where in the year you are. It'll soon be Nerine season. Last week I included my new shed as an item. This week I emptied the much bigger shed it is to replace and have an empty space for the new glasshouse that arrives next Thursday. Much…
It’s not uncommon to hear gardeners lamenting the lack of colour in their garden towards the end of summer. I’m quite pleased at how much colour I have still and confidently expect it to carry on for some time yet. Let me set out my approach and the principles I follow. Parks departments, and to…
It's still only 7:30 and I've been out taking pictures in the garden. I usually have it all wrapped up by Friday but I was busy building a new shed instead and nothing may come between a man and his shed. It was a weird day, I popped out to buy some timber first thing…
Oh dear, more rain. It was supposed to be dry today. Friday rained all day. At this time of year a rainy day can be an expensive day. I sat at my computer, browsing Parkers catalogue, Peter Nyssen's catalogue, then Potterton's, Avon Bulbs and Ron Scamp's Daffodils, just to mention the ones with whom I…
I haven't had much to say about my veg growing this year and I have to admit that the weedy appearance of the plot suggests my enthusiasm for it has faltered a little. I don't think it has by much but I have probably not done as well this year as last, mainly because I…
Hmmmph! I don't like wind. Two days of wind and all the pot plants that are lying down start to turn sideways. I haven't been up the allotment to see how Dahlias and runner beans have fared. I've been pinned down indoors. It's not good for brevity. One. Fuchsia of the week is Fuchsia procumbens.…
I have been growing Dahlias in the garden for years, plants that I have purchased from various places. In 2015, not on top of my dead heading, I picked off a couple of dead flowers from the varety ‘Orange Cushion’ and realised that they contained good looking seed. In the spring of 2016 I sowed…
Last week Chris in Canada featured six veggies and I all but promised him I'd do the same this week. Sorry Chris, I'll do a separate blog on my veg plot, there's too much going on here in the garden. One. Fuchsia of the week just had to be 'Vera Garcia'. Sid Garcia used to…
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