ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
By mid October most people’s gardens are at best winding down. Such colour as is left is from late and weather battered Dahlias, Fuchsias, Salvias, the odd rose and the like. Very few plants chose late autumn for their main flower display and many gardeners have also given up and hunkered down to wait for…
Wednesday was a lovely day and seems such a long time ago. I looked at the forecast and got some pictures taken then and on Thursday. I did a quick loop of the garden this morning and it's looking battered and soggy with most of the pot stuff lying down. One. Camellia sasanqua 'Navajo'. This is…
I did a blog on Fuchsias in August but wanted to revisit them because there are several flowering now that weren't then and because they really are contributing hugely to the late season flower display. Most of what was flowering then still is, to a greater or lesser degree. Our garden club speaker this month…
Continue reading ➞ Fuchsias, a few more good words or a good few more words.
I was expecting to wake to rain this morning, but it still hasn't arrived. It's not far away but it's not moving either. Hey ho. Six things happening in the garden now, no problem. One. Not one, but two bulging packets arrived in the post yesterday, next year's seeds. I stuck with Kings for my…
I have three very distinct forms of the Mt Omei balsam in my garden, two planted out and one still in a pot. The one that I have had the longest is the form most often encountered here and came to the UK from America, having been introduced to cultivation by Don Jacobs of Eco Gardens…
At this time of year bad weather causes a rapid slide into chaos and good weather puts the slide on hold without reversing it. Excellent weather for getting things done though. There always seem to be a lot of takers for the idea of autumn as favourite season. I'm not one of them; I prefer…
I just looked out the window and noticed how autumnal next door's plum leaved thorn is looking; that seemed to happen overnight. It's raining and it's due to last all day. The poor old garden has been given a right thrashing this week and there's more to come. I don't like wind. Even taking pictures…
First thing this morning I popped up the allotment, then on to Trago. (Bought 350g bag Onion ‘Electric’ sets, or 102 bulbs, for £1.49; they’re £3.30 for 50 in my seed catalogue, but I digress) When I got back I emptied a quantity of Camellia seeds from my pocket, thinking roughly “you sad git, you…
I don't know how many different plants I grow, it's several, if not more. Some are rarities, some are not. Some are big and bold and brash, some so restrained they're hard to spot. I'm a gardener, I grow plants; for me, two different plants are more interesting than two the same. Each of us…
I meant this to be a monthly snapshot, but there has been slippage, my last allotment post being at the end of July. That was just after we'd had the first rain for ages but before anything was showing any benefit from it. My runner beans had cropped well through the hot spell, sustained by…
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