ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
The pace is picking up. The sun is shining, the flowery stuff is really starting to kick off. I've sowed more seeds, taken the first Fuchsia cuttings and finished chopping down all of last years dead herbaceous growth. In the autumn I sowed lettuce and potted them up in the greenhouse; we've had a couple…
We're off to get our jabs this morning, it feels almost like a day out, given that we are going to the Wadebridge Showground; twenty miles away, quite an outing. On top of a hill in North Cornwall when there are warnings out for rain and 50mph wind gusts forecast. Quite an outing. It's been…
The temperature yesterday reached 6.8°C, the warmest for a week, not that it felt remotely warm with the wind trying to go through me. This morning it's trying to rain, not pleasant at 2°C and still blowing. The only gardening I've done this week is armchair gardening. I've been trying to sort out digital photos,…
Throughout the winter I have struggled to find six things going on in the garden and have toyed with different angles, six gardening books, six tools, six views from a window, six types of rain. Now that the days are lengthening and things are waking up and starting to do their thing, I'm thinking of…
How time flies when you're doing jigsaw puzzles. January down. Hopefully this year will go better than last but I'm not holding my breath. At least the days are beginning to lengthen and the temperature's up a bit, meaning that a bit got done in the garden this week. One.Scale insect. I never like to…
Having rained all night, it's due to clear into a half decent day. We'll see, at the moment it doesn't look promising. It was forecast so I made sure I had some pictures in the can yesterday. I was thinking I might be able to find half a dozen things flowering even after the cold…
I can't quite believe I just glanced down to check the date on the computer. Boxing day, Christmas all over for another year. I was thinking of doing a retrospective six but I've never felt less like looking backwards. In the moment then, happening now; meagre pickings on that front too. Not too meagre if…
Six things in the garden is it? You're 'avin' a laugh guv. Rain, x 6. I usually take the pictures for my sixes on Friday, not a chance yesterday, solid rain from dawn 'til dusk, plus a few hours on either side. Today is very different, the sun is shining, the sky is blue. I…
Yesterday wasn't much of a day for scurrying out between showers to see if anything was happening. Not a lot if truth be told, so I've had to be a bit creative. It's a lot easier for me than many I know and I'm always impressed that so many people find something going on even…
It's been a dreary old week where very little gardening has been done. I did manage to get up to Mt Edgcumbe and Antony House on Thursday, trying to identify a recalcitrant Camellia or two, with limited success. At least I was outdoors and away from the house, which feels the more liberating for being…
