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Garden History

January 13, 2021Categories Garden development7 Comments on Garden History

I was sorting out backups of my too many digital photos yesterday and became side-tracked into looking through old photos of the garden. I was struck by how many pictures of plants I had and how few of the garden they were growing in. It was only when I started blogging, joining in with a…

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Six on Saturday -14/12/2019

December 14, 2019August 27, 2020Categories six on saturday17 Comments on Six on Saturday -14/12/2019

I've done a fair few of these six on Saturday posts and it occurred to me to wonder whether I'd missed anything, so I took a stroll round the garden and noted a few things I thought I might never have included, then came back in and checked. I could do at least three weeks…

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Six on Saturday – 1/12/2018

December 1, 2018Categories six on saturday33 Comments on Six on Saturday – 1/12/2018

Last week's publicly aired contemplation has become this week's action. I need to be careful what I commit to. There's nothing more in the cross hairs just yet. (Almost audible sigh of relief from a couple of frequently maligned plants) The ground is now very wet which is becoming restricting; there are things I want…

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Six on Saturday 3/6/2017

June 3, 2017September 30, 2020Categories six on saturdayLeave a Comment on Six on Saturday 3/6/2017

1. Conifers. I was going to run with six conifers, on the grounds that a quick tot-up in my head led me to think I had just six in the garden. When I uploade the picures to the computer I quickly saw two more in front of one of the ones I'd snapped, so I…

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Conifers

June 11, 2016June 12, 2016Categories Uncategorized2 Comments on Conifers

Conifers have become a somewhat tricky subject to talk about. As indifferent to the zeitgeist as I like to see myself, even I know that they've been deeply unfashionable for at least the last twenty years. You probably have to go back to the 1960's to see the start of what now looks like a…

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