ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
A new year and the days are getting longer and we've had a dry week. Have I been out gardening? Well no, I think I'm turning into a fair weather gardener and it's been too cold for pottering. Were I still a digger, it would have been perfect weather for turning over the soil on…
Into the final month of 2025 and as one season winds down, I am beginning to see the very first stirrings of the next one. A few of next spring's bulbs are emerging, one or two spring flowering Camellias have the odd bloom on them, new shoots are coming up on at least one Crocosmia.…
It looks like we're going to get another dousing overnight and into Saturday morning. Hey, it's late November, what do you expect? I still have plants out in the garden that need to come in, but I'm not getting into the garden much at the moment and the jobs are backing up a bit. I…
At long last I am beginning to be able to put together a six without a sense of struggle. A milder and somewhat drier week has seen things moving along quite nicely and there has been a noticeable greening up accompanied by several things new into flower. Six on Saturday, where gardeners around the world…
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