May is the month where it can all run away from you if you take your eye off the ball for a second. So much happening, so much needing doing. A lot of what needs doing is weeding and watering, which eats into the time you need for planting and preening. Quite a bit of…
Tag: Euphorbia
Six on Saturday – 9/4/2022
Well, that was a full on horticultural week. Camellia Society meeting on Monday, Mount Edgcumbe on Wednesday (camellias), full day on my allotment on Thursday and a couple of days of pricking off, potting up and on, pruning and so on around the garden. I want to get another day in on the allotment today,…
Six on Saturday – 29/1/2022
Another drab winters day here but a bit less cold than it's been. By the end of next week something might have changed out there but right now there's no discernible difference from a week ago. I seem to have this notion in my head that for something to be "happening" it must have progressed…
Six on Saturday – 23/1/2021
Seeking inspiration, I looked back at what I'd posted as sixes in Januaries past. No help there. Walking round the garden didn't help much either. It's cold and wet and dull. Next door have a mini digger in and are starting to do something, so we have a grandstand seat to watch and tut. Anyhow,…