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Six on Saturday – 13/11/2021

November 13, 2021Categories six on saturday36 Comments on Six on Saturday – 13/11/2021

I don't seem to be spending much time in the garden at the moment, I'm very much in a phase of planning changes then making the excuse that I want to think about it before committing. I have pages of notes, a lot of them contradictory, where I've changed my mind, or duplicated, where I've…

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Six on Saturday – 6/11/2021

November 6, 2021Categories six on saturday27 Comments on Six on Saturday – 6/11/2021

Deeper into autumn and it's getting trickier. Camellia sasanqua is just starting, so that helps. We've yet to have a frost, which is just as well since there's a lot of stuff still outside that shouldn't be. I was admiring someone's toasted Impatiens yesterday, just a couple of miles away but at lower altitude, so…

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Six on Saturday – 2/10/2021

October 2, 2021Categories six on saturday40 Comments on Six on Saturday – 2/10/2021

Last weekend Sue and I were at the Chelsea Flower Show on Friday and Monday. Most of the time we were helping to man the International Camellia Society stand so we didn't get to see much of the rest of the show, but talking camellias for hours on end is pretty much my idea of…

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Six on Saturday – 28/11/2020

November 28, 2020Categories six on saturday36 Comments on Six on Saturday – 28/11/2020

Lordy, where did that month go? It's deep into the time of preparing for next season, this one being dead and gone. I've been planting, digging up and potting, moving and chucking out. I write myself lists, the current one still has less things done than not.It being the weird year it is, on Tuesday…

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Six on Saturday – 21/11/2020

November 21, 2020Categories six on saturday29 Comments on Six on Saturday – 21/11/2020

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…

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Six on Saturday – 1/8/2020

August 1, 2020August 25, 2020Categories six on saturday36 Comments on Six on Saturday – 1/8/2020

Summer holiday season in Cornwall is always manic and I tend to hunker down and steer well clear of the busy bits. Sue was down in Looe during the week and said it was heaving. If you know where to go you can avoid the crowds completely. It's a safe bet that you could sit…

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Six on Saturday – 11/7/2020

July 11, 2020August 25, 2020Categories six on saturday56 Comments on Six on Saturday – 11/7/2020

There's a mini-digger parked up on next doors drive, shortly to go into action to remove most of the soil from their front garden, to be replaced by gravel so they can park their vehicles. I'm finding it hard to see it as progress but maybe I'm just a grumpy old codger. Hey ho, where…

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Six on Saturday – 27/6/2020

June 27, 2020August 25, 2020Categories six on saturday44 Comments on Six on Saturday – 27/6/2020

31°C Thursday, 19°C Friday, 17°C the forecast for today. It's raining too. You have to admire the way most plants cope; they can't put on a sun hat or don coat and gloves, they just have to put up with it. We've had more rain overnight, I don't know how much until I check the…

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Six on Saturday – 20/6/2020

June 20, 2020August 25, 2020Categories six on saturday33 Comments on Six on Saturday – 20/6/2020

Looks like we may be back to more familiar weather for a while, frontal systems coming in off the Atlantic, an hour or two of rain then back to dry. The garden seems to be in transition, I've done nearly all the planting I have planned and am waiting for things to start flowering. In…

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Six on Saturday – 13/6/2020

June 13, 2020August 25, 2020Categories six on saturday44 Comments on Six on Saturday – 13/6/2020

They do say you should be careful what you wish for. My water storage is brim full, 3400 litres of lovely rainwater. I'd prefer it to stop raining now for a bit. It's brought out the slugs in force. Thursday evening I found 36 on one foot tall Dahlia. (best not to ask) Before that…

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