So the first signs of Spring have arrived. The bulbs that I planted back in October and November have been peaking through the soil for weeks but finally the flowers have arrived. One by one the crocus are starting to show their colours and they are so beautiful. Vivid purples and yellows so far, with … Continue reading 20 February 2021
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December
The first frosts arrived in December. Not many, but the odd morning of crisp white shimmer on the grass and bulbs. December is another month I rarely see the garden so it was lovely to be here. Feeding the birds, watching the skies full of clouds and rain. December would normally be a manic month, … Continue reading December
October
October was a funny old month. It felt warmer than September and despite the evenings drawing in we still spent some time out in the garden. We took a week off work at the beginning of October to do some tidying up in the garden - just starting to get everything ready for Autumn. We … Continue reading October
September – summer draws to a close
September was a good month in the garden but the weather didn't give us that final splurge of summer we sometimes get in England. The wind and rain didn't play a major role but neither did the sun. It was getting cooler every day and those balmy evenings we spent dead heading and mooching round … Continue reading September – summer draws to a close
August – More of the same
Looking back on my photographs for August I can see that it rained. A lot. This makes me happy for two reasons - photographing rain drops on leaves and petals is wonderful and secondly the success of watering the garden is vastly improved if most of the water is falling out of the sky and … Continue reading August – More of the same
July – The Sunflower Diary
I've never grown sunflowers so I had no idea what to expect back in April when I planted those out of date seeds and the speed with which they grew surprised me. I knew sunflowers were tall but I've never had the opportunity to watch something grow that quickly before. Fast forward from April to … Continue reading July – The Sunflower Diary
July
I'm going to split July into two entries - first our new raised bed and all the flowers that started blooming and secondly the sunflowers. I'll start with the raised bed we bought at the end of June. At the same time I ordered some plug plants so we would have something that had a … Continue reading July
June
June started much as May ended, me working and husband still on furlough. The weather had started to change a little, it was marginally wetter and we had less days of wall to wall sunshine. To be honest I didn't mind too much. I don't like the really hot weather and because I was working … Continue reading June
May – Part Two
May was definitely a month of two halves for me. The first two weeks were spent in much the same way I'd spent April. Furloughed and spending most of my time in the garden. Everything was coming to life and starting to flower and it was a fabulous place to be. I'd stopped watching television … Continue reading May – Part Two
April – Part Three
Before I move on to May I wanted to explain a little more of my feelings about lockdown and what it meant for me. A little background to explain why my garden became my whole world in such a short space of time. I'm a hypochondriac. Not in the clinical sense, it's not a diagnosis … Continue reading April – Part Three
