I just wanted to come back and do a catch up post before Spring starts in earnest. I just fell out of the habit of blogging last year - the garden kept me so busy and with normal life resuming slowly month by month I felt my time was well spent growing and tending rather … Continue reading MIA
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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I've never grown sunflowers so I had no idea what to expect back in April when I planted those out of date seeds and the speed with which they grew surprised me.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
The Garrett Garden 