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| abuzz | October 25, 2008 | Here is the profusely flowering bottlebrush in my front yard. When I arrived at this house nearly three years ago someone had cut it off right down to the stump. Why? I don’t know. There was another one right next to it but it failed to revive. Since then though this one has defied the […] |
| last of the nasties | October 4, 2008 | This is the last of the nasturtiums. They’ve gone rather ratty and stringy and I left them in as long as I could so the next lot of seeds would drop. But as of half an hour ago they have been ruthlessly ripped out and thrown into the bin. I dug all the seeds in […] |
| last of the nasties | This is the last of the nasturtiums. They’ve gone rather ratty and stringy and I left them in as long as I could so the next lot of seeds would drop. But as of half an hour ago they have been ruthlessly ripped out and thrown into the bin. I dug all the seeds in […] |
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| A Sunday afternoon walk around the yard | September 28, 2008 | Seaside daisies going crazy in the front garden Purple daisies…these self seed so although they are growing in a pot I should have a wonderful crop appear next year. Purple violas…these grew from one seedling mixed into what I very optimistically call the herb garden. Note the rosemary making its way through the flowers. There’s […] |
| A Sunday afternoon walk around the yard | Seaside daisies going crazy in the front garden Purple daisies…these self seed so although they are growing in a pot I should have a wonderful crop appear next year. Purple violas…these grew from one seedling mixed into what I very optimistically call the herb garden. Note the rosemary making its way through the flowers. There’s […] |
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| gardening before breakfast | September 24, 2008 | Gardening before breakfast. It’s a little bit radical (for me anyway) but it just seemed like a beautiful morning and I woke up earlier than usual. It was wonderful to get outside in the fresh air before they day began. It’s pretty twee I suppose – using an old wheelbarrow to plant annuals, but I […] |
| gardening before breakfast | Gardening before breakfast. It’s a little bit radical (for me anyway) but it just seemed like a beautiful morning and I woke up earlier than usual. It was wonderful to get outside in the fresh air before they day began. It’s pretty twee I suppose – using an old wheelbarrow to plant annuals, but I […] |
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| from the garden | August 28, 2008 | I picked these from the garden this morning. What I love most about nasturtiums is that they are extremely self-sufficient. They require little extra watering and have a fantastic ability to create different coloured and patterned flowers from year to year. They have a lovely old fashioned flower garden perfume. And best of all they […] |
| from the garden | I picked these from the garden this morning. What I love most about nasturtiums is that they are extremely self-sufficient. They require little extra watering and have a fantastic ability to create different coloured and patterned flowers from year to year. They have a lovely old fashioned flower garden perfume. And best of all they […] |
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| So blue! | August 16, 2008 | Way back in May I bought a punnet of delphiniums on an impulse. . They’re either terrifically slow bloomers or I planted them in the wrong place or this just isn’t the climate for them. Whatever, finally in the last week one has sprung up with a flower. So blue! |