It has another challenging week. I am very bored with the relentless heat and lack of rain. I am even more bored with the weather people telling us that it is going to cool down. Which quite frankly is fibbing. My garden is frazzled. I am frazzled. Still, there have been good things going on.Continue reading “Six on Saturday – Frazzled”
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National Garden Scheme – Concerns
My morning inspection at Blaen Cwmdu Farm did not go well today. I was left with more concerns than ever for our NGS September opening. I’m sure this will not be the last time I will feel this way. In fact it is probably healthy. Torture is traditional in the lead up to the bigContinue reading “National Garden Scheme – Concerns”
Six on Saturday – Here we go again
On a personal level, it is hard to be a gardener in this weather. Relentless watering whilst attempting to be frugal with supplies, relentless rehydrating of not only plants but self. Skulking in the shadows as much as possible, worrying about which plants will survive and if precious ones will succumb. Wondering exactly what constitutesContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Here we go again”
Lost and Found
I hold my hand up, my name is Gill and I am a plantaholic. Our garden is very small and juvenille, just three years old. Already it is packed to the gunnels, perhaps a little over the gunnels. There are plants in the borders, in terracotta pots, in horrid plastic pots, in a barrel, plantsContinue reading “Lost and Found”
Six on Saturday – Did I miss anything?
I was AWOL last week: stuff happening, good and otherwise, mainly good, often mundane, in my fleeting absence did I miss anything? At this time of year the weeks fly by in a blur. I’m not keen on this seasonal hyperdrive. Why should these summer days be will’o’the’wisps when the inclement one are extended? ItContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Did I miss anything?”
Six on Saturday – Pottering
I think it was a good week. I can’t remember it being anything other than that. I did some gardening, some not gardening (rained off) and some peripheral stuff. No drama, just pottering along. Which is fine by me, although perhaps a little boring for you. If you would like to join the Six onContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Pottering”
National Garden Scheme – An uneasy harmony
Another week has passed and we are inching, or should that be centimetering, towards Blaen Cwndu September NGS opening date. The summer solstice looms, reminding us, all to clearly, of the inevitable decent into autumn. I hate midsummer. Perhaps hate is too strong a word, but it certainly unsettles me. The switch in my headContinue reading “National Garden Scheme – An uneasy harmony”
Six on Saturday – Flaming
Flaming June, I am sure I will not be the only one to point out the irony. Apparently this weekend will be an improvement, but whilst the rest of the country basks in righteous sunshine, I believe, after a short interval, more rain is to come next week. Of course this is not Saturday, butContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Flaming”
National Garden Scheme – Hard Stuff
Although I am loathe to admit it, however many fabulous plants we introduce to a garden, what often makes it work, sets it off to be its best self, is the hard landscaping. The unyielding to my yielding. The frame for my painting. What is fortuitous is that my clients at Blaen Cwmdu love aContinue reading “National Garden Scheme – Hard Stuff”
National Garden Scheme – Working Party
I’ve been a little tardy posting about our NGS progress at Blaen Cwmdu Farm. I could give a hundred reasons, some might even been true. However, none of the excuses are consequential and we must console ourselves with “better late than never”. On a Bank Holiday at BCF, if at all possible, we like toContinue reading “National Garden Scheme – Working Party”
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