The quince tree at The Farm has done us proud. We gathered this basket full of luscious fruit last week. Unfortunately when myself and Slasher actually picked the fruit we didn’t have a basket, or indeed anything resembling one. We had wandered over for our weekly recce of how things were proceeding in Quinceland and an immediate Code Red was implimented.Continue reading “Serbian Gold”
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Blue
There is something extraordinary about blue flowers. This Salvia patens, the gentian sage, is very blue and very beautiful. It comes from Mexico and is therefore a little tender. There is no doubt in my mind that it is worth any amount of pampering to carry it safely through winter. It also reminds me of my toes, blue since our boiler gave up the ghostContinue reading “Blue”
Collecting
Seed collecting day today. In some cases the bus had left already. Luckily Cosmos ‘Purity’ is still going strong. There will be plenty more chances to catch the tiny bombs of potential.
Plans
Another lovely day in horti-land. I am now fully embracing this autumn thing. Working conditions are ideal at the moment, mild and dry for the most part, and I have renewed enthusiasm for my work. Not that I wasn’t keen before. It is just that at the moment I am keener. The low sun bathes everythingContinue reading “Plans”
Hanging On
Despite the strong winds of the last few days, the last leaf of Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ holds on.
Pretty Face
Lady Mantle wanted a greenhouse. And what Lady Mantle wants she gets. Even if it means accosting a small child and his mother in a garden centre and demand that they give her theirs. This ‘gift’ was duly dismantled (get it dis’Mantle’d? such pun-ulicious brilliance) and transported back to the Estate. The base was laid and theContinue reading “Pretty Face”
Umbrella
Before anyone says, “such a shame that her camera is broken, she is doing her gallant best with faulty tools”, this particular picture was taken with the posh one. Any fuzziness is due to user error. I won’t name names. (me) One of the forebears of this Papaver atlanticum ‘Flore Pleno’ hitchhiked into the garden on another plantContinue reading “Umbrella”
Deep Blue Sea
For the past few weeks I have had a problem with my camera. My work camera that is, not my posh posing one. This is the work horse that accompanies me to every job and the one I reach for a million times each day. It is a high risk occupation, fraught with dangerous mud, hardContinue reading “Deep Blue Sea”
Interloper
I tip toed through the grass border (with only the odd oops!) to take a photo of the splendid sugar pink nerines. On closer inspection I was bemused/outraged/impressed to find that an errant hesperantha had seeded itself in the midst of the naked ladies. The cheek! With chameleon like powers of disguise, it had me fooled, aContinue reading “Interloper”
Phlomis ‘Sunningdale Gold’
Short on words again today. To compensate we are especially long on loveliness.
Off The Edge Gardening 