With extreme generosity I have given myself the rest of November off. It is a buffer zone of decadence between the past and the future. This does not mean that I will stop posting, just that I will be continuing in the rather random fashion I have utilised over the past three months. Then theContinue reading “Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken”
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Rosemary is for Rembrance
“There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance.” (Hamlet, iv. 5.)
Euryops chrysanthemoides – African Bush Daisy
I may have mentioned it before but I have a bit of a thing about cotoneaster, specifically Cotoneaster horizontalis. This “thing” is situated a little south of “hate” and a little north of “irritation”. My gripe is not so much with the plant (it can’t help its lack of charisma) but the fact that itContinue reading “Euryops chrysanthemoides – African Bush Daisy”
Have you seen the Muffin Man?
Today was my last day at Cliffe. As expected it was heady mix of tears and treats, fun and goodbyes. We toured the garden and discussed the occupants, we drank coffee and discussed the good times. We talked about the future and reminisced about the past. Returning to the Potting Shed after lunch at Hero’sContinue reading “Have you seen the Muffin Man?”
Seat with a View
Over the past 8 years I must have taken the short walk further up hill onto the Coastal Footpath less than a handful of times. Myself and Hero often talked about taking our lunches up to one of the benches to enjoy a change of scenery, but it turned out to be all talk andContinue reading “Seat with a View”
What the doctor ordered
It is wet, it is miserable. Although dry I too am mildly miserable. This calls for a little bit of emergency sunshine from the archive. And a bee. I’m feeling better already.
Its Good to Share
As I am afflicted with an extreme case of nosy-itis it is impossible for me to refrain from examining other people’s front gardens when I am dawdling down the road. More often than not there is something interesting to spy on, all visible from the street without having to resort to stalker status and causingContinue reading “Its Good to Share”
A Gift
A unexpected gift is a wonderful thing, especially when it is a cerise cyclamen.
On the Street
When I was at horticultural college, one of my tutors was a keen beersman. His arboriculture lectures would include examples of the trees we were studying, pointing out their proximity to a hostelry. Along the road from The Merchants Arms are some fine examples of Betula utilis var. jacquemontii, outside The Highbury Vaults a splendidContinue reading “On the Street”
Red and Green ….
…. should never be seen. Or so they say, actually I think it looks quite effective!
Off The Edge Gardening 