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Six on Saturday – The Odd Plant Out

I thought this Six on Saturday we could have a little game of Spot the Odd Plant Out. I do love a puzzle. It is a tricky one, but do your best, you will not be judged on your observation skills. I might snigger behind my hand, but it will be with love and respect.Continue reading “Six on Saturday – The Odd Plant Out”

Six on Saturday – Little and Large

Another week, another weather related drama. Plants in the garden are beginning to droop a little, a couple are definitely on the frazzled side. I put this down to the dense planting, which means any meagre rain or mizzle that has fallen in the last week or two has been unable to reach soil level.Continue reading “Six on Saturday – Little and Large”

Six on Saturday – Monster

Come August I have recovered from my “it’s nearly Christmas and we are all doomed” angst and into my “let us live in the moment, time is but an illusion” phase. The garden is pretty much looking after itself, just some dead heading and propping and thinking. I have begun collecting seed and planning forContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Monster”

Six on Saturday – No Complaints

It has been a very pleasant week. I was back at work after a enforced sabbatical due to car troubles. A tooth was filled without the need for anesthetic or tears. I’ve caught up with all the present generations of my family. Tomatoes are ripening. The weather has been benign and the mood high. NoContinue reading “Six on Saturday – No Complaints”

Six on Saturday – Tomatogeddon

The rain that we so desired arrived with unseasonably windy weather, which had categorically not been invited to the party. Whilst most of the garden suffered no ill effect, including sunflowers and dahlias which are wedged so tightly into place they can barely move, the outdoor tomatoes came crashing to the ground like a deliciousContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Tomatogeddon”

Grumpy Cat is Dead, Long Live Grumpy Cat

Grumpy cat has been informing me when the eggs/lasagna/chiffon sponges are ready for many years. I am very fond of him. I have an affinity with those of the grumpy persuasion. Lately, I have come to doubt GC’s accuracy but have been too polite to point it out, for fear of offence. After all, whatContinue reading “Grumpy Cat is Dead, Long Live Grumpy Cat”

Six on Saturday – Toastie

The weatherman on our local TV channel, a dapper chap called Derek, described yesterday as “toastie”. I liked that. There is something comforting there, something reassuring and innocuous. Toastie can never be daunting or oppressive. The fact that it also suggests delicious warm and melting sandwiches exacerbated this impression. Perhaps Derek was guilty of understatement,Continue reading “Six on Saturday – Toastie”

Not A Fall

Yesterday I had a little mishap at work. I was carrying a large trug of woodchip in order to mulch a recently planted crab apple by the pond, which I was transporting from a pile by the polytunnel. High ground to low ground, makes sense. Or does it? As bad luck would have it, IContinue reading “Not A Fall”

Six on Saturday – Le Tour

July, who’d have thought it? It will soon be school holidays (better journey to work for me), Peggy’s birthday (cream teas, always good), rain, Tour de France (niche, I know). Oh, and glorious gardens. If you would like to admire some of these wonders then pop over to Jim at Garden Ruminations who hosts ourContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Le Tour”

Fist Pump

I was talking with Welsh John yesterday about how we can all make a difference in this world. However small it might be, every positive action counts. All those little pluses add up to one humdinger. You get the gist. My neighbour, a bachelor with one of those jobs that however many times he explainsContinue reading “Fist Pump”