offtheedgegardening

Dahlia coccinea

Dahlia coccinea has weathered the sluggy storm and finally mustered enough energy to flower. Persistence sometimes pays off.

I’ve been a bit dippy lately. Dippier than normal. Last Saturday I mislaid my house keys. I had been embarrassingly (to OH anyway) counting out a tonne of small change in a local cafe and forgot put them back in my purse. Luckily we were reunited without too much stress. In the week I forgotContinue reading “Dippy”

Petit Pain

Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Bun, or should I say The Grandbuns. Yesterday morning a freshly baked petit pain joined the family. I wish the little one happiness and health, love and kindness, and of course lots of laughter in his life xx

Six on Saturday – Forlorn

Well Mr Prop you’ve really done it this time. It has been my first day off for a while. We have been away, dodging showers in Cornwall, and before that we had visitors to entertain, with more due next weekend. How have I spent this glorious nugget of a free day? Enjoying an aromatherapy massage,Continue reading “Six on Saturday – Forlorn”

One More

A window of relief from the rain. A relentlessly flowering Inula hookeri. A bee taking full advantage.

Lichen

Lichen and granite, mustard yellow and gunmetal grey, happily cohabiting on a grievously exposed sea wall. A few hours later, in much different circumstances, a friend’s easy chair and contrasting footstool echoed this perfect marriage. Life imitating life.

Starry, Starry Night

It has been a very strange week with very little gardening and much mouching, more’s the pity. Today I worked for couple of hours at Nancy Nightingale’s and then had a singing lesson. We sang sad songs. I do love a sad song. The afternoon at Bill and Ben’s was aborted as they had doubleContinue reading “Starry, Starry Night”

Bargain Bin

A couple of months ago, on Button Moon, I was handed a couple of boxes. These boxes contained bulbs and corms and were accompanied by a wide smile of pride. They were several weeks out of date and had been liberated from the bargain bin. But this was no ordinary bin. It was a WaitroseContinue reading “Bargain Bin”

Enough?

Fed up with “bee on flower” photos yet? Surely we can fit in just one more before the season is over? Bee, borage, background of calendula. Job done.

Penstemon ‘Pensham Plum Jerkum’

For various reasons, I haven’t been to Bill and Ben’s garden since the beginning of the summer. It was nice to be back. It was also lovely to see Penstemon ‘Pensham Plum Jerkum’ looking quite beautiful.