Last year The Mantle’s white enamelled tin bath was filled to overflowing with french lavender. Impossible to beat. Or so I thought. Today a fine petunia and lobelia combination was coming very close.
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Six on Saturday – Raindrops keep falling on my flowers
Someone must have speeded the film up. It can’t possibly be Saturday again. There is so much to cram into every week, it doesn’t seem fair that the time seems to pass more quickly at this time of year. As we are pondering this anomaly, puzzled looks on our faces, gaining yet more wrinkles,Continue reading “Six on Saturday – Raindrops keep falling on my flowers”
Carpenteria californica – Tree Anemone
Seems to have settled in OK.
Jolly
Today we went on a jolly. It involved the following, which on the face of it appear quite unjolly, events. A very early start A car journey No train A bus replacement A young woman who talked nonsense at high volume, without a breath and mainly about herself, for an hour and a half. AContinue reading “Jolly”
Slippery
This morning I spent an educational moment or three studying a bee who was trying to exit a campanula flower. Mrs Buzz-u-like’s drawers were full of pollen and she was slip-sliding and wheel spinning, as if her path was lined with treacle. Perhaps it was. It was pure slapstick. And educational of course. I learnedContinue reading “Slippery”
Plan B
Yesterday I implemented Plan B in my relentless battle against the unremitting mollusc onslaught. B stands for beer. Beer traps. This morning I fished out the inebriated/drowned and was impressed/horrified to find approximately forty of varying shapes and sizes in just two traps. They were enticed by Tesco’s definitely not finest but cheapest beer. NotContinue reading “Plan B”
Life
“Gardening is not instant, or a quick fix, do not be fooled by those programmes, life isn’t like that, be prepared for the long haul” this is my rallying speech to new clients. Looking at The Mantles’ garden this week, just over three years since I arrived, I am proud. Not just for me, butContinue reading “Life”
Six on Saturday – Angels and Demons
Hip hip hooray, it’s another Saturday! I’ve had a haircut and a bowl of chips with mayonnaise and now I am ready for anything. Even a Six on Saturday. No idea what I am talking about? Where have you been? Lost in the Bornean jungle, or Ikea’s soft furnishing department? Don’t worry, Sir Propalot willContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Angels and Demons”
Bus Woman’s holiday
A day off. Joyously free of obligations. No chores or distractions, just gardening, wall to wall, guilt free. The dead were removed, the impatient were put in their place, dahlias, sunflowers and cosmos all planted out, a feast for the molluscs. Perhaps I should have laid out a table cloth. The morning may well bringContinue reading “Bus Woman’s holiday”
An Embarrassment of Riches
Suddenly, there is so much to admire, to drool over. So much to I want to share. An embarrassment of riches. The simple magenta flower of Lychnis coronaria, the rose campion, is today’s chosen one. Elegant, easy and effortless. Enough.
Off The Edge Gardening 