Off on my adventures for a few days, can I leave you in charge of watering? Thanks!
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Weeds and Wildflowers
One of my first tasks on Button Moon was to pick out the weeds from a sowing of wildflowers. I was stumped. Wildflowers. Weeds. Aren’t they the same thing? I was worried that my dumbfounded look was not impressing my new employers. Pickle the Jack Russell looked disappointed at my reticence. The silence was awkward.Continue reading “Weeds and Wildflowers”
Impatience
Today was the kind of day that a towering Taxodium distichum to shelter under would have been most welcome As my garden is the size of a pocket-handkerchief and at the moment more Gobi than swamp, it wouldn’t do. Still a modicum of shade was provided by my bloomers on the washing line. It sufficed.Continue reading “Impatience”
Tulbaghia violacea – Society Garlic
Mrs Bun volunteers at Marwood Hill Gardens. A noble occupation. A wonderful garden. When she first started I said “and don’t you come back here saying Mr Head Gardener says this and that and you shouldn’t be doing that and you should be doing this and it is unnatural to chastice or serenade your plants!”. Continue reading “Tulbaghia violacea – Society Garlic”
Six on Saturday – Rush 2
The chilli is made, the guest room is ready, the shopping done, the fridge well stocked and the washing is on the line. That leaves me a small window of opportunity to contribute to this week’s Six on Saturday before my nephew and his girlfriend arrive to stay for a couple of days. Take aContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Rush 2”
Wrenched
Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to escape once I have got my horticultural claws into you. It may involve moving home but, I understand to be true, sometimes the means justifies the end. Today I spent a special day at Marwood Hill Gardens with Mrs Fish and our mutual friend (and another ofContinue reading “Wrenched”
Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’
Sometimes it pays to put your specs on and peer a little closer.
Beautiful Bedding
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.
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.
Off The Edge Gardening 