After a week or more away, I have come home to builders, scaffolding, inaccessible plants and a really vicious cold. For this reason (and I will continue to blame everything on the builders including my poor health, who in reality are rather nice chaps, until further notice) my Six on Saturday will dwell on holidayContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Happy Holidays”
Category Archives: Away Days
People
Folk, they get in the way. Some say “I like having people in my photos, they add scale and interest”. Not me. They clutter and blot and spoil everything. Trying to photograph the Hot Garden at RHS Rosemoor on a Saturday in August without including a member of the public is as tricky as unicornContinue reading “People”
Team Building
When visiting Marwood Hill Gardens the other day we, Max’s Dad and me, were greeted quite unexpectedly with “are you on the team building day?” We looked at each other, both of us wondering which answer we should give. Before committing myself I enquired “is there free cake?”. It appears that this gave the gameContinue reading “Team Building”
Next Year
There was a problem with my dahlia order. Last autumn I selected a modest amount of mainly species varieties, plus one cultivar. These would arrive in the spring as rooted cuttings, young and adorable. Time trickled by and I began to wonder if I had been stood up. I emailed, I was placated. I wasContinue reading “Next Year”
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”
Hookey
I played hookey today. I skived off. There were things that should have been done and weren’t. There is a deadline, don’t you know. But I defiantly chose to ignore it. Instead I visited the garden of some friends, the wonderful Round House. I shared a cuppa with old mates and scoffed a chocolate brownie,Continue reading “Hookey”
Off The Edge Gardening 