Tag Archives: Erysimum

My garden 2nd week of June 2016

Here it comes again: Rain, rain and more rain. My plants are loving it, that is plain but I’m wishing that it would refrain. Oh how plants all love real rain. As more and more flowers open up, judging by … Continue reading

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Plant of the Month May 2016

It’s so hard to choose my favourite plant to win May’s first prize. As soon as I have chosen one it dies away before my eyes Winners of my May POM awards in most previous years before the garden revamp … Continue reading

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My garden third week in May 2016

Oak before ash and they say we’re in for a splash, but we’ve had a lot of this year’s splash this week so it should be ash after oak and we’re in for a soak but here comes the sunshine … Continue reading

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My Garden beginning of May 2016

Monday, Monday, I just love that day now that I’m retired and have time to play. All is quiet, no-one is about until I let out my dog for her morning scout. Just listening to birdsong, watching pigeons that irk, … Continue reading

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Awesome April 2016

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers when I shall spend a few more hours in this pleasant garden of ours. What a month April has been. Although I seem to have had sun flooding in through my … Continue reading

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Am I an April Fool?

It just takes a bit of sun to get me out in my patch trimming and thinking what plans I can hatch. Having looked at the forecast for the next ten days, with temperatures not forecast to drop below 1°, … Continue reading

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Mad about March

Bye bye Iris, you’ve gone back to bed I fear. You were flowering for so long out here but you came out to see us much later last year. Oh Daff, I see you’ve finished flowering too. How surprised and … Continue reading

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Not so fed up with February

Jaded January, fed up February. Roll on Spring to brighten everything. Friday 12th February February is usually my worst month for feeling depressed, apart from December. The dark depressing winter months have usually dragged on for so long that I … Continue reading

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Joyless Jaded January

I cannot say that there has been much during January to inspire me to either photograph or write about my garden. However, just so that I have some photographic and anecdotal evidence to compare year on year, I took a … Continue reading

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My Front Garden

One of the good things about owning a dog means that one is forced to go for a walk every day, whether one wants to or not. Apart from the obvious health benefits, if one is an edge of town … Continue reading

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