Tuesday View 27th September

It is interesting to watch the Tuesday View change each week; mostly in the last couple of weeks it is the light that I notice most.

In a Vase on Monday – Mellow Yellow

Monday gives us the opportunity to share a vase (or two) with Cathy at Rambling in the garden where she asks us to cut flowers from our own gardens or close by to enjoy in our homes.

Garden Bloggers’ Foliage Day – After the rains came!

Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Foliage Day where I ask you to look at and appreciate your foliage more.  I’m always glad when bloggers that I follow mention that they have been inspired to consider the benefits that good foliage bestows after reading about my approach to foliage.  It isn’t that I don’t want flowers, it is that those flowers usually need the support of good foliage and structural planting to show themselves at their best.

Wordless Wednesday – A surprise

Amaryllis Belladona

Amaryllis Belladona

Tuesday View – 20th September 2016

After a week of afternoon thunderstorms and rain all day and night on Friday the whole garden is looking refreshed and I noticed new growth on some evergreens already!

In a Vase on Monday – Shades of Pink take the stage

Monday is the day to share a vase of flowers picked from our own gardens and to join Cathy at Rambling in the garden to see what many, many others have found in their gardens, why not join us?

Tuesday View – September 13th Change

Tuesday is when Cathy at Words and Herbs asks us to choose just one view of the garden to follow each week.

In a Vase on Monday – Zinnias are the stars

IT RAINED!!!!!

Yes, the first rains of autumn arrived on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and possibly through Sunday night too; in no way did it spoil the weekend, rather I felt more alive than for a while; the garden heaved a gentle sigh and already there are new shoots on plants that had been hibernating.

Catch-up time again 8th September

My last post was IaVoM last week!!  Last week was hectic but culminated in a wonderful few days on the Amalfi coast.  The weather was perfect for our trip and when we returned on Tuesday evening it was to find that the temperatures had dropped significantly; Wednesday the high only reached the low 20’s°C that’s 10° C at least lower than it has been.  Today is warm again but I can see that the plants know that cooler weather is coming soon and there was visibly more growth on herbs like basil.  I’ll try to write a post soon about which plants have come through this summer and what I’ve learned about how they survive.