A week of mixed weather – some days sunny and warm, some misty and rain. Chilly evenings call for the wood burner to be lit or a woollen blanket over the knees. Some light weeding. Found a new hiding place for the S&S. Replenished the slug traps using dried yeast and water instead of beer….
Tag: spring
Six on Saturday | Moving Forward Day 11
All the September, October, November…. April showers have finally stopped long enough for the sun to shine and the garden to begin its late spring party. (Though last weekend in the south east was positively freezing on Friday and when I left on Monday it was heavy rain all the way to Andover! There is…
Six on Saturday | May the 4th Be With You!
A brief one from me this week (thank goodness I hear you say) as I am away in the southeast of the country visiting my daughter and family. And hoping for some warmer weather! It started off very cold and wet on Monday. So I am praying that this early spring bank holiday ups its…
Six on Saturday | Farewell April
As April comes to a close (and it is hard to believe we are a third of the way through the year already) the garden continues to erupt despite the unseasonable weather. It’s still chilly some days, though I have had a much drier week and been able to get outside and do some gardening….
Seeking a Serpent
Wanting to take advantage of the dry and sunny weather we decided to head down to the Helford River and have lunch in the Trebah restaurant before going for a walk at Glendurgan Gardens next door. These subtropical gardens sweep down through three valleys to a sheltered beach which means a fair number of ups…
Six on Saturday | The Tulip Edition
At this time of year I am usually eager to show off my tulips. But like last year they have been rather disappointing. I only bought 30 new bulbs in the autumn: 10 Negrita, 10 Paul Scherer and 10 Bleu Aimable. I also replanted the larger bulbs from last year and left some in pots….
Shades of Spring
If you want to see a spring garden at its best then you can do no worse than visiting Cornwall during March, April and May. If the weather allows that is. Cornwall probably has the best spring gardens and Kent the best summer ones, though in recent years Cornish gardens have improved their herbaceous borders…
Rock My World
The countryside of the UK is strewn with rocks. No more so than Cornwall with its familiar Cornish hedges. Note. Not walls and definitely not hedgerows. Beneath their often deceptive coverings of actual hedgerow plants or other forms of flora lies hard, unforgiving granite. Be warned if you venture along the narrow lanes of West…
Six on Saturday | The Anniversary Edition
Finally a sunny day! Two in fact, though not together. On Tuesday I did a spot of weeding, even though it was still awfully windy. In fact it was windier here from Monday to Wednesday than with Storm Kathleen at the weekend. Needless to say the flowers have suffered. I did get the lawn mown,…
Six on Saturday | Better L8 than never
I usually have my SOS post prepared on a Friday, but this week we had visitors over and went out for lunch – along with that the weather has been diabolical again – except for Monday when we took advantage of a sunny morning AND a new car to go off to a local NT…
Cornwall in Colours 