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End of Month View February 2015
She who hesitates misses the worm! I dithered back and forth today. It was reasonably sunny when IJanuary 2015rose this morning yet I put of getting a few sunny shots of the front garden, the focus...
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Lessons learned - Keeping better records
Tulipa National VelvetI've been secretly scolding myself for weeks now. I touched on the subject of me keeping better records of where and when I plant spring flowering bulbs in my EOMV post. It's...
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Tree Following March 2015 - Sorbus Autumn Spire
Buds March 2015My rowan tree, Sorbus Autumn Spire, is showing the minutest signs that spring is advancing. The tiniest of speck of green is proof that those leaves are about to burst. If you look...
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What to do next?
For the first time this year I am venturing into the world of annuals and a few other frost tender plants. I am getting round the issue of not having a greenhouse by using windowsills, as I know many...
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Wordless Wednesday - Crocus biflorus Blue Pearl
Crocus biflorus Blue Pearl in budCrocus biflorus
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day March 2015
What a treat I had for Mother's Day - a chilly afternoon spent digging some manure into the area around the front hedge. It isn't the best of specimens and I have opted for taking the easy route of...
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Bloom and Grow (March 2015)
I suspect that as the year progresses, my wandering around aimlessly shopping for a plant, in bloom and one that I have previously not grown or attempted to grow will be somewhat less limited. Coupled...
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Orange Crocus
Last autumn I planted a small bag, 10 bulbs to be precise, of Crocus olivieri balansae subsp. Zwanenberg. If that doesn't roll of your tongue freely, then you could always use the alternative name, as...
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End of Month View March 2015
February 2015For once the End of Month seems to have come round rather slowly. I'm not sure if that's because February came and went in a flash or because the month of March continues to be a cold one...
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We all make silly mistakes, don't we?
A pretty little display of Chionodoxa nose their way out from beneath a stepping stone. A stepping stone I hastily placed plonked in the border to help me negotiate my way through the border in winter...
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What a difference a rain makes!
After a dry winter, the wind and cold temperatures of late, the rains have been really welcome. It's not often we can say we had a dry winter here in Scotland. The garden this last couple of days...
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Tree Following April 2015 - Sorbus Autumn Spire
I'm a tad behind in posting my Tree Following post this month. My body clock is all to pot - I've been on a training course at work, relegated to mid shift and a classroom! Being stuck indoors,...
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day April 2015
I began my gardening journey 4 years ago this month and it really pleases me that some of those first shrubs I ever planted in the garden are now making a reasonable size and make the garden feel a bit...
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Is life too short....
.....to dead head a Camellia? Of course, this is a somewhat rhetorical question. In an ordinary year I would not even contemplate wasting time dead heading a Camellia. There is of course no benefit to...
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Bloom and Grow (April 2015)
At the beginning of the year, I set myself a goal. The goal? Visit a nursery or GC once a month with the aim to purchase a plant that would be in bloom for that particular month. Easy, right? Add...
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End of Month View April 2015
March ended with showers of rain, hail and sleet, lo and behold April has ended the exact same way! March 2015The high daytime temperatures we had a couple of weeks ago are a mere memory now. Don't...
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Tree Following May 2015 - Sorbus Autumn Spire
At last! It's been a long time coming! It seems somewhat of a relief that I finally have something to report for this month's Tree Following post. I feel as if I've prattled on about everything...
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day May 2015
The recent winds and fierce rain fall has taken it's toll on a few plants here and there. Those winds were described as brisk the other evening by the weather forecaster. Brisk? I think he under...
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