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This is getting painful now. There are so many wilted plants in the garden. Surely the persicaria will come back, the pachysandra has disappeared, hopefully lying dormant until it rains again, the hebes are beginning to look distraught. We are all longing for an end to the drought. Can I find six to show that … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Ouch
Fine, warm and dry. It continues. There was one brief shower but the garden barely noticed it. On we go. Here’s my six for this week. One The hibiscus has been putting out flowers for a few weeks now. This is one gets a can of water a week. It seems to be managing quite … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Watering woes
Anyone dealing with drought and hosepipe bans will be sending out the same woeful message. It’s tough. However there are some things to enjoy. So here’s my six for this week. One Tomatoes. This week I went to see Benton End: a Paradise of Pollen and Paint at the Garden Museum in Lambeth, London. There’s … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Waxing lyrical
I see that my last post on 4 July was titled Sunny Days. It is still sunny, but it has been very hot and dry and that is causing problems, as most UK SOSers will have discussed in the last few weeks. I had a busy couple of weekends so I am late to that … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Drying out
Last week we celebrated ten years of being here. Ten year’s of gardening here. You’d think I’d have it all under control by now, but of course not. In fact, I have an urge to pull things out and re-think. There’s one border in particular (well two) that I keep looking at with a less … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Sunny days
I’ve just returned from a week on the Suffolk coast. It was hot but nothing like the temperatures that the garden here had to endure. I moved almost everything out of the greenhouse before I left and put the trays of plants in a shady spot. I didn’t move my tomato plants in pots to … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Scorchio
The first raspberries have been picked, just a handful and I found two ripe strawberries so for me Summer has begun. It’s been rather wet but my garden did need some rain so I’m not complaining. I even spotted the first cucumbers ready for picking. My walk round the garden this morning revealed plenty more … Continue reading Six On Saturday: I’m calling it Summer
I know correlation is not causation but I did order some new garden chairs last week and I planted out the summer pots. The rain has fallen every day since. It was much needed and I am celebrating full water barrels again. I was even able to plant out a few annuals but then I … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Welcome rain
It has been so hot here. The garden is drying out and there have been emails from the water company asking for water saving to be a priority. There are annuals in trays that should be going out in to the garden but the ground is either like concrete or dust. Oh, woe is a … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Hot, dry but wonderful
It’s six roses from me this week. Here they are: One Gertrude Jekyll. This was one of the first roses planted in the garden about 10 years ago. It never really seemed to get going, to fill out fully and give generous flowers but this year all that has changed. It’s looking great. Two Souvenir … Continue reading Six On Saturday: Roses all the way
