It’s been a real mixed bag weather-wise this week, warm, cold, wet and windy, sunny and crisp – but as long as we see some blue skies every now and then, autumn isn’t at all bad. It’s a time of year when I look up at the trees more than down into the fading borders. As you can see from the boundary trees – lime, … Continue reading Six on Saturday: 23 Oct 2021: looking up
A little departure from Six on Saturday this week to tell you about my autumnal foraging! I’ve always loved the berries that adorn the trees and shrubs at this time of year, dripping from branches or twinkling on bare stems like little red, orange or yellow jewels. For a few years now, I’ve been eyeing the rosehips that appear on a large shrub rose by … Continue reading A berry nice time
I spent last night trying to think up tag lines for a copywriting job, so am a bit later than usual for this week’s post. Writing about gardening is more spontaneous and fun than the paid stuff! SO, I have made inroads into autumnal bulb planting, and the narcissi, muscari and Dutch iris have all gone in. There’s a real sense of relief – bulb … Continue reading Six on Saturday: 09 Oct 2021: Dewy
It’s the best time of year to be moving plants, but once you get started, it’s like an interminable game of Musical Chairs, digging up a plant, putting another in its place, then having to find a new place for the first plant, finding one that has an occupant, moving that occupant, and so on, then realising you’ve run out of places and have a … Continue reading Six on Saturday: 02 Oct 2021: Musical Chairs
