Category Archives: Cottage Garden Border

My Garden This Weekend – 7th April 2013

Posted on April 7, 2013 by

I think it is safe to say, if my aching muscles are anything to go by, that I have had a good gardening weekend at last.  Though to be honest it has taken a lot of determination not to just … Continue reading →

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End of month view: The year that was

Posted on December 30, 2012 by

I thought as it was December and the end of the year that I would do a post which showed the various areas I had featured over the last year in the End of Month posts.  Above is the Cottage … Continue reading →

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End of Month View – September 2012

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

A mooch around the garden this morning to take these photos just highlighted how much I needed to do to get my garden back up to scratch.  Oh it might look fine in these photos  but there is a little … Continue reading →

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GBBD 15/9/12 – Pretty in Pink

Posted on September 15, 2012 by

You would be forgiven from looking at this months blooms that we were back in June instead of September.  The roses in my garden have a second flush and unusually they are more floriferous than earlier in the year.  Above … Continue reading →

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End of Month View – July 2012

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

  Well finally summer arrived albeit it at the last moment in July and sadly if the forecasts for the coming week are to be believed it may be leaving us before it really started.  The never-ending rain of June … Continue reading →

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End of Month View – June 2012

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

As you can see from the photo above June has been an unusually wet month.  This  has resulted in a lack of weeding and very lush growth on the plants.  Whilst the rain has meant a reduction in gardening time … Continue reading →

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End of Month View – May 2012

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

Another month over and it couldn’t have been one of more extremes.  Nothing but rain and low temperatures at the beginning and then no rain just unseasonably high temperatures the last few weeks.  There seems to have been no transition … Continue reading →

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A Walk Around The Garden

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

A daft conversation on twitter where we were tweeting views from our back doors this morning has led me to do a photographic tour of the garden.  I am really pleased with how the garden has bulked out since last … Continue reading →

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End of Month View – April 2012

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

It’s the end of another month and it has crept up on me so this post is a little late in the day.  I though I would open with the photo above as the tulips look quite good though truth … Continue reading →

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I adore tulips

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

I am seriously chuffed with my tulips this year despite the colours not being quite what I expected.  It is all very pink and girly and the flowers are really working well with the blossom on the prunus and amelanchier. … Continue reading →

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