Category Archives: The Patio/Spring Border

Tulips

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

Any one who reads this blog will know that I have had a nightmare winter with a badger digging up all my tulips that I had planted in the back garden borders.  Luckily I had decided not to spend too … Continue reading →

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My Garden This Weekend – 3rd March 2013

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

This weekend saw a slight increase in temperature and on Saturday the sun was shining.  There was still a nip in the air so I decided that if I was going to spend some time out side I would need … 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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Safely Gathered In

Posted on November 26, 2012 by

The soggy weekend forced me to do one of those jobs I am excellent at avoiding – tidying up the patio and addressing my guilty secrets. The guilty secrets in question are those impulse buys that haven’t found a home … Continue reading →

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Water water everywhere

Posted on November 25, 2012 by

Like so many in the UK we have suffered a very wet week and weekend.  Although, luckily for us our house is on the side of the Malvern hills and so not really at much risk of flooding unlike some … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday 18/09/12 – Kirengeshoma palmata

Posted on September 19, 2012 by
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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 →

Posted in Cottage Garden Border, End of month view, The Patio/Spring Border, The Slope (incl Daisy Border), Woodland border | Tagged , | 23 Comments

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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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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