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Tag Archives: rain
A wet Bank Holiday Monday
It’s rained all day today. It has been brilliant for the garden and my flower field, but in terms of being out of doors less good. I’ve spend the day at my computer, with the aim of getting on … Continue reading
Gathering momentum
I had intended to spend most of the day in the garden today, lots of things to do, but it started to drizzle before lunch and from the kitchen window I can see that the rain is still speckling … Continue reading
Posted in #britishflowers, Creating my garden, In my garden
Tagged #britishflowers, allotment, English gardens, gardening, rain, spring day
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At the end of the year…
I don’t get the whole New Year’s Eve party thing. I never have done and can recall being at a party as a teenager and wondering why we wanted to make so much fuss about time passing, and with those … Continue reading
Posted in In my garden
Tagged gardening, New Year, rain, reflections, signs of spring, Winter
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Allotment update – the fate of the September sown seeds
At the beginning of this month I wrote how I had started off some hardy annuals from the Higgledy Garden ‘Seeds to Sow in September’ range. Not only was this because I wanted to get some of my cut flower … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in my allotment, In my garden
Tagged allotment, English gardens, Higgledy Garden, rain, RHS, Sarah Raven
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Allotment challenges
Back to the allotment this morning; I knew things must be looking gloomy when, earlier in the week my other half offered to help me with it – gardening is not really his thing, but that said, now that I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in my allotment
Tagged allotment, community garden, gardening, Higgledy Garden, outdoors, rain, Sarah Raven
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Allotment update
Work is progressing (albeit slowly) in the reclaiming of my allotment. I usually have a couple of hours there every Sunday morning and reckon that at this rate it will take me a month of Sundays to get it into … Continue reading
Happy Earth Day!
This is for all fellow gardeners out there working to make their plot, whatever the size, beautiful. Here in the Surrey Hills it is typical April weather, showers and sunshine; just perfect for making the flowers grow and helping to … Continue reading
Posted in Out of my garden
Tagged bluebell wood, Earth Day, outdoors, rain, spring day, Surrey
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Wet Bank Holiday Monday
But not a reason for the blues – although I suppose it could make a song title. It has rained for almost the whole day today, but it is a good thing for us gardeners who have been fretting about … Continue reading
Posted in In my garden
Tagged Bank Holiday Monday, drought, drought warnings, germination, mulch, opium poppies, poppies, rain
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