Daphne I haven’t had a good look around the garden of late, given the endless, grim weather. The watercress seems to have been steadily growing all year. I noticed the first hellebore buds… and the winter box is blooming, oh, the scent is just lovely. The first bulbs are pushing through, daffodowndillies methinks… and I’ve …
I noticed the elderberries ripening… and I came across this pretty, squirrel sown gladiola, growing in a pot. Curly cat peering through the lavender and verbena patch… and a beautiful self-sown crab apple tree. Mushroom season is upon us, and kicking it off is this interesting little creature, a first in the garden. Apparently it’s …
Cosmos, grown from seed. I do enjoy cosmos, how it suits it’s name. In Greek, it means beautiful and ornamental, or “love flower” most apt. I rather like how these begonias and marigolds compliment each other. The marigolds just keep on going. I was collecting seed, but now I’m just composting the seed heads. This yellow …
