Season for Sunsets
Around this time, for about a month or so, we get really good sunrises and sunsets and they’re timed such that we see them on the way to and from […]
October 2012
For the One Who Wanted Gaura
Most of the seeds I sowed during mid-summer are coming along nicely; one of seed packs was Gaura Lindheimeri. Someone commented that they wanted to see the Gaura growing and for […]
Favourite Fuchsia
I have a favourite fuchsia called “Cotton Candy”. It’s a lovely flower that has a cream-white frilly skirt and candy-pink flushed outer petals. The stamens are a contrasting dark pink that is also carried […]
Despairing Gardener, Failed Snapdragon
Not to come over all melancholic or bitter, but one of the garden disappointments of the year are the snapdragons. Snapdragons should still be in riot at this time of […]
Wrapping Up For Winter
We’ve been lucky with the weather at the weekends recently as although it’s been cold, there’s been sunshine, so I took the opportunity to put up the temporary winter greenhouse […]