Autumn Light
It’s that time of the year when the season is coming to an end and the days are shortening, the sun doesn’t climb as high and the light takes on […]
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Autumn
The Light Side of Gardening
As we slide into Autumn (in the northern hemisphere, at least), the days are getting noticeably shorter and cooler. The sun doesn’t reach as high in the sky and spends an awful […]
Colours for Autumn
We’re well and truly into Autumn now. There’s no more chances for a last-minute heat-wave. No hope of a second Indian Summer. British Summer Time has ended and the days are noticeably […]
The Third and Final Act
Although there is at least something in flower for eleven months out of twelve in the garden, in recent years, I’ve come to see a pattern in the flowering that […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lazy Days
I must confess to having had a particularly lazy week or two in terms of gardening. There’s been plenty of other things to do but in the time left I […]
September Light
Around this time of year, as the season changes and the days get shorter, dawn and dusk last longer and the twilight is a strange pink-red that looks bright but […]
The Year Advances
It’s now September, I’ve noticed the days getting shorter, it’s dark by 9:00pm, the night-time temperatures are starting to fall and the supermarkets have started displaying their Christmas decorations. The […]
Amaryllis Flowering
I’m amazed at how quickly the Amaryllis has shot up its first flower spike and how suddenly it burst open to reveal four swelling flower buds, one of which is […]