Monthly Archives: July 2010

Cooling off after a long, hot day…

…both us and the plants

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Summer of ’76 again

We’re having a tropical summer of long, balmy days with clear blue skies. How many amazing weekends have we had in a row?

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Saturday afternoon

The sunny garden is full of butteflies and bees and the sweet corn’s plumping up nicely…

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Buddleia’s about to bud…

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Front garden oasis

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Rosie Jasmine…

…Rosie and Saul bought two flowering Clotted Cream Jasmines at the open day at Lee House which I gather has brilliant plants. I’m going to try growing one up a cane in the middle of the garden so it will … Continue reading

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Beulah’s veggie-filled front garden

Having mentioned Beulah a few posts ago I thought I should take a photo of her garden (unfortunately she wasn’t there to be in the photo). She’s the most wonderful source of information on anything you could possibly want to … Continue reading

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The side of the garden

This is where the fruit and tomatoes have been planted in grow bags behind the sleepers. Below the wall it doesn’t get quite as much sun as the front of the garden, but once the plants are tall enough to … Continue reading

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Plant gauntlet

The levels of plants building up, now just want to get some variation in height to the left of the path to break up the straight line a bit more.

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Too much water gel?

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