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My Garden Journal – December 2017
I decided to post my final Garden Journal 2017 post for my Christmas post this year. I hope you enjoy it. Have a great Christmas time! Here is the final episode of my 2017 Garden Journal, my entries for December. … Continue reading
Posted in birds, colours, flowering bulbs, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, grasses, hardy perennials, irises, roses, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, shrubs, village gardens, wildlife, Winter Gardening, winter gardens
Tagged Dan Pearson, December, garden sculpture, Hesperanthus, Hesperanthus coccinea, owls, seed heads, snow, snow in the garden, tawny owl, the garden in December, winter, winter garden, winter gardening
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Painting in a Meadow in Norfolk
Sometimes when you choose a holiday location and select accommodation you hit the right spot. When we spent a week in Norfolk in 2017 we did just this. We booked a barn conversion with its own little nature reserve in … Continue reading
Simply Beautiful – 13
Her we are back with another short post in my very occasional “Simply Beautiful” series where I share a few photos of something that catches my eye, something simply beautiful! For number 13 I want to show you pics of some … Continue reading
Posted in garden wildlife, light, natural pest control, wildlife
Tagged spiders, spiders' web, webs
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Celebrating the Glory of Spring – the garden at a cottage called Cartref
I thought I would look back at a visit we made with friends, Pete and Sherlie in the spring to a garden called Cartref. It was a “pop up” NGS garden which is a garden that opens unplanned but that … Continue reading
Posted in colours, flowering bulbs, garden design, garden photography, garden ponds, garden pools, garden wildlife, gardening, hardy perennials, log piles, logs, National Garden Scheme, natural pest control, NGS, ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor sculpture, sculpture, spring bulbs, spring gardening, village gardens, water garden, water in the garden, wildlife, woodland, Yellow Book Gardens
Tagged April, April garden, NGS, NGS gardens, spring, spring blossom, spring bulbs, spring flowers, spring garden, the garden in April, tulips, Yellow Book, Yellow Book Gardens
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Young naturalists visit Avocet
We recently hosted a visit to our garden by students from our local school, who came to look at how we garden with wildlife in mind, how we attract wildlife of all sorts and create a balanced ecosystem. We all … Continue reading
A Walk in the Park – Attingham Park May
Spring is slowly turning into summer as we enjoy our monthly visit to our local National Trust property, Attingham Park. The walks are getting busier, the volunteers in the walled garden even busier. Continuing our through the woodland … Continue reading
Posted in fruit and veg, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, kitchen gardens, National Trust, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, The National Trust, walled gardens, walled kitchen gardens, wildlife, woodland
Tagged fruit and veg growing, fruit and vegetable growing, kitchen gardens, National Trust, The National Trust, trained fruit, walled garden, walled gardens, woodland garden
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My 2017 Garden Journal – February
Here is the second time in 2017 when I share with you my Garden Journal, so please enjoy my February pages. On the first double page spread I look at Snowdrops and some early plants of interest. I wrote, “February, … Continue reading
Posted in birds, flowering bulbs, garden design, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, ornamental trees and shrubs, Shropshire, shrubs, spring bulbs, wildlife, Winter Gardening, winter gardens
Tagged bulbs, February, flowering bulbs, garden journal, hellebores, snowdrops, spring bulbs, the garden in February, winter, winter aconite
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