Blog of the Year 2013
Kreativ Blogger
Beautiful Blogger
One Lovely Blog
Wordpress Family
Shine On
Very Inspiring Blogger
Posts I Like
Flickr Photos
Tag Archives: apples
Simply beautiful blossom
We grow many fruit trees here at our Avocet patch, mostly trained as cordons, ballerinas or stepovers, plus one freely grown tree a Quince “Vranga”. In mid-May these apples and pears are in full blousy blossom. I went out into … Continue reading
Croft Castle – month by month – the final report
Illness has prevented us making our monthly visit to Croft Castle where I would take photographs and report back about all that is going on in the gardens of this Herefordshire property run by the National Trust. Thus this final … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, autumn colours, climbing plants, colours, flowering bulbs, garden photography, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, hardy perennials, Herefordshire, irises, light, light quality, National Trust, ornamental trees and shrubs, poppies, roses, shrubs, The National Trust, walled gardens, Winter Gardening, winter gardens
Tagged apple trees, apples, berried shrubs, berries, flowering shrubs, Herefordshire, Herefordshire gardens, nerines, ornamental shrubs, perennial wallflowers, scent, scent in the garden, scented plants, scented shrubs, trees and shrubs, walled garden, walled gardens, winter shrubs
3 Comments
My Garden Journal – November
The penultimate visit to my garden journal for this year is here already, and I write this as November comes to a close. The strong winds of November howl around the house and roar down our chimneys. The rain has … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, autumn colours, colours, garden photography, gardening, hardy perennials, ornamental trees and shrubs, poppies, roses, Shropshire, shrubs, Winter Gardening
Tagged acers., apples, autumn, autumn colours, buddleias, buddlejas, deciduous euonymus, euonymus, Hydrangeas, November, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, Persicarias, shrubs, viburnum
6 Comments
Aiming for an all year round garden – our garden in September 2
From the beginning to the end the month of September saw great changes as autumn began to show its glory. There may be fewer flowers out in this month but every one seems richer in colour and texture, and the … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, autumn colours, colours, fruit and veg, garden design, garden photography, gardening, gardens, hardy perennials, Shropshire
Tagged apples, autumn, autumn colours, clematis, foliage, garden photography, gardening, grasses, hardy perennials, ornamental trees, September, trees
2 Comments
What’s on the Plots? An end of year wander around the allotments.
Mid-December often sees the allotment site under snow or at least coated in frost, but not this year. We wandered around today with camera in hand and we were appreciative of the bright clear blue sky overhead. The midday sun … Continue reading
Posted in allotments, birds, community gardening, fruit and veg, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, grasses, grow your own, hardy perennials, kitchen gardens, light, light quality, meadows, natural pest control, ornamental grasses, ornamental trees and shrubs, photography, roses, spring bulbs, wildlife, Winter Gardening
Tagged allotments, apples, birds, community gardening, foliage, foliage plants, fruit and veg, fruit and vegetable growing, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, grasses, insects, meadows, organic gardening, ornamental trees, spring bulbs, winter, winter garden, winter gardening, winter gardens
4 Comments
Telescopes and Trees – part one
Telescopes and trees do not normally go together but there is one very special place here in the Midlands where they certainly do. We drove northwards on the A49 making our way into Cheshire in search of Jodrell Bank famous … Continue reading
Posted in arboreta, autumn, autumn colours, Cheshire, colours, garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, gardens open to the public, ornamental trees and shrubs, wildlife, woodland
Tagged apples, autumn, autumn colours, birds, dogwoods, garden wildlife, gardening, ornamental trees, thrushes, wildlife, winter migrants
1 Comment
The Final Cut
At last a half day of dry weather allowed us a window in which to cut our last meadow on the allotments. This meadow is situated close to our very mature oak tree and within the grasses we grow wildflowers … Continue reading
Posted in allotments, autumn, community gardening, garden wildlife, gardening, gardens, grasses, meadows, wildlife
Tagged allotments, apples, autumn, autumn colours, community gardening, fruit and veg, fruit., garden photography, garden wildlife, gardening, meadows, organic gardening, wildlife
11 Comments
