Moosey's Country Garden News

Have been naughty again. I've been outside in my lunchtime cafe clothes (white linen shirt, good jeans and shoes) pruning suckers, trimming the edges, and raking up mess. Soooo naughty!

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After 75mm of rain in two days (slightly more than our monthly average, good morning to my happy garden. Hope you enjoyed the precipitation. More and more shrubs are flowering - so beautiful, and...

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Puddles, puddles, puddles. Everywhere. Woke in the middle of the night and listened to the rain beating on the cottage roof - gave thanks that my soil is free-draining. The prediction is for at l...

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This weather is silly. Two days of temperatures in the mid-twenties (Celsius), too hot to be in the direct sun, plants in pots needing watering. Then continuous rain arriving for the weekend, whe...

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Oh joy! My garden brings me such joy. Must remember this, when my spirits flag at the end of a gruelling day. Gruelling? Probably a little over-dramatic. Should spend more time sitting and enjoyi...

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I'm certain that the beautiful white fluffy climbing rose on the archway by the house is Madame Alfred Carriere. I've even found her rose label (buried deep in a bathroom drawer).

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It's an absolutely beautiful morning, and I don't have any rehearsals for anything! Yeay! The creative mind can be totally concentrated on the garden. So far I've done my piano practice (just for...

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Good morning to my garden. Your shrubs are looking magnificent. I am so proud of you, of them, and of me. And oh my goodness - how large some of your rhododendrons have grown! Amazing. Wow. Assor...

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Am enjoying the Wisteria still flowering on the patio. Breakfasts at the patio table beckon - well, perhaps lunches, since these last few mornings have been quite cold.

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This morning two of my lovely singing friends visited (wearing sensible shoes) for a wee private garden tour. Of course, as we wandered around I saw much in the garden that needed tidying up. Pat...

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Excuse my grammar, but the rhyme is irresistible. As far as gardening goes, one hour is better than none hours.

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October in my garden is amazing on all scales. Big things like massive colour displays from the first big rhododendrons, the pink blossom trees, and the Dogwoods starting to flower.

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Have just popped outside to take a photograph of the dandelions. I didn't know that dandelions close their flowers up when there's no sun. So my lawns are spotty yellow in the sunshine, but sleek...

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Have been AWOL from the garden for two days. Oh dear! Suddenly things in the gardens over the water race are not so good. It's weeds, weeds, and more weeds. Mess, mess, and more mess. Surely not ...

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October has sneaked up on me when I wasn't looking. It arrived yesterday, silently, when I was preoccupied, spending my third concentrated weeding day in the Hump Gardens. So it's really October....

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