Category Archives: Plants

a little before and a little after

Posted on May 1, 2013 by admin

  These two photos show the design of the garden in year 2003.  The idea was that the formal grass paths and small circular lawn gave structure and formality to the planting which was fairly unstructured – because I am … Continue reading →

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a little tenderness….

Posted on April 29, 2013 by admin

We made a visit to one of our local garden centres yesterday afternoon.  This particular one lives up to it’s name – Down To Earth.   They sell lots of bedding plants and several small pots as multi-buys.  We weren’t … Continue reading →

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more bad weather moments…

Posted on April 27, 2013 by admin

Yesterday we had hailstones tumbling out of the sky and I am told that we had some snow this morning (but I missed it, as I was still in bed).  No wonder the daffs took their time coming out.  They … Continue reading →

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what a difference a day makes…….

Posted on April 20, 2013 by admin

Well, it does make a difference – at least in our garden….. And warm enough to have lunch outside and a lovely cuppa – courtesy of Clare next door – mmmmmm Mark has been cutting back – very correctly this … Continue reading →

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John’s photos

Posted on April 16, 2013 by admin

I have uploaded some photos that John took yesterday.  He needs to get out and take some more in the morning, as some of the photos face the sun which is always difficult. Here is the link: https://pygardens.co.uk/day-by-day-in-the-garden/15-4-13 The lovely … Continue reading →

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Garden plants

Posted on April 15, 2013 by admin

We’ve had a lovely musical weekend away with the Cobweb Orchestra in Sedbergh, a school village which is overlooked by the Howgill fells in North Yorkshire, and have come home tired but very happy!   While there quite a few … Continue reading →

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Is supervision needed?!

Posted on April 11, 2013 by admin

Well, Mark has put a good couple of hours into the garden, and has been taking all the cutting back very seriously indeed. He came in to get the camera as we have lots of frog spawn in the pond … Continue reading →

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cutting back in the garden

Posted on April 6, 2013 by admin

Mark and I in the summer house   Cutting back……..No, not in the financial sense…. We didn’t cut back all the old growth from our herbaceous perennials and grasses in the autumn and so have that job to do as … Continue reading →

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