Tuesday, 5 March 2019
I persist in using my phone for photos instead of my crisper new (used) camera. This must change, soon. It all has to do with the lazy desire to blog from my comfy chair rather than my computer desk.
Before work:
I asked Allan to take some photos of his black hellebore. He took all of these in his garden:
We began the workday with our first call of the year to
The Red Barn.
I was pleased to see Cosmo the barn cat…
…and Junior the dog.
Next door at..
Diane’s garden
….we trimmed perennials in the garden beds and the raised box garden.
My good friend Misty woofed a greeting, and got a belly rub.
The raised septic bed:
Allan trimmed the Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ and more in the roadside garden:
Long Beach
We polished off two little jobs by trimming the Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ in Veterans Field…
…and then, in the big pop put, trimming lavender and the regrettably vigorous rugosa roses and some of the so-called dwarf pampas grass (now on the noxious weed list).
At home, the work list is getting streamlined. With rain mixed with…snow!…predicted, we may have a few days off, not least because my friend of 40 years is coming to the peninsula for three nights.
I will be taking a break from working and blogging while she is here.
In garden show news, I discovered that a website called Tubi has the entire series of Glorious Gardens from Above AND that the DailyMotion website has a wealth of Love Your Garden shows that I haven’t seen. I’m thrilled to have more Love Your Garden to watch. So far, Love Your Garden has played without ads, but an episode of Monty Don’s Paradise Gardens had an ad every three minutes. It’s fair for a site to support itself with ads…but every three minutes makes my head spin.
Soon it will be daylight saving time, time to put my all-consuming British garden show addiction aside for gardening season. I have been greatly moved and inspired and given new energy by my hours of watching. I’m sure I will still be watching some (especially if BritBox has the new Gardeners’ World). But it is almost time to leave the comfy chair for the long days of spring and summer.
Yesterday evening, one of the glorious gardens that Christine Walkden took me to was Powis Castle, of great interest because of course I grow lots of Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’.
My year of plans for my garden are much smaller but are quite exciting to me.
Isn’t it ironic that despite all the work that goes into gardening, that the prettiest things in the garden are kitties and dogs?
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You are so right!
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Hi Skyler, I love seeing Skooter, Cosmo, Junior and Misty–so cute! The hellebores (nice photos!) and other spring blossoms are a welcome sight. Powis Castle and grounds looks beautiful.
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Glorious Gardens is a great show, really good quality on Tubi, with just three commercial breaks.
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I want a picture of Allan taking pictures of hellebores!! He must be lying flat on his back to get those shots!! Good job Allan!
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