Thursday 20 May 2021

Garden

 Got off to a cracking start yesterday morning and tidied the plastic greenhouse plus surrounds by half nine or so. Managed to have a read in the sun prior to cutting the lawns and arrival of the rain preceded by a Prussian blue sky.





10 comments:

  1. Your garden looks pleasant and peaceful. How long is your growing season?
    Here in SW Ontario we got into the high 20s today after a chilly start to May and everything is taking off. My apple tree is in full blossom, the hostas are unfurling, everything is finally well launched. One endures a long Canadian winter for such moments.

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    1. We are a little behind this year. Facebook memories usefully posts garden pictures of previous years to compare and contrast. Wind and rain lashing the Duchy this morning.. Apple trees blossoming currently. I could do with proper winters rather than rain autumn to spring.

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  2. Alan;
    Nice to see all that green. It's going to 112 deg here in Qatar. And it's all 40 shades of beige. Sand, dust, and gravel...

    Cheers;
    Eric

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    1. Delighted to add a little green into the lives of sons of the desert like yourself. I imagine you equipped as out of a Beau Geste movie...

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  3. Some great characters associated with Alpines, plant hunting and early mountaineering such as Reginald Farrar. Read his very short books biography https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Farrer

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    1. I recall reading a splendid book , possibly called “There be dragons” about early mountaineers attempting to climb the Matterhorn. Well worth a read. I have no head for heights so amazed what folk do now let alone then in tackity boots and tweeds.

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  4. Where's the railway?
    Ronnie

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  5. Good man! The reading looks very interesting! You are blessed in Scotland in having that famed Alpine nursery, Edrom of Eyemouth. May your saxifrages, erdodium, and gentians bloom!

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  6. Thanks Al! There is also Kevock Nurseries near Lasswade. The book is enjoyable and accessible, worth a read. A wee storm lashing the Duchy here so no deckchairs today.

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