I’m joining in GardenMama’s Wandering Wednesday Photo Challenge. Here I stand in a puddle on our front path. A welcome sight indeed. It means that my water butts have water again and the garden has had some rain. Not a deluge, which it needs, but enough to freshen and quench. […]
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New Poppies
A few months ago, I bought AJ a packet of seeds. Hoping to feed her new found love for gardening. The name of the seeds combined two of her interests, so I was sure that it would inspire her. She sowed them in her butterfly garden. And waited. Everything else […]
Read moreButterfly garden
AJ’s butterfly garden is blooming nicely. She is thrilled with the lilac ones and has declared them her favourite ever flower. I, of course, have temporarily misplaced the packet, so I have no idea what they are. Does anyone know? (Edited: found it. It is Lacy Scorpian Weed (Scientific name: […]
Read moreStart of the berry harvest
TF and I found ripe raspberries in the garden today. More than a handful which made it worth getting the trug out. This trug is just the perfect size for TF. Each year, the children join in collecting the ripened fruit. Today, I was struck that TF really knew which […]
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