Category Archives: Garden

Friday Photos on Saturday

Posted on June 23, 2018 by craftycreeky

I completely forgot it was Friday yesterday, well I didn’t forget as such, I just forgot to post the Friday Photo Challenge from Postcard from Gibraltar! So maybe this should be called Snaps on Saturday!! The theme yesterday was midsummer, … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Posted on June 18, 2018 by craftycreeky

Our roses are just starting to bloom at the moment, each bush just has a few open. I was visiting Kew Gardens in London at the weekend and they are clearly at least a couple of weeks ahead of us … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Posted on June 11, 2018 by craftycreeky

I spent most of Saturday working in the garden, weeding (the never-ending job!!) planting and also cutting back some shrubs on the drive that had got a bit out of hand. I realised whilst I was deep in the shrubbery … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Posted on June 4, 2018 by craftycreeky

It smells lovely as we open the back door at the moment, a philadelphus is in full flower and the scent fills the air, it’s quite a heady scent, it’s other name is mock orange blossom. This is the golden … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Posted on May 28, 2018 by craftycreeky

We’ve had a little bit of rain this week (that’s because I finally got round to buying a hosepipe!) and everything seems to have shot up another 6 inches. The garden is really filling out now and colour is popping … Continue reading →

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Friday Photo Challenge

Posted on May 25, 2018 by craftycreeky

Today’s photo challenge is much easier than last week, todays word is ‘floral’, although my first thought was flowers from the garden, then I decided floral was a bit deeper than that, more of using a flower or the image … Continue reading →

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Poppies in the garden

Posted on May 22, 2018 by craftycreeky

It’s time for a little happy dance! I’ve just finished my poppies humbug. It’s a design by Faby Reilly I started it in mid April, it’s been my ‘borrowed time’ project, 10 minutes here and there whilst doing other things!. Some … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Posted on May 21, 2018 by craftycreeky

The garden is really starting to flourish, though it’s getting decidedly parched as we’ve had so little rain this month. With heavy clay soil that means some of it is like concrete with deep cracks in it! Despite the lack … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Posted on May 14, 2018 by craftycreeky

It’s been a hot sunny day here in Yorkshire with clear blue skies. I spent a bit of time pottering in the garden, trying to keep in the shade to keep cool! This is my view from the shade of … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Posted on May 7, 2018 by craftycreeky

We’ve had a glorious weekend here in Yorkshire, hot and sunny, very rare for a Bank Holiday weekend, it’s a standing joke here that it always rains on a bank holiday, not this one! It’s actually the hotest Early May … Continue reading →

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