Tag Archives: Amber & Amethyst Garden

Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

Over the last two or three weeks I’ve worked hard in the garden, trying to catch up from earlier in the year when it was very wet and cold. I finally feel I’ve got somewhere as I have finished tidying … Continue reading

Posted in Garden, Serendipity | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

I’m taking it a bit easier in the garden this month, I think I’ve overdone it a bit during June and July, what with walking the Cleveland Way, medical conferences, workshops, the open garden and a virus knocking me for … Continue reading

Posted in Garden | Tagged , | 13 Comments

Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

I’ve been pretty busy this week in the garden, trying to get it tidy for our open garden weekend at the end of the month. We’re trying to raise money for the Soldiers Charity (Army Benevolent Fund), we’re not part … Continue reading

Posted in Garden | Tagged , , , | 9 Comments

Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

I had to dash out in between showers to take garden photos today, makes a nice change! August is traditionally quite a quiet time in an English garden, the roses are on their way out, geraniums are pretty much over, … Continue reading

Posted in Garden, Serendipity | Tagged , , | 10 Comments

Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

We’ve finally had a reasonable amount of rain over the last couple of weeks, enough so I could manage to dig a hole or three today to plant some perennials that I’ve been trying to keep alive for the last … Continue reading

Posted in Garden, Serendipity | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

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

Posted in Garden, Serendipity | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

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

Posted in Garden, Serendipity | Tagged , | 10 Comments

Monday’s Meander Around the Garden

Today’s meander around the garden turned into a point and shoot out of the landing window as this is our Easter Monday weather… …snow, again!! Despite the inclement weather this week I have managed to spend a bit of time … Continue reading

Posted in Garden, Serendipity | Tagged , | 10 Comments

Monday’s Meander Round the Garden

We’ve had a few nice dry days here in Yorkshire and I’ve managed to spend quite a few hours in the garden. It’s almost happy dance time for my AA garden…almost! Last weekend I started marking out where my raised … Continue reading

Posted in Garden, Serendipity | Tagged , , | 9 Comments

Oranges in the Garden

When I first started out in gardening, in my younger days, I would turn my nose up at orange flowers, ‘I don’t do orange!’ they were too gaudy and brash! I liked the restrained look of Vita Sackville-West’s white garden, … Continue reading

Posted in Garden, Serendipity | Tagged , | 8 Comments