Tag: seed sowing
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Gathering the (tiny) harvest in, botanical dyeing & still plenty of rain.
Monday 31st July 2023: The whole of July we have had rain every day, sometimes heavy, we have had hardly any sun but at least the temperature has been ok on the whole. It is topsy turvy at the moment, I am not complaining too much though as I have not had to water the…
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It is still raining 😂 a trip to Diddly Squat & my birthday 🥳
Monday 24th July 2023: A rainy start to the day and week, I am a little annoyed with myself because yesterday was dry and I could have got a fair bit done outside and now it’s soggy. Goodness knows what has happened to our weather lol we are stuck in a cycle of rain but…
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A lot more flowers again this week 💐 a small harvest & what lies ahead 🌍
Monday 17th July 2023: Monday again already 🙄 I have been out already this morning and cut flowers for tomorrows orders, hoovered the house and now having tea and toast before I go out and check on my seeds and do any other jobs I spot that need doing, it won’t be hard to spot…
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Flowers, strawberries & the ying and yang of life.
Monday 26th June 2023: A new week and a fairly busy one too as far as flowers go. It is British Flowers Week and I have the intention of doing something for it but not sure what yet. I was up early to get a bit more watering done, I did have the irrigation hoses…
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Fox attacks, summer solstice and our Ruby wedding anniversary.
Monday 19th June 2023: After the bit of rain last night everything is nice and fresh this morning and it’s not so hot that it all just evaporates. My first garden job was to cut some of the taller stems that I will need later in the week, the reason is that we are expecting…
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Flowers, foxes and a bit more rain.
Monday 12th June 2023: After the rain last night it is set to be another hot day again though I think more storms are in the pipeline. Seeing as I didn’t have to water today 😁 I got on with cutting flowers straight away. The flowers need cutting regardless of whether there are any orders…
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Flowers, ducklings and thunderstorms.
Monday 5th June 2023: We have had wall,to wall blue sky over the weekend but today it was overcast, great for me because it means I can get on 😁 I had plenty flowers to cut this morning for quite a few orders tomorrow and Wednesday so that was the first job after the usual…
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Hot, cold, windy but still no rain & 60th birthday celebrations.
Monday 30th May 2023: Yesterday was overcast for most of the day so I was able to get some work done outside. Today it’s sunny again so I have scorted about doing as much as possible before it gets too hot to work in. Our weather is nuts sometimes, we got from cold and wet…
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Chelsea Flower show, eye hospital & flower workshop.
Monday 22nd May 2023: I am hoping I can type more this week, the microphone way has its limits 😜 The day started off dull but the sun soon came out and there is a considerable amount of heat in it when it does. I had to water some of the pots this morning as…
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Weather – variable, Flower sales – great, to do list – getting there 😜
Monday17th April 2023: I had one of those mornings where all the things that were bugging me just had to be done and there was no putting it off any longer. It’s not that I put them off just that other jobs jump the queue 😂 So this morning I hoovered the boot room and…
