Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
The promise of a new ranunculus. Waiting to unfurl and show off. This is the first time I have grown these flowers and I will be growing them each and every year from now on, until the end of my time! **************************************************** Join my Facebook page! Cherry Menlove Feel free to add me to your [...]
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
One of my favourite things to do is to walk in the garden early in the morning. This morning I found the Lamb’s Ears getting ready for their day and I fell in love with them all over again. **************************************************** Join my Facebook page! Cherry Menlove Feel free to add me to your links list. [...]
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
On another one of my early morning garden walks I found a field of Pink Pokers. They were steeling themselves before being invaded by bees. The bees love them and if the bees love them then I love them. Because I love bees! **************************************************** Join my Facebook page! Cherry Menlove Feel free to add me [...]
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Corners of My Garden – The Tractor I love tractors. Tractors are my type of transportation and if I could I would meet my husband for supper in St James’s by driving a tractor up to town and parking it out front. They are chunky. Funky. And I’m sure a little like a monkey when [...]
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
I still have a glut, a glut I tell you, of sweet peas. This comes from picking them almost daily and not letting the seed pods develop for too long. They have kept my vases filled for weeks, grown very tall and created a wall of sweet peas along one side of the fence. This [...]
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
I only planted two of these tomato plants. In a grow bag in a part of the garden where the grill resides. I put them there as I figured that I would invariably set the table for a lunch outside and enjoy picking them off the plant only to be taken straight to the table. And you know what??? [...]
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
I cleaned the downstairs loo yesterday! Donned my rubber gloves and gave it a scrub. This is the loo that folk tend to use if they come for lunch or supper. The ‘guest’s loo’ if you like. I also spent some time out in the garden harvesting the lavender. It’s that time of year. The [...]
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Hello all! As you may recall last year I tried to grow sunflowers and the slugs ate them before they grew past a couple of inches. This year I’ve been more successful. A combination of keeping a very good eye on them and having a garden that has less slugs in it. Before I went [...]
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Gardening in a small space, sunflowers and later on…. bee friendly plants! This picture was taken on the 2nd June this year. My sunflowers had been growing nicely from seed in their pots and at this point were transplanted to this small patch that gets some good sun. Now look at the bad boys!! You can just tell that [...]
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Filling the Beds & Baskets for a Summer Full of Flowers I love beds like the one in the first picture. I took this picture in the spring when we were looking at the house and I was so pleased to see beds like this. I find they have a huge capacity for creating something [...]
