23Sep

A Walk on the Wild Side

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Had a lovely day yesterday running my “Wildlife Friendly Gardening” course. I have been so lucky this summer, for the weather to have been so poor, my course days have been lovely. The weather was beautiful for this time of year and the butterflies were amazing – I’ve never seen anything like it….the beds […]

16Sep

Winding Down

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Just relaxing after a hectic week preparing flowers for a lovely bride and groom. Pre wedding chaos in the barn…promise..more pics to follow. Can certainly feel the garden winding down and the poor bees are starting to look rather bedraggled. I hate that they have such a short lifespan. Plenty of annuals still doing […]

09Sep

Butterflies & Blooms

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The butterflies and bees are everywhere – it has been pleasantly warm the last few days although we had a windy spell which set the flowers adrift. The cosmos and snapdragons are flowering their hearts out, as are the dahlias – I’m just sorry that I didn’t plant more of them this year. That’s […]

05Sep

Wildlife

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Enjoying the lovely weather in the garden – great to be able to work the beds without squelching through the mud. Still frantically deadheading to keep the flowers coming. It’s amazing to see how a short spell of warm settled weather brings an abundance of wildlife into the garden….are they always there just hiding in […]