There’s no place like home

Finally- after being away for 12 days- then spending the last 5days catching up with unpacking- washing- ironing -oh and work aswell- I have finally found a few moments to reflect and catch my breath after the hols etc.
We had a fantastic time- with really good weather- even got a little sunburnt ( unintentionally as [...]

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Fun In The Sun

We had another fine day in the garden today. Plenty of planting and tending. The Honeysuckle is out and smells devine. My Iris’s are nearly there and the bee’s they are a buzzing. The Starlings on the other hand are completely bonkers- if they are not trying to break their necks flying into the windows [...]

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Frost in June?

As Sunday was the 1st of June, we put out all the tender plants and made up the hanging baskets. What a surprise then to find on Friday & Saturday Morning there had been a light frost. Thankfully very light and the mist and dew on the grass & in the hedgerows and on the [...]

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Comfrey everyone- then I shall begin.

Actually- just watched Gardeners World- and I seriously must get some comfrey- for liquid & solid fertiliser & compost making. Wonderful to see Simon King on from SpringWatch- with tips on attracting more wildlife to the garden. Is Carol Klein going to be the new presenter? I do so love her enthusiasm. How ever- I will [...]

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Super seeds!

It is quite amazing really- how quickly seeds can germinate. Last Sunday we dug & planted our first little veg plot in the garden of our current home. Now Noel & I have had veg before- but in well tended Gardens and we grew them from young  plants. This was straight into the soil and already- we [...]

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Natures freebies.

Now that Chelsea is over- we can start to prepare plants for going outside. So we started with the Cymbidiums- they all had old leaves and old pseudobulbs removed- then had a plunge in a tepid bath- a good feed and a spray and repotting or dividing. So we now have 16 of those. Then [...]

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Oh! stop the pictures

You all have such lovely pictures of your Iris’s- and me I have lovely green leaves? No sign of flowers yet- I feel the need to get to the Garden centre and find some already in flower. I know I just need a little patience and they will bloom. Will hopefully show the results when [...]

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Hooray for rain

I know this might sound funny- since I live in Ireland which has a bit of a reputation for Rain- But at last after 2 weeks of hot weather and 4 days of brooding, we finally have rain tonight. Ofcourse the problem is once it starts it forgets to stop. The water butt has been [...]

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Bug’s & Weeds.

Another glorious day Outside and in the Garden was had by all the family. Children bike riding- trampolining and the odd game of badminton between the mowing. I added some more wonderful herbs to my little herb patch- and weeded the bed and removed naughty bugs ( Weevils, slugs, snails and wire worms). My partner would have disposed [...]

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The Malvern Show

Oh- one thing I really miss about being in Eire- away from the uk- is all the wonderful flower shows. Malvern- Chelsea- Gardeners World live etc. I have to settle for tv viewing- and hoping that one day Eire will host something similar. Brightest Blessings.

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Pumpkins & Thistles

Last year we visited family  in the Uk and my Mom had a variegated thistle flowering in the garden. The leaves were remarkably marbled. So we took a flower head and let it dry out & planted the seeds amonth ago. Then 2 weeks ago I planted my Pumpkins- low & behold they both popped [...]

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A Witch Amid the weeds.

Today we spent hours in the garden in our battle against the weeds. Nettles, Brambles over zealous ivy to name but a few. The problem we have is being surrounded by fields and woodland of a wild and unkempt nature which seems to want to reclaim the territory we now occupy and call our garden. [...]

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Bountifull Bulbs.

Yesterday we spent the day creating another border. Today we spent dividing bulbs & corms. The Lillies- The Canna’s, Calla’s, Orientals and Asiatics. We are going to need a bigger Garden or a lot more pots as all of them have grown enormously and we have many ( too Many) my partner say’s -smaller bulbs. [...]

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Breeding Rocks & Stones

Every year at spring time, we go out in the garden to weed, dig, replant and make new borders. Every year we seem to find more rocks & stones than the year before. We either have mighty moles with muscles, pushing these boulders out of their homes or they are breeding. Still no need to [...]

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This is Spring!

This morning we decided to finish off planting all the seeds we have bought or taken from last years plants. Beautifull bright sunny day- just a tad windy and alot colder than it looked. Then along came a hail storm- so in we went. Half hour later sunshine- then another hailstorm- then sunshine again. In [...]

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