Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts

16 Mar 2024

View of our back garden - NOT amateur radio

This is the view out of the window of our back garden. My shack has probably the best view down the garden.

1 Dec 2023

Cold!!! - NOT amateur radio

For the third morning in a row we have had a frost. For us, it is very cold. Although 1011z, it is still below freezing. The photo shows our back garden.

26 Nov 2023

Neighbour's garden - NOT amateur radio

 

This was a neighbour's garden last week. His grass is still growing. My grass could do with one last cut.

12 Nov 2023

Leaves - NOT amateur radio

At this time of year the garden looks dead. Leaves are falling off trees, the grass is wet and all looks, well,  past it. We swept up a bin full of leaves this morning, but there will be a lot more in a couple of weeks. I look forward to seeing bulbs pushing through and signs of new life. 

At first, we have to accept that things are asleep following cycles that have been the same for thousands of years.

Basically I like the seasons.

See https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44400/spring-and-fall .  This poem  by Gerard Manley Hopkins to me says so very much.

11 Jul 2023

Our garden in summer - NOT amateur radio

Usually, our grass turns brown about now. At the moment, it is still largely green as we have had a few useful showers. Our borders are mainly perennials with a few bedding plants to add colour. We are not keen gardeners. I usually cut the grass each week and water when needed.

4 Jun 2023

Village garden - NOT amateur radio

This is a garden in our village. It is good seeing all the wild plants.  Years ago, it was a pub.

12 May 2023

Cold and wet? - NOT amateur radio

Certainly in this part of the UK it has felt colder and wetter this year. It is already May and it feels wet and cold. 

We did some gardening yesterday, but we could certainly not today. 

We popped to the garden centre to buy some new plants, but my wife came inside from our garden as she was too cold!

1 May 2023

Stubborn - NOT amateur radio


This plant was dead, so I thought I would just dig it up. Two days later, yes two days, I eventually got it up. Whenever I thought I was there, I found yet more deep thick roots! I have never, ever struggled so hard.

22 Apr 2023

Spring in the garden - NOT amateur radio


Spring is a lovely time of the year. Everything springs into life after what seems like a long winter. Summer migrant birds are returning from Africa and the blossom is at its best. The birds are singing and building nests.

On the trees, the leaves are a fresh green, whereas later they look tired. Blossom is ephemeral. In a few days it will be gone until next spring and so the cycle goes on.

The photo shows spring in our garden.

5 Apr 2023

Coffee in the garden


Our son came to stay with his son and we were able to enjoy coffee in the garden. 

3 Oct 2022

Tea in the garden - NOT amateur radio

Even though it is October 3rd, we had a cup of tea in the garden in shirt sleeves. I cannot imagine this being possible for much longer before the spring.

26 Oct 2021

Coffee in the garden - NOT amateur radio

Yesterday one of our granddaughters came 3rd out of 20 in a ballet contest. She wanted to demonstrate her moves whilst we enjoyed coffee in the mild October sunshine.

19 Oct 2021

Autumn garden - NOT amateur radio

At the moment it is very mild, although things are expected to get far colder later in the week. There is a  hint of autumn with colours starting to change. In another month things will look much different.

26 Aug 2021

Garden flowers - NOT amateur radio


Most of the flowers in our garden have passed their best. Some still look good whereas others are starting to look a bit tired. We will put winter flowering plants at the front and new bedding plants in late in the spring. Some, as the photo shows, look good still.

It is funny how the nights get so much darker earlier at this time of the year. The rate of change speeds up and the change is noticeable.

7 Jun 2021

Gardening - NOT amateur radio

Our son busy planting in his garden. It looks like a fushia.

15 May 2021

Gardening yesterday - NOT amateur radio

Although it was dull here yesterday, it was mostly dry. We used it as a chance to put some bedding plants in.  These are "Busy Lizzies" waiting to go in holes I prepared earlier. Hopefully frosts are behind us now.

We bought the plants from a garden centre in the village that we chanced upon on one of our "lockdown" walks last spring. We ordered some plants from there last year and were very impressed with the plants and service.

27 Apr 2021

Garden blossom - NOT amateur radio


At the moment the garden is filled with blossom. This does not last long, but looks great whilst it lasts. 

In my opinion the garden looks its best in the spring.

1 Apr 2021

Tea in the garden - NOT amateur radio

A few days ago we had tea in the garden in the sunshine as the photo shows. Today is much cooler and over the Easter weekend it is expected to be even colder. 

This is our older son on the right. He lives in the same village. Until recently he has only been to the door with his mask on.

15 Nov 2020

Garden in autumn - NOT amateur radio

At this time of year gardens can look a bit dull so we plant primroses to brighten things up. 

The photo shows our front garden today. 

Most leaves have now gone. It will be fun to await the new buds in the spring. I also look forward to seeing the first migrant birds back from Africa. Before that we have the birds from the Arctic and Scandinavia who think we are warm! Maybe this year I'll see a waxwing.

1 Nov 2020

Autumn - NOT amateur radio

The garden is suddenly looking very autumnal with trees losing leaves or leaves changing colour. Another few weeks and most deciduous trees will be leafless until next spring. It is odd, but in the colder months we have little wish to be in the garden. 

Today is exceptionally mild for early November. We even have sparrows nest building in the loft above our bed! They are in for a nasty shock when the first frosts come.