This is a very quickie post today. Too much to do, too much happening! Why is retirement so busy?!!
It’s been another dry week here, a mix of sun and cloud, not too cold, not too warm, with light winds. That’s suited me, but even so, I couldn’t get into the garden until late on Thursday.
But on with Six on Saturday!
July was a wet, windy and cold month, and I see signs of autumn creeping into the garden already. But if the gorgeous colours of the Rudbeckias will stay with me for the next few months, then I’m ready to welcome Autumn in!
Six on Saturday
Rudbeckias. Recently planted Rudbeckia hirta ‘Enchanted Glow’, Rudbeckia hirta ‘Enchanted Ruby Crush’ and Rudbeckia hirta ‘Enchanted Romance’ (above and below) are described as perennials by the online garden website I bought them from, but the site goes on to state “Rudbeckia is best grown as a magnificent half-hardy annual”. I’ve never been successful in getting Rudbeckias through the winter, but I plan to leave them in the soil when they die back and hope for the best.
Continue reading “Shades of Autumn”
There’s been a chill in the air this week, and too much rain. It feels like late September and the plants don’t like it. I don’t like it either. Temperatures were hovering around 15C (59F) during much of the week, but it hasn’t been all doom and gloom, as Thursday was glorious. We took our two local grandchildren to the park in the morning, and then to the almost empty beach, where the ‘paddle’ that we envisaged they would enjoy became belly flops into the waves. They had fun…and deserved that time running, jumping and diving into the waves; at age six and almost-two yrs old, lockdown has been a difficult and confusing time for them as well as for grown-ups.
Today is another glorious day, and I’m determined Continue reading “Six on Saturday 2020 08-08”
Notes From My Garden 