Excerpts From A (recently discovered) Garden Diary (1)

How fascinating.....look forward to more "entries" David :))

it is great to have a record like a diary~ to look back on ~especially with photos~love the cyclamen and pansies in the blue pot~ which is a really nice one!

Am scanning more of it now, Alice. :-)

Can't remember what happened to those lovely pots, Arlene (this was one of a set of three) :-(

About time you put in an appearance, sir!!
Great blog! :~)))

Great blog David....very interesting. Waiting for more.

How interesting - for you and us, as well! Keep'em coming. :-))

Beautiful Astilbe David ,great blog :)))

Fascinating David....
as you say, the writing style maybe more reminiscent of 1898 - 1901..
good one :o)

fantastic blog. diaries are always interesting as so much minutia is recorded.
are you going to start keeping a diary again.

He CAN'T be that old, Tt! I've met him.....or maybe he's just well-preserved? LOL.

Or totally pickled! ???????????

Love the planting at the bottom of the lawn, it looks as if we`ve got a repeat of the severe gales you mention in December `98 hope they hurry up and die away. Have enjoyed your diary entries.

Great blog, interesting things diaries. I wonder if many years hence gardeners will look at this site and think how thing have changed or not?

Great blog, David, and it's nice to meet another diary keeper! I have kept a daily diary since 1988 but not a gardening one unfortunately. Found this very interesting - who knows one day it may be published along the lines of 'Diary of an Edwardian Lady' :)

Have been here all the time, Marie, lol! Doing a lot of "editing" for GOYpedia, whilst "nursing" James through his recent diagnosed bout of swine flu (mild, must add, compared to 2 poor kids in school who are still quite ill).

I'm neither well-preserved, nor pickled, Tt, Spritz, Mp!!! - Wish I were, though!!!

Stroller - have just been reading blogs about the gales down south. Am sorry to read about, and see, the damage being caused. Not a breath of wind here, not even the heating on. How can such a small country have such diverse weather? Hope it all blows over very soon for you all !

Seaburn and Gee - This was my only attempt to keep a diary - but glad that I did! Has been really good fun reading it again. Don't do diaries, really. this was when gardening for wildlife was "to the fore", and it did make me think!

Drc - It made me already wonder, too! When I read that I made, and bought, videos, telephoned seed orders, saw the lovely, clear 35mm photos as good as new, etc.- made me wonder, too! Where will we be 10 years from now????

PART 2 is uploaded now! Going out for dinner - back soon! :-)

Its not the same though! We used to chat every day, & now you're just neglecting me! LOl!
Enjoy the meal! Glad James is better!

This is lovely.
Time passes so quickly and it is great to discover things from our own, or our families' pasts. I relate to the 'Did I really write like that?' I came across some essays I had written at college after umpteen years had passed and couldn't believe that those words had come from my pen / brain.
Great blog David.

Those are horrible statistics of warbler decline! I wonder 11 years later how they fare? Is it quieter now in your gardens? Is this the same garden where you've made a chocolate homage?

Sorry, Marie, LOL!!!! Meal was so-so! :-(

Glad you can relate to it, Claire. Student stuff is a hoot to read back on, isn't it? :-D

I wonder, too, Orgratis. No, our gardens are not quiet and empty. In that particular year, the County survey cited the very wet and cold Spring - don't know how the poor wildlife has managed with the cold and wet summers here since then!!!! I still have bird feeders. etc., out, and see a wide variety of finches, etc.

This is not the same garden. We moved out of town to a village in January 2001, I did the Wiz of Oz garden with the children there, moved back into town September last year with plans for the "chocolate" garden. In January this year, my wife and I separated, and the "chocolate" garden has been created by the children and me in my present garden.Happy to keep you updated! :-)) X

Well I SUPPOSE I'll forgive you this time! Lol!

Awwww, Thanks!, Marie!!!!!! LOL! The arch is proving to be difficult, though, as Dad chucked some of it - aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggh! Poor Soul, he forgot!! His memory is very bad, since his 2 strokes, MI, back surgery, pending hernia op, and Court case next week!!!! I forgive him, too!! Am up to my "Prince Charles' ears" right now!!! But still ROFLing at the wonderful wisecracks here on GoY!!!!

You lot ROCK!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!! :-)) X

No worries! I'll get some wood from the river & make one!! Lol!

Oh, don't go that far. I have the arch top and part of uprights. Gimmee time to look at what I've salvaged!!! But, if you want to, salvage any wood you can from the river, for other uses - LOL!! X

Going to bed now - Sweet dreams, All!! :-))

Sweet dreams!!

Don't you just love revisiting those old entries? I have long been a journaler - started by keeping a small notebook on hand when birdwatching, which soon had other nature entries in it as well as sketches of plants and insects to identify later, then grew to include thoughts as well, and now I love to dig out journals from years ago and compare the seasonal happenings, weather, how I felt then etc. With my shoddy memory, the are sometimes extremely helpful - when did I plant that shrub? Well I can look it up! - Like yours, my journals hold newspaper clippings, old greeting cards, pictures from my children, bird feathers, photos, etc. The more disorganised the better, lol!

That was great David :o)

very interesting David.........

I like "disorganised" Grammazoo, lol! Never get fed up going through it all then! :-D

Thanks, Hywel and Holly! :-))

Lovely, interesting blog once again, David! I've tried on the odd occasion to keep a diary but soon tire of making entries. Having said that I keep a sort of weather diary on the BeyondSpace forum where I'm one of the Admins. I've written a page of the weather where I live for the last 3 years & it makes interesting reading to look back on.:-)

Looking forward to reading more entries rescued from your diary.

Absolutely wonderful sir!

A fantastic thing to be able to look back on and....pass on to the children one day as keepsakes.

Great blog David:0)

Thanks, Dan! I've scanned it all onto disc now, so the original will go back into the box for another 10 years or so. :-))