Shirley_tulip's Blog archive

A few ticks off the Wishlist!

Today is a day I have been looking forward to very much, Government restrictions...

Summer bulbs confusion

I received a delivery of Dahlia plants last week, ordered them last November but...

New garden fencing

Our garden fencing was goodness knows how many years old, with trellis added by ourselves...

A seaside Lockdown walk

This morning we took a short drive to a local beach, drank our take-out coffees in...

Beside the seaside

We are very lucky to live between the South Downs and the coast and regularly visit...

Winding down for Winter

Yesterday was 5th November, the first day of the second Lockdown for England, so...

Patience rewarded ...

I was given a gardening voucher on my birthday last year (August), then another at...

New arrival today.

Remember the bird's nest seen in our Grapevine a few weeks ago ... We have been...

I heard it through the Grapevine.

For a couple of weeks now, through our lounge patio doors, we have seen a female...

Bugs ... good and bad

I was in the garden earlier, before the very welcome rain started falling, and was...

Such a treat!

Yesterday morning we set off on a twenty minute drive to one of our favourite garden...

This could be the last time ...

that this pretty Ceanothus will look as gorgeous as this. It was planted in May 2013...