My garden through the seasons

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So this morning when I went outside with my first cup of coffee ….it actually felt a bit like Spring. The birds were calling a somewhat subdued morning chorus and I was reminded of hazy Summer days of colour.
So I thought I would share my garden through the seasons with you and hopefully cheer us all up! It’s still cold but the memory of colour warmed me as I walked around with my camera.
The first stop is the patio…looking cold and drab now – all the plants hiding as low as they can away from any looming frost and the baskets empty eagerly waiting to be replenished…

and here’s what it looked like in August – no wonder I like sitting there with a nice Pinot Grigio…or two :)

And further round the garden in front of the sunlounge – looking like a new garden in which the owner does not know how to achieve the glory of nature..

But when you look in the Summer – well it is a haven for cottage garden shrubs, butterfiles..oh and the dreaded ground elder – but it does keep me busy!

Down at the bottom is “The Shed” where would we be without our garden sheds! The Post Box is genuine and a throw back from Alan’s days of 9-5!!
The hydrangea suffered terribly in the December snow, but right in the middle small leaf buds are starting to form..

In the Summer the small bed is full and fragrant with myrtle, thyme, oregano, rosemary and lavender. The snap dragons bloom for months and nastursiums creep out from under the shrubs with a blaze of red. The crocosmia send up their fiery heads to wave in the breeze.

In the other corner of the garden is Alan’s retreat. The sun reaches here at about mid afternoon – many a day I come home from work and find him reading a book and drinking in the Summer colours (accompanied by a beer of course)…….

but now it is drab and uninviting…..

…but there are signs of life and the kilmarnock willow is starting to send out it’s fluffy buds..

Whilst I was out this morning, checking for life and dreaming of Summer, Dusty came along – how he loves to roll on the grass and sit under the hedge when the sun is warm on his thick ginger fur…but now it is all fluffed up to keep him warm..

They say there is more snow on the way :( – but I don’t mind so much now – I can look out of my window with glass in hand ….. And now I can start to plan for Summer.

• 14 Feb, 2010
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