Archive for December, 2008

There is Rustic and there is 'Fallen Down'

I think we have moved from looking Rustic to looking Fallen Down and ‘whoops’!   The wind and rain has been pretty bad and I’m not surprised.  I’ll have to put all this back up during the spring, possibly a lot better than I did last time.

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Rustic looks even more rustic!

The ‘rustic’ looking bit down “the side” is looking a little bit more ‘rustic’ these days.   The sweetpeas grew and grew and with the wind and rain have really pulled it all about a bit.  It is in need of repair, I think next year I need to finish it all off and make it [...]

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Lavender Cuttings Now 15 Months Old

There was a high casualty rate but I think it has been worth it.  From last September, we now have two pots of good looking lavender which must be around a 10% success rate, lol!!  Maybe next time I will have more success, having done it once now before. These will stay here and possibly [...]

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December 2008

Soooo cold!   The first time I have been able to do anything in the garden and so I decided to tidy things up a bit. The Front: Sunflowers now all gone.  Unfortunately I was unable to save any seed as they just didn’t seem to have any, they were all empty shells.   I will look [...]

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