Spritzhenry's Blog archive

Re-vamping the corner.

Posted on 18 Nov, 2008 11 comments

I sit in my favourite place and look across the corner bed. Yes, it's here I do my planning. I have been looking at a straggly Hebe and wondering...

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COW-SLIPS - THE SEQUEL!

Posted on 12 Nov, 2008 15 comments

Well, off I went with my camera this morning to check out the damage from the unwelcome visitors yesterday-accompanied, of course, by my faithful...

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YIKES! COW-SLIPS IN MY GARDEN????

Posted on 11 Nov, 2008 25 comments

I went off to the Garden Centre this afternoon-and came back to find that there had been a DRAMA in my absence! I am sorry that I missed it,...

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More autumn colours - but not leaves!

Posted on 6 Nov, 2008 9 comments

My last blog was about autumn colours near your feet rather than above your head. This time, I've been collecting photos of different coloured...

...berries!...

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Autumn colours - but not on the trees!

Posted on 4 Nov, 2008 11 comments

It's not only the leaves on the trees that change colour in the autumn. If you look down as well as up, you see some vivid colours-on unexpected...

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Annuals again - or not?

Posted on 31 Oct, 2008 25 comments

As this is the time of year when we are ordering or buying seeds for next year, I decided to look back and see which annuals had been successful...

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Sweet peas in newspaper????

Posted on 24 Oct, 2008 27 comments

Sounds like fish 'n' chips way back, doesn't it! Well-I mentioned some time ago that I grow my sweet peas in newspaper pots made by my own hands-not...

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FOUND!!!!

Posted on 18 Oct, 2008 18 comments

Remember my Salvia that went missing? I searched the garden for it-nowhere to be seen. Until this afternoon when I was planting Iris reticulata...

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Creating a welcoming sight.

Posted on 14 Oct, 2008 21 comments

During the 'summer' when we were out and about, I spotted a trough dripping with flowers on the outside of a five-barred gate. A bell rang in...

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Long-flowering plants.

Posted on 12 Oct, 2008 23 comments

This week, I have been very busy cutting back the perennials such as the Phlox, Lysimachia and Japanese Anemones. My husband has emptied the...

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Thank you all so much.

Posted on 7 Oct, 2008 27 comments

I just wanted to tell you about my Mum and the final celebration of her long life. I also wanted to say thank you to the lovely people on...

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Please think of me.

Posted on 24 Sep, 2008 29 comments

You will have to forgive me for not posting anything on GOY at the moment and possibly for a while. I wanted to let my friends know that my...

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