Flowering in the garden through benign neglect :- Achillia,Alyssum,Marigold,Carnation, Cornflower,Geranium,Hellebore,Alpine Strawberry,Chrysanthemum,Pestemon,Roses , Feverfew,Primroses,Rudbeckia,Sweet Williams and Campanula.
On dog walking Red & White Dead Nettles,Groundsel,Dandelion,Sow Thistle,Daisy , Ragwort,Yarrow,Charlock and Perrywinkle.
Seed catalogues are responsible for more unfulfilled fantasies than the web and playboy combined . (after Michael Perry)
pink camellia flowering! Hazel tree covered in catkins
Trying to enjoy life as it is
I just did a post with my list from yesterday.
But daughter had lots of sweetpeas in flower and more to come, lobelia, alyssum, and campanula in her garden in Yorkshire just over a week ago.
blog: Devon Garden
I was in Worthing over Christmas and the cherries seemed to be flowering - at least that is what it looked like without wading through people's gardens. I also thought the birds sounded very spring like too
Slightly off topic but this unusually mild Dec has saved the country a fortune in energy imports. It has certainly saved CSH a lot as the oil fired central heating was on only for a few hours on each of the three days while Fiona's mum was in the house. It also fires up automatically of the temp dips below zero and that has happened only three times, from memory.
Funny thing was that suddenly a few flies emerged over Christmas and were buzzing around enjoying the warmth!
Never knowingly underfed
Same here Danny (if the boss is going off topic, then so am I ). We have no central heating, only an open fire in the lounge and the oil-fired Rayburn in the kitchen, which powers the only radiator in the bathroom. Last year we used several electric heaters to keep warm, as it was -10 deg and nearly a foot deep in snow outside, and we had the biggest electricity bill we'd ever seen as a consequence
. This winter so far we've not needed any of the electric heaters on (thank goodness!!).
learning to love veg…..except celery :-O
me too. The fly swot is still at the ready. I have no central heating just a woodburner in the lounge and the wood burning Esse in the kitchen. We keep an eye on our electricity usage and we are running at less than half of what we used pre solar tubes and heat exchanger. We are using a lot of wood but the cost is a fraction of what the usual energy is. There are price rises planned here for gas and electricity next year too which will not affect us
I wear lots of layers which hides the middle aged spread, a bonus
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