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26 Mar 2021

Ranunculus

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

R and I called into one of the local garden centres on our way home from Charlecote on Wednesday, and although they didn’t have a great range of bedding plants I was happy to bag some ranunculus to go in … Continued

21 Mar 2021

Vivid

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I’d say this anemone was pink, though some people would probably disagree and describe it as purple. On the other hand, if they compared it with the flowers of the brave little survivor I recently rescued from the compost heap … Continued

20 Mar 2021

Style

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I thought that by now you might be bored with photos of hairy-footed flower bees feeding from pulmonaria flowers, so instead I present one feeding – with great style, I think – from a flower of my Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’. … Continued

16 Mar 2021

Sap rising

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Beetles, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I know it felt as though the winter would never end, but here we are finally, back at the bug porn season. This makes me very happy, and I know that some of you at least at least will be … Continued

13 Mar 2021

Chunky

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

It was another cold and blustery day, and I was tired and sore after my pruning efforts yesterday, so I gave myself a pass from doing any more work in the garden and spent most of the day at my … Continued

12 Mar 2021

Approach

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I had a productive day today. This morning I went to Evesham (for the first time since early December, I think), to renew my driver’s licence at the Post Office. I’d been nervous about this beforehand, but the member of … Continued

10 Mar 2021

Cheerful

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants | 0

This is what you might call an emergency garden centre blip. Almost unbelievably, given the lovely spring sunshine of yesterday, we dived back into November today – and a stormy November at that. I thought quite seriously at one point … Continued

5 Mar 2021

Full stretch

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

It was another horrible day, weather-wise, and I spent most of it at my desk trying to clear a mountainous backlog of processing. I ventured out into the garden at lunch time for the sole purpose of taking a photo, … Continued

28 Feb 2021

Humming

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

R and I had another heavy session in the garden today, working on and around two overgrown and neglected apple trees. He did most of the de-brambling, and I did most of the pruning, and between us we returned them … Continued

27 Feb 2021

Plump

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

R and I spent almost the whole day in the garden, and though I’m tired now I’m very happy with our achievements. We cut back and tidied the whole of the long front border – possibly the first time this … Continued

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