Happy Friday

This is my favourite season in my garden – so much colour and promise of things to come. I love the longer lighter evenings too. Here are some things that are flowering at the moment










Camellia Debbie – about 10 years old. Not sure of the age or names of the others as they were planted by the second to last occupant 


I’ve sown my sweetpea seeds in the greenhouse today – a little later than usual but I’m sure they’ll be fine 
It’s been lovely to sow some seeds today for the summer. I don’t really like winter as it’s a time I can’t really garden too much as the cold doesn’t really agree with me.
I have grown cosmos from seed for many years with varying degrees of success. Many times they germinated easily but woodland necessarily flower. The last few years they haven’t even germinated so I’m doing things a little different this time. We’ve put the seeds in compost that has been warmed up for a few days in a propagator on the windowsill in the kitchen. I love the colour of these so really hoping for good results this time. I’ll keep you posted

Happy Christmas to all my friends & followers this year from my family to yours. I hope that amongst the busyness of the season you manage a little time to consider what we are celebrating and it’s not about the food & drink!

My poinsettia is looking good considering its completely neglected all year and is a couple of years old now
