Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
Back in the garden, Baptisia australis has joined the throng of deep pink Bourbon Madame Isaac Perreire roses and white valerian around the ponytail tree, pushing out the aquilegias after their early spring froth. I so love the intense blue of the...
Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
Not that I’ve been swanning around enjoying it but……as I went to collect the washing from the line, I took the long way ’round, just to catch a glimpse of the Prunus blossom in the Borders….
Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
It’s been such a long time between posts, for which I apologise to those of you who are kind enough to tell me you look forward to regular updates. After my rather sedentary winter…..I’ve handed in my work (scary!) and have a moment’s grace...
Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
I think perhaps ‘whirlwind’ may be the best descriptor for the first six months of this year! Certainly I seem to have been leaping from one event to the next, either here at Glenmore, or off-site….carting my kit about the countryside! As a result,...
Sep 20, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
At the weekend (so before the rain!), I spent some time deadheading dahlias, in hope of maintaining a billowing display in the borders; set off here by the bleached plumes of Miscanthus sinensis swaying in the breeze…. We cut the Cannas back hard in January, in...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
Well….what a day….another one! I’ve been trying to defoliate the prunings from the espalier fruit trees for the last month or so, to tie into bundles ready to use as we plant the new season’s veg. So at last, this afternoon, after every other...
