tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65334711273732519662024-03-18T09:46:58.690+00:00Quirky Bird Gardener BlogA blog about gardenng at 850 feet above sea level in the Scottish Borders. With 30 years’ experience working in Scottish horticulture my career has been varied. I have a long love of gardening and especially like plants that can be used for cooking and creating. I have somehow ended up owning my own nursery in the Scottish borders, creating a lovely place for people to visit and take away ideas, be inspire and buy plants that will be right for their garden or problem area.The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.comBlogger596125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-39944967768874056252024-03-13T20:47:00.005+00:002024-03-13T20:47:34.589+00:00The count down is on to opening after our winter break<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZF5BIJMaQf32RdQPFLCrBVLesdhY-ogVYqK-sRXd8g4pdC-6KQUhGFbQdf55CJM2n1-heBvWyvNqkKCRCXk0n8d6ropGTFfsl0SlGLf5WOAJMICO2ym6hfCDtAJt7l_FJoZzOt0L4_7njBSGOMO78ltJLQWzgG1uX1-4vRs8U92cn5B9LU9SdzhjxYo/s3235/20240226_200739.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2095" data-original-width="3235" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZF5BIJMaQf32RdQPFLCrBVLesdhY-ogVYqK-sRXd8g4pdC-6KQUhGFbQdf55CJM2n1-heBvWyvNqkKCRCXk0n8d6ropGTFfsl0SlGLf5WOAJMICO2ym6hfCDtAJt7l_FJoZzOt0L4_7njBSGOMO78ltJLQWzgG1uX1-4vRs8U92cn5B9LU9SdzhjxYo/w400-h259/20240226_200739.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Line and wash trees on the hill</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">These cyclamen coum just keep flowering, they are now in their 4th week of flowering as are the cyclamen I planted in the garden. Once done in the house these will go out into a border under some shrubs ready to go again next year. Along with some antiques and old garden books, they look very much at home here against our dark walls </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTVIXWFuaTdo9mLtxSOdS8IFsWjC_60KMEa7LEOMDlo2q3eNLpiZWp6GOi0wHOXAt3b5TnF-K2qEa9BPs4TzfAbgrSnU7IZdkgUN_faPcNUFu4VJEHRDY0b7_B_wuQb4OCWq4dOjE4t733znot0WTJVV2uLoKV2yFqa-MpCtIcCNwNl4yBHcmWuFJ7L3Y/s4032/Cyclamen%20decoration.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTVIXWFuaTdo9mLtxSOdS8IFsWjC_60KMEa7LEOMDlo2q3eNLpiZWp6GOi0wHOXAt3b5TnF-K2qEa9BPs4TzfAbgrSnU7IZdkgUN_faPcNUFu4VJEHRDY0b7_B_wuQb4OCWq4dOjE4t733znot0WTJVV2uLoKV2yFqa-MpCtIcCNwNl4yBHcmWuFJ7L3Y/w400-h300/Cyclamen%20decoration.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdoconQCWPxo1NOBH1KeFyyC7IysP2rIBFjPf1xXfk0pDlpq7n8VzisYfRQP2_RFoaf-HDzvfGkv25VAVfWIOMlBPEZbsVT4_TCPwuwJWJph89dSjOotpSot9NHxsNkLFMKJXfSjPizZxPu8twPELev7Bx5QaaVztXC-KFLeuYVOCUabl1CL4mQsBbB8/s3269/Cyclamen%20decoration%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2698" data-original-width="3269" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdoconQCWPxo1NOBH1KeFyyC7IysP2rIBFjPf1xXfk0pDlpq7n8VzisYfRQP2_RFoaf-HDzvfGkv25VAVfWIOMlBPEZbsVT4_TCPwuwJWJph89dSjOotpSot9NHxsNkLFMKJXfSjPizZxPu8twPELev7Bx5QaaVztXC-KFLeuYVOCUabl1CL4mQsBbB8/w400-h330/Cyclamen%20decoration%20(5).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi14CyufZisa2cvG8mZPR6HuwM1O9tinvvHp7yxoB5Gies-7Dled8C7CFJjk2RMO2z2mfsc0qfKRllHNwF7v-I038ha28rxUzsVZ3YNO4atvK6UJdoobKyXa6Dqg0Ho8qkiv9SWHiGmzeCsBx9_tYI9jIzlxXyniYXu91ea93sIkyZolPYI_s9M0V_sM-c/s4032/Cyclamen%20decoration%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi14CyufZisa2cvG8mZPR6HuwM1O9tinvvHp7yxoB5Gies-7Dled8C7CFJjk2RMO2z2mfsc0qfKRllHNwF7v-I038ha28rxUzsVZ3YNO4atvK6UJdoobKyXa6Dqg0Ho8qkiv9SWHiGmzeCsBx9_tYI9jIzlxXyniYXu91ea93sIkyZolPYI_s9M0V_sM-c/w400-h300/Cyclamen%20decoration%20(4).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpiqPejZv8cQCVS0Xed4tOmFY2jtTAeRfxLBjw8t1eFXfuBQWA1Fe36tI1jFvvVZe-wZtA6G-IHDlQHSHwlIMXtphAMSTUVmulcrPYpv-JuOHP6BSjQJw3RepA0oCX_Ck9QB7-tcmBmLqZh5gqExAONP4OAdVTUR5IwzX_c2UwSPzRFrSD8oHNuPWzto/s4032/Cyclamen%20decoration%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpiqPejZv8cQCVS0Xed4tOmFY2jtTAeRfxLBjw8t1eFXfuBQWA1Fe36tI1jFvvVZe-wZtA6G-IHDlQHSHwlIMXtphAMSTUVmulcrPYpv-JuOHP6BSjQJw3RepA0oCX_Ck9QB7-tcmBmLqZh5gqExAONP4OAdVTUR5IwzX_c2UwSPzRFrSD8oHNuPWzto/w400-h300/Cyclamen%20decoration%20(3).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We have lots of fabulous new items in our wee shop and old favs too. Cast iron frogs and lizards are back, always a favourite and a great price at £5.95. We've lots of new pots for house plants and so many other lovely things. Along with all our different bird feeders and bird baths are two new bird baths, ladybird homes and woven nesters. Not long now until you can come and shop our wee shop when we re-open on 9th March </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazjOnTGfU7UJHiiaMmk03tbGPVDqysSj-D40Xb6qSpGQn6kebtXLLFULkLJNH3gmY4fDu8vMFQKybzhdU_UDCy2-j20cBPKrP9twnk9jtsraeWaIR9g6lgkFNPAciXtFzH_mkUuv5VTXL1-xrqM_VekBcF5akC46jeMnV9G2agHKQUlfLmxsijdplR6w/s3365/Galvanised%20tubs%20in%20two%20sizes%20and%20mesh%20cloches%20in%20two%20sizes,%20wee%20shop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">True friends, like ivy and the wall both stand together, and together fall - Thomas Carlyle</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I was putting some of our ivies out in the sales area today, they are looking fabulous, perfect for going in the sales area for opening next week.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; 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From tiny leaves of Hedera helix 'Minima' to the large leaves of Hedera colchica 'Dentata Variegata', from plain green to gold or silver <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>variegation, the splotchy leaves of Hedera helix 'Fantasia' or the butter yellow of Hedera helix 'Buttercup' and of course my namesake Hedera hibirnica 'Rona'. Tall ones, miniature and smaller height ones, we have an ivy for everyone for evergreen ground cover or up a wall or fence, to cover tree stumps or an ugly shed, ivies are versatile and worth growing. Great for wildlife as a habitat for birds nesting, homes for bugs and beasties and if you have flowering mature ivy, the flowers provide food for bees and flies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxF9_WMid57eUM6HL68Sp-7WsRgxibyGmNFE9iB66Ujs_liPdKylBbQOEvJU4CSIWEi4J6YFrZRVB4t1Me79qa5fR1t4gTG-JNcTWLTpAvIEf2qsCnyz9Fr_N8Cz41mz63NxfR16Jei1QEpLPQKcqts5Jbl_qcMGIzdtGJrfB4pggIS4LC0Qn_3sdT0nA/s2048/342865781_935810021008957_7964825663109917145_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxF9_WMid57eUM6HL68Sp-7WsRgxibyGmNFE9iB66Ujs_liPdKylBbQOEvJU4CSIWEi4J6YFrZRVB4t1Me79qa5fR1t4gTG-JNcTWLTpAvIEf2qsCnyz9Fr_N8Cz41mz63NxfR16Jei1QEpLPQKcqts5Jbl_qcMGIzdtGJrfB4pggIS4LC0Qn_3sdT0nA/w400-h400/342865781_935810021008957_7964825663109917145_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbzWQbp_pGNHwxz8wjO-mpZPc47hzb-6ybuGRlWF_GWlLPFGZiqHbXicZQdTBtuvXkNLOI1tlAX7byCYfUwJW0Pj6qg_Q7PE3pE7DT_xmIpSDWk-9d4_cNuhPV4MM_1MWVaj-LMLJc9Q367yIQMgRV2K8gfQzuH5BkElWoapkd08aGGX_e0SM-ylBams/s3472/Hedera%20helix%20'Buttercup'.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3472" data-original-width="2931" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbzWQbp_pGNHwxz8wjO-mpZPc47hzb-6ybuGRlWF_GWlLPFGZiqHbXicZQdTBtuvXkNLOI1tlAX7byCYfUwJW0Pj6qg_Q7PE3pE7DT_xmIpSDWk-9d4_cNuhPV4MM_1MWVaj-LMLJc9Q367yIQMgRV2K8gfQzuH5BkElWoapkd08aGGX_e0SM-ylBams/w338-h400/Hedera%20helix%20'Buttercup'.jpg" width="338" /></a></div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Behind the scenes - 200 fresh point of sales signs printed and laminated this afternoon to replace faded and damaged ones from last year. 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So much to do! But we are nearly finished the garden tidy up and then it will be on to filling up the sales area. On Monday I was ba<span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ck into the herb garden today and the borders have been tidied, several barrows of our own compost down to top dress the beds and the gravel raked and weeded. Then I had a play with some hazel branches to create wee border edges, inspired by our visit to Sissinghurst when we were on holiday last November. Like the willow, hazel is a copicing tree, so by cutting and tidying the trees behind our office in our wind break we are encouraging them to produce new long lengths of </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wood, useful for future projects or to fill up the wind break. Isabel was back in the railway garden finishing that off and I’ll get photos tomorrow. David got another two sales tables renovated, not long now until we will be filling them up!</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYB_UUS9GLY3ujrEduCHAigIMKqX6Q-mmgq9c9zMkR3cZ8lr2Pm4KBnNlMzBtmz1OJTMust2tb-DHd8N3GYJ7qXwcNOrKiYfz-9w2jUJmECKB96eL3qU4aM6P5XbWa6uCdL7GrqYislnwD6FbyjqsIOo0tiuoUXv9fMeyki9Rl8IG7uKJneB9BVRhjCc/s4032/20240214_152427-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYB_UUS9GLY3ujrEduCHAigIMKqX6Q-mmgq9c9zMkR3cZ8lr2Pm4KBnNlMzBtmz1OJTMust2tb-DHd8N3GYJ7qXwcNOrKiYfz-9w2jUJmECKB96eL3qU4aM6P5XbWa6uCdL7GrqYislnwD6FbyjqsIOo0tiuoUXv9fMeyki9Rl8IG7uKJneB9BVRhjCc/w400-h300/20240214_152427-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapvLMz5fPUINx1qr00u3DPRTMK_BVA4KR_upeusecA32rbhtO2q3O8v4YeqwzxhpRfhTmeqgO57TVTHo_cUKXYXAgK9e303oEaDErGsLVN19SzVJdsW8n3hvYE_6qAaiweos-ZqbkUhIicqZuofZPUtpMrjmR9bQFhJbn3FkxhgDQRG10d-UDia8Dr2s/s4032/20240214_152441-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That's the nursery gardens tidied, ready for us opening back up again on 9th March. Now on to the next task </span></div><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzQUk6nfFJ0Fghz5w2YuL0d60rQsxA_xwZndrtgzzlfJq2vbIvSrlWShsrRrCtluMfMa1a9RMgYk-sIZnr5CA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">In amongs all the other wee tasks done last week, I got all the pots tidied, fed, top dressed and out in their spots in the garden. The mint collection to the herb garden, scented plants to ..... you guessed it, the scented garden and the shade plants in their wee corner in the sales area. It was all go with deliveries too, compost and pots for potting, bark for topping up some of the big borders and top soil for the new path we are creating through the scented garden. No more </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">slippy narrow slabs, but a new grass path, this will take several months to make, grow the grass and be ready, so this path will be closed for a few months.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKI_pC3wZxCQwmmCRmhMZxnHFiA6bolzEwDlGI62vGzyQ_3x9BrkKJqTV8H-gghQ6GB6Nz1qVu_B4Jj6sC_aAHGpk0Y7IP12D7RnYwgsKNzbrOs7_AJcNdVmKMMAlNQnQ_hvI7KmtwmWB09hKbglTsem07gtu8vgbzNvZskoqcrAMUCd6UdchUPpj_4TY/s4032/20240221_155928.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKI_pC3wZxCQwmmCRmhMZxnHFiA6bolzEwDlGI62vGzyQ_3x9BrkKJqTV8H-gghQ6GB6Nz1qVu_B4Jj6sC_aAHGpk0Y7IP12D7RnYwgsKNzbrOs7_AJcNdVmKMMAlNQnQ_hvI7KmtwmWB09hKbglTsem07gtu8vgbzNvZskoqcrAMUCd6UdchUPpj_4TY/w400-h300/20240221_155928.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scented plants</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EWQlIlpoYvwXICkjJf-aqx4Ak9wgVRkwf_5_fHeUcdXCnwa1gCTLacnI-bKWTTAFwOyoeG4SHyIo4s_RMJeRfmCRVUMd4WS_SMaJddP3J_8Kz2AmvARxnYHFHicxHGmgewrCpO6B4U_borROXJy1L6FDT6FVqjqiGm32mSjZ6rfoNtQUxf_FkaTz52Y/s4032/20240221_155940.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EWQlIlpoYvwXICkjJf-aqx4Ak9wgVRkwf_5_fHeUcdXCnwa1gCTLacnI-bKWTTAFwOyoeG4SHyIo4s_RMJeRfmCRVUMd4WS_SMaJddP3J_8Kz2AmvARxnYHFHicxHGmgewrCpO6B4U_borROXJy1L6FDT6FVqjqiGm32mSjZ6rfoNtQUxf_FkaTz52Y/w400-h300/20240221_155940.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mint collection</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0UniLydZjVv_qCJw-S2G8YZysKBMGlWbMVFmGgdLsxxTWJT_RpyYFB4XbMryuU1pTEvswsm1XEskfD6MMeoJO2WRmFPe6OYoK7QJWeEa_UvSo8Y5j9gFxNE41uYu7EE0SKPiOHHCBkUCVzv1RQjgFvVUyBu9-L4lIGm-MYqvXwcYpsS8lFdDL9tGfx0/s4032/20240221_160013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0UniLydZjVv_qCJw-S2G8YZysKBMGlWbMVFmGgdLsxxTWJT_RpyYFB4XbMryuU1pTEvswsm1XEskfD6MMeoJO2WRmFPe6OYoK7QJWeEa_UvSo8Y5j9gFxNE41uYu7EE0SKPiOHHCBkUCVzv1RQjgFvVUyBu9-L4lIGm-MYqvXwcYpsS8lFdDL9tGfx0/w400-h300/20240221_160013.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pots for shade</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit;">We have had all the weathers some days, a chilly wind, glorious blue skies and hail! But when the wind dies down there was warmth in the sun, the birdies are singing in the hedge and it was great to see that blue sky. We have been pruning the apple trees in the orchard, great practice for Isabel before she does that module in her Botanics course this weekend. Isabel spent the afternoon in the tunnel sowing annual seeds and getting plants ready to go into the sales area. I re-wrote all the faded plant labels in the gardens, fed the Rhodos and azaleas and cleaned out the shop area ready to fill it up for opening in 2 weeks. David has finished renovating all the tables in the main sales area and will get the tables in the shade tunnel sales area done next week. We are on course to be super ready for opening on the 9th, now I've jinxed it haven't I </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😃" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/taa/1.5/16/1f603.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDq0Oj5OhE3m2LB2-E24ULqrA9JQhebL-q42dppH811GgmlHNZnI3Xs6aIocBh2vE3OGsnkUSY2D612mZWLtqeyYzHRvwqoMJEgKOUYnVqZKJ0Vr75Wf7VG8GbSwpsnsjsrihlWjsjdkzLAea5cLqIfWxam9RqGJ51FgD0MnXd6pTaaWET2zonlGvUaXs/s4032/20240222_093844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDq0Oj5OhE3m2LB2-E24ULqrA9JQhebL-q42dppH811GgmlHNZnI3Xs6aIocBh2vE3OGsnkUSY2D612mZWLtqeyYzHRvwqoMJEgKOUYnVqZKJ0Vr75Wf7VG8GbSwpsnsjsrihlWjsjdkzLAea5cLqIfWxam9RqGJ51FgD0MnXd6pTaaWET2zonlGvUaXs/w400-h300/20240222_093844.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuc1yHihwodWLrZWcZddtQlvzrtC-ICCOXltb3aBaoEDeBiF1NleSJuFOP7mWhFFCUN-nNIV3pKEU54sP8DGbAMxnTDnuumwiYEcxtHlMtgEWPGZ3vjnC6dwNTp3ZJv2PC__pHKBpcQqYLW_9f8eIemw8d0Ni6j36-oZzz6bm-YmwRbr0esoE8LHsar4/s4032/20240222_095737.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuc1yHihwodWLrZWcZddtQlvzrtC-ICCOXltb3aBaoEDeBiF1NleSJuFOP7mWhFFCUN-nNIV3pKEU54sP8DGbAMxnTDnuumwiYEcxtHlMtgEWPGZ3vjnC6dwNTp3ZJv2PC__pHKBpcQqYLW_9f8eIemw8d0Ni6j36-oZzz6bm-YmwRbr0esoE8LHsar4/w400-h300/20240222_095737.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1HoH5H9MPXQ1IXTdWhDqkPiGqmei8L179iHehx7hj0u8-Nh9Se2gGJvyjv1jY8R4zbovRPMN_nvQwz94O2V-cy3RGgYxokGMEsC9TduyIBFiLO5Qjo1-wLZuQqN9f_3506JZMjLNTv6dL_ogGczVUneH2bdtOZPQ36d0MadXTW5_xrvGLF5zX44BDvY/s4032/20240222_125434.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1HoH5H9MPXQ1IXTdWhDqkPiGqmei8L179iHehx7hj0u8-Nh9Se2gGJvyjv1jY8R4zbovRPMN_nvQwz94O2V-cy3RGgYxokGMEsC9TduyIBFiLO5Qjo1-wLZuQqN9f_3506JZMjLNTv6dL_ogGczVUneH2bdtOZPQ36d0MadXTW5_xrvGLF5zX44BDvY/w400-h300/20240222_125434.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5An-qBSS3pHSNepxdCDEv9J7S3PhZM6ccnTy4VYMO76xw1t1hnt-UlWJXP0VNpb8Qi0To8wykiZwNTbJhK5ZJLT00kb1jlMyW-hP0iIPaiwt9i_d74ZrtREz0tXtNYXXFc0AF70wVpispMw3LBVRXkBmLsWUbL_tDhoEDS6fPH3qvLaRta2VlvQyIvhg/s4032/20240222_140309.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5An-qBSS3pHSNepxdCDEv9J7S3PhZM6ccnTy4VYMO76xw1t1hnt-UlWJXP0VNpb8Qi0To8wykiZwNTbJhK5ZJLT00kb1jlMyW-hP0iIPaiwt9i_d74ZrtREz0tXtNYXXFc0AF70wVpispMw3LBVRXkBmLsWUbL_tDhoEDS6fPH3qvLaRta2VlvQyIvhg/w400-h300/20240222_140309.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Here are the last of the border tidy up photo boards. Have a great weekend, its to be sunny but cold and I am off ancestor hunting, making the most of our last weekends off before we re-open on 9th March </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nYZWZ6CfR3Llw2HUI7uFJNQWEFC263rZXfNnrgN4Lh-oJIBq3cviCJrtD5AylBVWDJP2NXhwWIuTRAxbdavc4E0J0Kr036U4P5itjj0bdIwgTar8ODHa_P5xc919PO1AtHk4V91EM7EdcQYOZ10Ry4mDAuMVSCrynVZb61hq-BJmjWBz6XcO_WobNag/s3717/Shade%20border.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2720" data-original-width="3717" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nYZWZ6CfR3Llw2HUI7uFJNQWEFC263rZXfNnrgN4Lh-oJIBq3cviCJrtD5AylBVWDJP2NXhwWIuTRAxbdavc4E0J0Kr036U4P5itjj0bdIwgTar8ODHa_P5xc919PO1AtHk4V91EM7EdcQYOZ10Ry4mDAuMVSCrynVZb61hq-BJmjWBz6XcO_WobNag/w400-h293/Shade%20border.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shade border</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A walk in Edinburgh in the footsteps of some of my ancestors, 2 generations and two branches of the McDowalls - 8 miles, 3 cemeteries, 2 churches, 1 garden (sneaky huh?), many buildings with family links that have been demolished, city views, 5 family graves, a lovely lunch at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/clockontheshore/?locale=en_GB">Clock on the shore</a> in Leith, 1 tram ride, hunners of rugby fans singing flower of Scotland on the over full tram, a walk through Princes street gardens and 1 tired out mouse dog. I know Edinburgh well so it was </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">good to see places I know, places I haven't been and re-visit where my immediate family lived when I was a child. The garden we visited was <a href="https://mushroomtrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Dunbar_s-Close-Leaflet-Info-for-website_52379595_1.pdf">Dunbars Close</a> in the Canongate on the Royal Mile, dating from the 1600's. SO far with this one branch of my family I am related to Archibauld McDowall, one of the first to manufacture cloth in Scotland, a member of Edinburgh town council and several times on the magistracy, he declined the position of provist, through marriage related to every prominant scottish family in the middle ages and early modern period (1100 to 1600s) the Kerrs, Hamiltons, Gordons, Stewarts, Cambells, Frasers, Wallace, I am related to Archbishop Beaton, Henry 1 of England (McDowall married his Illegitimate daughter), Harold 3rd of Norway in 1060's his daughter married a McDowall and the ancient kings of Scotland back to 700AD! 39 generations from royalty, landed families in Galloway, influencial merchants in Edinburgh, to dock porters in Leith and finally a gardener in the Borders!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqYuI-khNvS-ojiL1K46vpuQ4xvsJ1SnnhT-Izt9uDQbmsHrqFVBzSe7xcXyQkE8jBCkNlDrkqNda0C7LlmFCAYjbcdd4SCRsuzshxNEcY6S3AxmN_0AULBVuNmk4HUt4Gjuv5CjvsCm047mNgVVDQuhhcLl1difm0MPBsmt9L-VuY1m_JOi6x7Bcoc0/s4032/Waiting%20on%20the%20tram,%20Leith.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqYuI-khNvS-ojiL1K46vpuQ4xvsJ1SnnhT-Izt9uDQbmsHrqFVBzSe7xcXyQkE8jBCkNlDrkqNda0C7LlmFCAYjbcdd4SCRsuzshxNEcY6S3AxmN_0AULBVuNmk4HUt4Gjuv5CjvsCm047mNgVVDQuhhcLl1difm0MPBsmt9L-VuY1m_JOi6x7Bcoc0/w300-h400/Waiting%20on%20the%20tram,%20Leith.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting on the tram in Leith</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQT8k5qdCgs4tIEtapBK7vPgTU12BvFr66CXt-FzfUwM9nbhwvW0_NnyPt0ws1Ck6AN0Dmg86sT5BsQB2rbn3QxkzYTwXFs7I6E5VSQJpXV_Idlx3DawsUU2CSoaJoahMch8DGSRKPjMuTwSBhO3WlANrGJ5PEpn7SBKrgA87rz-tThNMaORNy98iscIw/s1977/Helleborus%20own%20seedling.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1977" data-original-width="1866" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQT8k5qdCgs4tIEtapBK7vPgTU12BvFr66CXt-FzfUwM9nbhwvW0_NnyPt0ws1Ck6AN0Dmg86sT5BsQB2rbn3QxkzYTwXFs7I6E5VSQJpXV_Idlx3DawsUU2CSoaJoahMch8DGSRKPjMuTwSBhO3WlANrGJ5PEpn7SBKrgA87rz-tThNMaORNy98iscIw/w378-h400/Helleborus%20own%20seedling.jpg" width="378" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helleborus own seedling</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGLOmsCOqJa5uhMPuOuJj-FBnvyPOIzfncf5P1hk1snbW7p_f19oS8yQhCxtfiLTDrbSuBuBrhhnKbmIgPdBcI6T28s4Hz0lZNfRWt7WuCiJS8taBM0gBmAL3hyLVW9GuXamofCHg79ks4BYh2DTDIqrjFBfnrI7m6ybqseG1YP812K-xDtFWWlLZ7Hs/s4032/Iris%20'Natasha'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGLOmsCOqJa5uhMPuOuJj-FBnvyPOIzfncf5P1hk1snbW7p_f19oS8yQhCxtfiLTDrbSuBuBrhhnKbmIgPdBcI6T28s4Hz0lZNfRWt7WuCiJS8taBM0gBmAL3hyLVW9GuXamofCHg79ks4BYh2DTDIqrjFBfnrI7m6ybqseG1YP812K-xDtFWWlLZ7Hs/w300-h400/Iris%20'Natasha'.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iris 'Natasha'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbotwhYYBn5m6oDfM0fruIhRO1ZonA6vwdntaZxn8U4aa62Fijc1zS8tReL5SyJMyUMydcN963TYUGwmBvW7PP_Lc_M6kwZeb3bAKqPbN9xkuh6FRSNxh8n_L0j8FfkZmcETo4zOId2UwTMbqS4P1lnQEQKuk5dy8Vrf-SPIM8iCuI2tRRijFThe7l6Ro/s3356/Narcissus%20cyclamineus%20'Jenny'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3356" data-original-width="2595" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbotwhYYBn5m6oDfM0fruIhRO1ZonA6vwdntaZxn8U4aa62Fijc1zS8tReL5SyJMyUMydcN963TYUGwmBvW7PP_Lc_M6kwZeb3bAKqPbN9xkuh6FRSNxh8n_L0j8FfkZmcETo4zOId2UwTMbqS4P1lnQEQKuk5dy8Vrf-SPIM8iCuI2tRRijFThe7l6Ro/w309-h400/Narcissus%20cyclamineus%20'Jenny'.jpg" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Narcissus cyclamineus 'Jenny'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmfnhuet8RxmGNvGyGFEkTHVBQq3_W0tUlAd6IjQBvLTrTgaGoPYK2hz_I7SnPJ4FkuS6cHJ5wNqWGzmf839XonLkLJLPXPVQBRtiNlqZCCjYztGbKW6cfaq3aWMQpXyx0ce1agTCfZsDCbwjfvkjmL2Hi2PybH6b24K0A9GT0iwBkc46AwnYn2L6Nwg/s3317/Tulipa%20'Ancilla'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3317" data-original-width="2725" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmfnhuet8RxmGNvGyGFEkTHVBQq3_W0tUlAd6IjQBvLTrTgaGoPYK2hz_I7SnPJ4FkuS6cHJ5wNqWGzmf839XonLkLJLPXPVQBRtiNlqZCCjYztGbKW6cfaq3aWMQpXyx0ce1agTCfZsDCbwjfvkjmL2Hi2PybH6b24K0A9GT0iwBkc46AwnYn2L6Nwg/w329-h400/Tulipa%20'Ancilla'.jpg" width="329" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tulipa 'Ancilla'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-xPKTxk5VwYDZQdEHYfet85CGdg5eyi1af18zwrnQQ0tv8zEaNKcY2a_-m95rLvBQrZaDqJvNe_sVv6vpX3B_jI5iCpV0OJz3SlksRChUYNH46nFuNLfdiGfXnQtbZSp42U4MYIltmCYOY3GomqUxn-bV0hD1tnhp8ly444Kw2EGcfVr-aTxOSx554c8/s2393/Viola%20oderata%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2393" data-original-width="2087" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-xPKTxk5VwYDZQdEHYfet85CGdg5eyi1af18zwrnQQ0tv8zEaNKcY2a_-m95rLvBQrZaDqJvNe_sVv6vpX3B_jI5iCpV0OJz3SlksRChUYNH46nFuNLfdiGfXnQtbZSp42U4MYIltmCYOY3GomqUxn-bV0hD1tnhp8ly444Kw2EGcfVr-aTxOSx554c8/w349-h400/Viola%20oderata%20(2).jpg" width="349" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Viola oderata</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzjhUvqnxUjQEJwX9HEtopZYnLSIPmnRf-wlOYA0HgSfBcxMwadPuAx5VTHTapuRh-CUM28xjuU5z5MUlz9LsAai5MGXJ5MHYQcF9LmrM06KVEBzhnPag1R-rTkXiK5P7jLtGwk71vE2U5tp9Mh-DCnPJkB9Ur_vhbzpVbrYYveD1iXnjqiY3Rf8v-8o/s3691/Viola%20oderata.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2273" data-original-width="3691" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzjhUvqnxUjQEJwX9HEtopZYnLSIPmnRf-wlOYA0HgSfBcxMwadPuAx5VTHTapuRh-CUM28xjuU5z5MUlz9LsAai5MGXJ5MHYQcF9LmrM06KVEBzhnPag1R-rTkXiK5P7jLtGwk71vE2U5tp9Mh-DCnPJkB9Ur_vhbzpVbrYYveD1iXnjqiY3Rf8v-8o/w400-h246/Viola%20oderata.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Viola oderata</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; 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The weather doesn't help, spring seems so far away. Despite the varied weathers we are getting on well with all the preparations for opening the nursery on 9th March. Days are brightened by the winter flowers coming into bloom and the bright branches of Cornus and the white stems of Birch. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamVsWziegyUtc7db1dqHc4aGOq92OEVKdFoueyero312PB-QfRCDLDk-MzLi4_U5NOErfmlKtBKCYrIXNoXShvnkOWcN-m9N_mNsRDDimntjgRwkdUDwSEipihURB3nvt_jQ8FyRoAiozcUWvlUrTWgiBcjEgom45jHWojIjqhRjTQb0wFg3utxDE70w/s3796/20240128_123221-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2788" data-original-width="3796" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamVsWziegyUtc7db1dqHc4aGOq92OEVKdFoueyero312PB-QfRCDLDk-MzLi4_U5NOErfmlKtBKCYrIXNoXShvnkOWcN-m9N_mNsRDDimntjgRwkdUDwSEipihURB3nvt_jQ8FyRoAiozcUWvlUrTWgiBcjEgom45jHWojIjqhRjTQb0wFg3utxDE70w/w400-h294/20240128_123221-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cyclamen coum in the garden at home</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0nZHj9oyPLy2-dZkXvPTdBaHl-oo0Gjop5DHTJMybceRtdAM-T4cVgozkCEuQu1umMMTqSmPAKa1aG7xkjY_Gk-pmaYBGAFsovTRh-OYYY5CAi75LLoPEwVqHjUrhOb7rs0RRCiXdKYv7oFNu1pUj6vrmwuG7Djho409tDMPnNll-07zOHrA-0JRDNU/s3785/20240128_123229-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3785" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0nZHj9oyPLy2-dZkXvPTdBaHl-oo0Gjop5DHTJMybceRtdAM-T4cVgozkCEuQu1umMMTqSmPAKa1aG7xkjY_Gk-pmaYBGAFsovTRh-OYYY5CAi75LLoPEwVqHjUrhOb7rs0RRCiXdKYv7oFNu1pUj6vrmwuG7Djho409tDMPnNll-07zOHrA-0JRDNU/w400-h320/20240128_123229-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Catching up on the photos I took of plants in the borders that were tidied last week. It just shows how much colour and interest you can have in the garden in the depths of winter </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span><p></p><div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPLFPjp6pT_MLpoE_JKBb8URmJM_f0uxHIenR5KT5J7y8u6lHoY4dItI4Dp92zmIfzjwx9Czf8ByYZw72HSO9qFBc2C4CjUtBH4cQ8rh4Qx9lOKupjoVpe2Pk45VOaTG6lXDvekVxmiJAv-oTSpgrrGbGlr2bqFqs5qichLpkTIvaUNZTQvaZfZkE_94/s1399/Betula%20pendula%20in%20the%20Scottish%20natives%20garden.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="4032" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin0Y9eZ340rVQQAUBMqfqtAUwPHPBaeUkYqT28r0OQjsl_KwX4_nHXUFm25hrup0A8kTpSzYeiw5_CUlKWNRNXrCrNA_maTi6f2hJKaLHNP-x0WoxzUePIR6_RDQB1Q31DQODj_S8wF1D-6NLIwCp98Mlj5fmh-noEcj7rHW719Uv5yB9Kd3ZBKSVmsGQ/w400-h214/Woodland%20garden.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Woodland garden</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another catch up post, the office border was tidied last Thursday, hence the snow on the ground. I gave the clematis a good haircut, they put on at least 8 feet a year! I found a wee old bird nest in amongst the
vines, perfectly made with moss. The Hellebores are almost out in flower too. The scented garden borders are big, it’s also where the majority of the leaves from the huge beech tree in the woodland garden land. Its also the point of the garden tidy up that I lose the will to live. My back and my muscles are in the huff, I’m bored of lifting leaves, leaves and more damn leaves. The ground there is wet, the soil probably the worst in the nursery, half way and the end definitely feels like its not in sight…….. then it done, the sweet pea trough is top dressed with compost, the leaves are lifted and I’m on to the next task. This year I dug out the rest of the Filipendula ‘Venusta’ (we moved part of it last autumn to the stream garden where it can spread as far as it wants) in its place I’ve planted an Aronia ‘Nero’, white scented flowers and great autumn colour and a Lonicera fragrantissima which has amazing scented flowers in winter, looking forward to them growing and forming a back drop to the border.
I’ve scraped all the moss off the edges of the track, it will grow back but looks good for re-opening (only 3 weeks!) I also raked the leaves of the upper bank in the herb garden, the Camasia are coming into leaf but no sign of all the fritalaria and Leucojum I planted last year. Isabel was in today and she’s made great progress in the top terrace borders. These are varied in design and planting including the long stock bed border, the pink border and the mixed borders along the top of the wildflower bank. The Helleborus argutifolius are looking amazing, this is their third year and they are covered in flowers.
Isabel got all the old leaves and stems cleared away a good way round the borders, she gave the old trough planter a top dressing of compost, it is home to forget me nots and double daisies, Bellis ‘Pom Pom’. Great progress made today despite the wet start but at least it was warmer today.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>P.S. in case anyone is wondering what the canes in the scented garden are for..... we will be re-doing the path through this garden this spring, removing the slabs which are too narrow and have moved in the wet soil despite being cemented down! We will be replacing them with reinforced grids, filled with soil and then with grass sown on top. This will be twice as wide as the existing path and easier to navigate and more accessible and safer. It means this garden will be closed for a few months but I'm sure you will agree worth the wait for a much better path </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">
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overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">David is fixing all our sales area tables, hopefully done in time for opening in three weeks. They were built almost 9 years ago for us opening the nursery in June 2015 so they’ve done really well. The tables fixed so far look great and don’t have a drunken lean any more, that look has been left to me, lol, only joking! Can’t wait to get them all filled up and ready to re-open on 9th March, so exciting <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😊" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td8/1.5/16/1f60a.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Looking at the early photos, there are so many changes! 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font-size: 15px;"><br /></div></div></span></span><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Some of the lovely plants giving us colour and joy in the nursery gardens this week. The Hellebores are all beginning to flower, we have 11 varieties planted and I’m always adding to them when I find different colours or our own seedlings. Cornus mas is flowering, a beautiful shrub I have planted on the bottom terrace, the flowers might be tiny but en mass (no pun intended) they really are something. Salix gracilistyla 'Melanostachys' is a fascinating Salix, well I think so, </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">with its black catkins which turn white and red when the anthers appear. It makes a large shrub but worth it for the shiny bark, unusual coloured catkins and it likes wet and damp ground </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😊" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td8/1.5/16/1f60a.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> Galanthus 'Magnet' is one of the most scented snowdrops and today the scent was amazing.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12px;">
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It was great to have dry sunny days after cold and wet most of the week. Its not all woolly hats and cosy jumpers though, its very much clarty waterproof trousers and muddy steel toe caps </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😃" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/taa/1.5/16/1f603.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5Y69XfIQ7q6HbBpw2YcGbLYX9E9KAfolXp8ziF76gXrjmXKq6fcSyl0S7GMxDMLq-J9NbGBcElynOu5jo_HPjyV1NUe3hkEtnfwqS8sR3ad15uhIYZPdhD8O0VhY0aken2RgJ6cctjQH0TjWOsPplCpkd8lCj92qcDg4tW6rcvCSOICc4zISr2dtmsU/s2255/20240214_133138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2255" data-original-width="1448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5Y69XfIQ7q6HbBpw2YcGbLYX9E9KAfolXp8ziF76gXrjmXKq6fcSyl0S7GMxDMLq-J9NbGBcElynOu5jo_HPjyV1NUe3hkEtnfwqS8sR3ad15uhIYZPdhD8O0VhY0aken2RgJ6cctjQH0TjWOsPplCpkd8lCj92qcDg4tW6rcvCSOICc4zISr2dtmsU/w256-h400/20240214_133138.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xFlJDuexVU9Ohyphenhyphenwoeb5KLwH_WIJYzxCd4wg14iToU6cIS05pJPfGIWuGZl8NIPJ9qNqZpPOUeYuDjV6Ip07KEabtT49gzojMzAaexG6yMg2vQhMDO9_cnU7NL1V9udbysC8sFAgNxjqBYCXri7dnj-1fsso3Z1Eivgd5hSLqL2R8RtpqnlfTW7fhCHU/s4032/20240215_133932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xFlJDuexVU9Ohyphenhyphenwoeb5KLwH_WIJYzxCd4wg14iToU6cIS05pJPfGIWuGZl8NIPJ9qNqZpPOUeYuDjV6Ip07KEabtT49gzojMzAaexG6yMg2vQhMDO9_cnU7NL1V9udbysC8sFAgNxjqBYCXri7dnj-1fsso3Z1Eivgd5hSLqL2R8RtpqnlfTW7fhCHU/w400-h300/20240215_133932.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Keeping it local today on our day off, a trip to Cringleti for the snow drops, a lovely lunch in The Cosy Kitchen cafe in Peebles and an afternoon at home. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you are looking for somewhere local to Peebles to see snowdrops then pop up to Cringleti hotel and have a wander around the estate. They carpet a steep ravine through the woods and up along the stream behind the hotel. The walled garden is worth a visit too and I’ll be back in the summer to see it in its summer colours. <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Along with Dawyck and Kailzie we are lucky to have some great snowdrop gardens to visit locally.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div></div></span></span></div><div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXP41sli3mJRVMbcOasxC5wkIq4yUv-Tcv5X0uPfum8UMnCd4XJFpFpwIUy2Nw3w6rMFi9QTjkou_cSG17GOPGda0imucAbdrGP5viwiJyhG8S5k4oao50vXu0S1fxsIJ0aUvQO85AeLLKJur3U390buBK1NcyVnWE8AO7x7FO5FG67Ppo93pL5FyV-Q4/s4032/20240217_111023-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A lovely day getting lots done in my own garden, but first here are some of the flowers cheering me up as I worked. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFad5aQUMtpWhA6NeTVA8xQlWzUHHOdjC3FhR3DSmLLO9hN0njk0NPgCGVxjOMMQKZnSRX1w2xfZ1rJsNU7OUZ64CKlAy5QW_HevB6a7cc4EDt7iGpP3T5ifb74xrlb-2SupVlG0FuxteOXrAtBnkpwyadW7bZrqn3zMSogJ_PI0e3dDfEcz3Kyn3I_E/s4032/20240218_104227-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFad5aQUMtpWhA6NeTVA8xQlWzUHHOdjC3FhR3DSmLLO9hN0njk0NPgCGVxjOMMQKZnSRX1w2xfZ1rJsNU7OUZ64CKlAy5QW_HevB6a7cc4EDt7iGpP3T5ifb74xrlb-2SupVlG0FuxteOXrAtBnkpwyadW7bZrqn3zMSogJ_PI0e3dDfEcz3Kyn3I_E/w300-h400/20240218_104227-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0FmhkRGSmc0tWTnn9hFVAkCl5ZT3hAZihdzwYMwtO_jsNrxFQuyHL-n9NGfqzgtK8_FhfNUwqy2wUUyjOfn6YJrBH4DQYmt6doS-XsUnkIKtDQk7t5XXJDL2D4s64o81wBWgtAjXSloD3isRMaCNRq7tYVVT5Dg8UKWz9S3nfwK4PgD8jV8Pb5sPDBI/s3299/Helleborus%20'Double%20Black'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3299" data-original-width="2770" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0FmhkRGSmc0tWTnn9hFVAkCl5ZT3hAZihdzwYMwtO_jsNrxFQuyHL-n9NGfqzgtK8_FhfNUwqy2wUUyjOfn6YJrBH4DQYmt6doS-XsUnkIKtDQk7t5XXJDL2D4s64o81wBWgtAjXSloD3isRMaCNRq7tYVVT5Dg8UKWz9S3nfwK4PgD8jV8Pb5sPDBI/w336-h400/Helleborus%20'Double%20Black'.jpg" width="336" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helleborus 'Double Black'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Putting wires up for the climbers on the front house wall and enjoying the warmth of the sun. Putting stones on top of the pots to stop the birdies ripping out my plants and compost </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😕" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4b/1.5/16/1f615.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> That black and white weed has moved to the back garden! Starting the dry river bed around the summer house, this will wrap around the front of the summer house with more plants planted. 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font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div>The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-65710312987451974632024-02-18T16:31:00.010+00:002024-02-18T16:39:40.247+00:00Plant profile - Snowdrops, an update<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Having already written a plant profile about snowdrops in 2015 and 2018, and now having added even more varieties to my own garden and the nursery garden, Its seemed a good idea to do an updated blog. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">This genus of well-known and often coveted bulbs is native to Europe from the Pyrenees in the west to Caucasus, Iran and Turkey in the East. Many people think the Snowdrop is a native of Britain, or brought to the British Isles by the Romans but it is more likely they were introduced in the 16</span><sup style="font-family: inherit;">th</sup><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Century.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nq9X5-mxYjeaICUNUBCgU8O1xsd3zYaOZwcXqyxJVFLR5ho3IveEMx2hixhbDIV1nb3mMwwLAbk_yE4XqGHrrzBZP-u-91RFazgESVDT0VzfJtq3PeWuVrNCknN8YVK3Tax63HBmqg0/s1600/Galanthus+nivalis%252C+Binny+Plants.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Galanthus nivalis" border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1600" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nq9X5-mxYjeaICUNUBCgU8O1xsd3zYaOZwcXqyxJVFLR5ho3IveEMx2hixhbDIV1nb3mMwwLAbk_yE4XqGHrrzBZP-u-91RFazgESVDT0VzfJtq3PeWuVrNCknN8YVK3Tax63HBmqg0/s640/Galanthus+nivalis%252C+Binny+Plants.JPG" title="Galanthus nivalis" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Galanthus nivalis</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />They do well in shady conditions, under trees or shrubs in moist but well-drained soil, with some leaf mould if available. Here they will naturalise and spread around giving a fabulous display in the depths of winter when we need some cheering up. Some are even scented, a bonus for sure! Once planted snowdrops are self-sufficient and happy to be left to their own devices. Some of the more unusual varieties are a bit choosier and because they are a bit more expensive to buy I like to grow them in my alpine troughs, so I can keep an eye on them and they have fewer plants to compete with. Some cultivars need a bit more attention, cover and protection in winter or grown in pots, but that’s a whole other topic of conversation. For now, I’m going to concentrate on the ones I love and grow in my own garden and the nursery garden where I have found they do very well on our exposed hill in the Scottish Borders at 850 feet above sea level in clay soil in the nursery gardens.<br /><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3oOxNOAC9XYCFX86u2NtsVezoF2CtIjmsGvV46IOEW3gGivsUkwx_U4of30Q2sEFI9VjEWKYGBEwUKhyphenhyphen8c7sR5Kj6HfBpL1C0RTIZeiLHj_zp9B2eIJIYI7GzNZVFFK9qE8KYBHnQnI/s1600/Galanthus+%2527Lady+Elphinstone%2527.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Galanthus 'Lady Elphinstone'" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1130" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3oOxNOAC9XYCFX86u2NtsVezoF2CtIjmsGvV46IOEW3gGivsUkwx_U4of30Q2sEFI9VjEWKYGBEwUKhyphenhyphen8c7sR5Kj6HfBpL1C0RTIZeiLHj_zp9B2eIJIYI7GzNZVFFK9qE8KYBHnQnI/s320/Galanthus+%2527Lady+Elphinstone%2527.JPG" title="Galanthus 'Lady Elphinstone'" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Galanthus 'Lady Elphinstone'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_koFCKfpBOZp9YYjt7IF0WmgI37tOBB3mMzQygrTJPiZ0eg8pq3qa8mLuLCAYNPdRvvnnwLeA65Ogd0QGVmq8h8TsmDQxO0hm8wWMSKRGGloYvNtx9kJlme0WxGcnPhB2FYWGuaBCx5E/s1600/Galanthus+%2527John+Grey%2527%252C+Easter+Mosshat.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Galanthus 'John Gray'" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1135" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_koFCKfpBOZp9YYjt7IF0WmgI37tOBB3mMzQygrTJPiZ0eg8pq3qa8mLuLCAYNPdRvvnnwLeA65Ogd0QGVmq8h8TsmDQxO0hm8wWMSKRGGloYvNtx9kJlme0WxGcnPhB2FYWGuaBCx5E/s320/Galanthus+%2527John+Grey%2527%252C+Easter+Mosshat.JPG" title="Galanthus 'John Gray'" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Galanthus 'John Gray'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Our hearts and minds lift at the first sight of these tiny, delicate yet extremely hardy little gems. I have several cultivars dotted about the garden along with the native snowdrop <i>Galanthus nivalis</i>. The species spreads itself around very well if it is happy. Most of the native snowdrop (<i>G. nivalis</i>) I have planted were one of the few plant surviving in the derelict garden of the ruin my ex and I bought in 1999. The house dated from the 18th century so I imagine these are quite old and I've planted some in my new garden at home and at the nursery so they continue to give me joy when I see them. The cultivars take a bit longer to bulk up, apart from <i>Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Plena' </i>which spreads as readily as its species cousin. Plant Galanthus with other winter interest plants such as Bergenias, Hellebores, Winter Aconites, early daffodils, Crocus and evergreen ferns for a wealth of winter interest in the garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqBXyTeGNi6KHvF0EjlnVNZtLih0rdTlV-fJfI8rbs8QDtHTG-yiBFhSR8MAH7gMfNlx9d5ZCwHbx4dBfgLMMnvcP8XRiePoWU0EWh8xPQi9gtEKtwSaHJ7or7LC3KfAlG7pKbWmJuNE/s1600/A+river+of+Galanthus++snowdrops+and+aconites%252C+Dryburgh+Abbey.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Snowdrops at Dryburgh Abbey" border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1600" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqBXyTeGNi6KHvF0EjlnVNZtLih0rdTlV-fJfI8rbs8QDtHTG-yiBFhSR8MAH7gMfNlx9d5ZCwHbx4dBfgLMMnvcP8XRiePoWU0EWh8xPQi9gtEKtwSaHJ7or7LC3KfAlG7pKbWmJuNE/s640/A+river+of+Galanthus++snowdrops+and+aconites%252C+Dryburgh+Abbey.JPG" title="Snowdrops at Dryburgh Abbey" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Dryburgh Abbey</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />In recent years Snowdrops have become a bit of a collectable genus in the horticultural world. Their collectors have even earned their own collective name: Galanthophiles. People will pay a small fortune for one tiny bulb of rarer varieties, with some going for over £300! I once bought 3 bulbs of <i>Galanthus 'John Grey'</i> for £8 a bulb and thought that was excessive, but that was 20 years ago, things in the snowdrop world have changed a lot sinse then. There are many books on the subject and several specialist nurseries selling them. Popular and very collectable are yellow snow drops such as <i>G. 'Wendy's Gold'</i>. Another yellow is <i>G. 'Lady Elphinstone'</i>, a double and so very striking.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLofvQUj2_M_h1tIe7FIDDU95m8PYAkxBvtcI_75G_vqWoqDR9H1N0YrsNhbF7D75R7Az6NDoZwG3mmyfVMyk_tPTX9UrzeWL3qS48CS8lLLn7ft1V8qQVqSMXvlyRmX22BqBgL_Visyc/s1600/Galanthus+++Snowdrops+and+Eranthus%252C+Howick+Hall.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Snowdrops at Howick Hall" border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1600" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLofvQUj2_M_h1tIe7FIDDU95m8PYAkxBvtcI_75G_vqWoqDR9H1N0YrsNhbF7D75R7Az6NDoZwG3mmyfVMyk_tPTX9UrzeWL3qS48CS8lLLn7ft1V8qQVqSMXvlyRmX22BqBgL_Visyc/s640/Galanthus+++Snowdrops+and+Eranthus%252C+Howick+Hall.JPG" title="Snowdrops at Howick Hall" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Howick Hall</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTdLAYRRrDm9NTqZBdI6KDw9x_FS5qfZdmpuXmL-aMvCBEHUJH2hL9TCF4kQbEewDsIDBhpUaaJNvoXhbiX1OfjR_9vafTU9o2-NCVw7uKB8Op6OY-2LsIvMVBNjQmBV-FoYG6cizxJkA/s1600/Galanthus++Snowdrops%252C+Threave+%25284%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Snowdrops at Threave Gardens" border="0" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="1600" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTdLAYRRrDm9NTqZBdI6KDw9x_FS5qfZdmpuXmL-aMvCBEHUJH2hL9TCF4kQbEewDsIDBhpUaaJNvoXhbiX1OfjR_9vafTU9o2-NCVw7uKB8Op6OY-2LsIvMVBNjQmBV-FoYG6cizxJkA/s640/Galanthus++Snowdrops%252C+Threave+%25284%2529.JPG" title="Snowdrops at Threave Gardens" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Threave Gardens</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The flowers of Snowdrops are well worth looking at closely. Each flower is a drop of white with different markings and this is what makes them interesting to collectors. The nodding bell-shaped flower is held on a slender stalk amongst the leaves. The flower usually bears six tepals rather than petals arranged in two whorls of three, the outer being larger. The shorter inner tepals are tapered and usually bear green markings at the base, occasionally the markings are yellow, green-yellow or absent depending on species.</div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyc7TpJ39GGgbbL6s039tCrBNsf9rQBFJx1Kz57gA74HAUwgNf-M7wYiymEAoVFhBsZsPBv23p7nwWr6-ld3GStXkjndY-diacNbHEUb45a_Q4mrzxXCko2Ki1f0A3fnfSB7ufiwXlsw/s1600/Galanthus+%2527Desdamona%2527%252C+Binny+Plants.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Galanthus 'Desdamona'" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1131" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyc7TpJ39GGgbbL6s039tCrBNsf9rQBFJx1Kz57gA74HAUwgNf-M7wYiymEAoVFhBsZsPBv23p7nwWr6-ld3GStXkjndY-diacNbHEUb45a_Q4mrzxXCko2Ki1f0A3fnfSB7ufiwXlsw/s320/Galanthus+%2527Desdamona%2527%252C+Binny+Plants.JPG" title="Galanthus 'Desdamona'" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Galanthus 'Desdamona'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6_0SYvdL69z75a5LegRd8Xc1_UaAWYFu4qoR1sevBiwhVm1LoruBbwlOKcOwLr_zyQV0vhuXJOPsWEYFaAM1PzXC2pryLzL5UzcnL7xBSTJ7HExlLS65Ol4yLMaHZfCY5Wvjd5YyrKk/s1600/Galanthus%252C+John+Gray%252C+Hill+Poe%252C+Magnet%252C+Flore+plena+and+nivalis.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Galanthus John Grey, Hill Poe, Magnet, Flore Plena and nivalis" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1129" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6_0SYvdL69z75a5LegRd8Xc1_UaAWYFu4qoR1sevBiwhVm1LoruBbwlOKcOwLr_zyQV0vhuXJOPsWEYFaAM1PzXC2pryLzL5UzcnL7xBSTJ7HExlLS65Ol4yLMaHZfCY5Wvjd5YyrKk/s320/Galanthus%252C+John+Gray%252C+Hill+Poe%252C+Magnet%252C+Flore+plena+and+nivalis.jpg" title="Galanthus John Grey, Hill Poe, Magnet, Flore Plena and nivalis" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Galanthus John Grey, Hill Poe,<br />Magnet, Flore Plena and nivalis</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When buying snowdrops, it is always better to buy them in the green, i.e. when they are in leaf, not as dried bulbs. There are lots of nurseries advertising snowdrops in the green: be sure they come from a reputable source and are not being dug up in the wild! For some of the rarer gems have a look at the following nurseries and gardens which I have used myself:</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.camboestate.com/">www.camboestate.com</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white;"><a href="http://www.elworthy-cottage.co.uk">www.elworthy-cottage.co.uk</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><a href="http://www.snowdrops.me">www.snowdrops.me</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><a href="http://www.ashwoodnurseries.com/">www.ashwoodnurseries.com</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAi2D3fSxeCg3RQkQ7r_WgzxTxsevQ6BflzBAjvOfrneJElTI0_HJx_LvBTQvG1eXdaBf19m4cOGpBUFGQxtSoQQ4zVan2v6frIIO1wPXTnK2UnElXE-HsQyjgeeJ1XrohBFsA_f1-aw/s1600/Galanthus+in+shot+glass+1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Galanthus in shot glasses - perfect scale" border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAi2D3fSxeCg3RQkQ7r_WgzxTxsevQ6BflzBAjvOfrneJElTI0_HJx_LvBTQvG1eXdaBf19m4cOGpBUFGQxtSoQQ4zVan2v6frIIO1wPXTnK2UnElXE-HsQyjgeeJ1XrohBFsA_f1-aw/s640/Galanthus+in+shot+glass+1.JPG" title="Galanthus in shot glasses - perfect scale" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Galanthus in shot glasses - perfect scale</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmCfh3N5s5Srf6NnX0H71i9Sc_3ILaLfkLH1MQVa0bSEX7x7wDMt88m16LsZUwIBzOpb5qLV4XsOA6GwOz6CSaT6L_IQlPo-rYSSj7Rur0tOsN_lTLcaj4NRp2wqYR-uOs8OXvOuTV4k/s1600/Galanthus+in+shot+glasses%252C+Glengarry.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Galanthus in shot glasses - perfect scale" border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1600" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmCfh3N5s5Srf6NnX0H71i9Sc_3ILaLfkLH1MQVa0bSEX7x7wDMt88m16LsZUwIBzOpb5qLV4XsOA6GwOz6CSaT6L_IQlPo-rYSSj7Rur0tOsN_lTLcaj4NRp2wqYR-uOs8OXvOuTV4k/s640/Galanthus+in+shot+glasses%252C+Glengarry.JPG" title="Galanthus in shot glasses - perfect scale" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A great way to see Snowdrops and spend a pleasant afternoon with the family is to visit one of the many gardens that open in February for the snowdrop season. The easiest way to find out where there is one near you is to do an internet search for "where to see snowdrops". Here are some of my favourites and recommendations, including blog posts of Snowdrop visits we’ve done: </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://ronaquirkybirdgardener.blogspot.com/2017/02/dryburgh-abbey-snowdrops.html">Dryburgh Abbey Snowdrop Blog Post</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://ronaquirkybirdgardener.blogspot.com/2016/03/a-visit-to-kailzie-to-see-snowdrops.html">Kailzie Gardens Snowdrop Blog Post</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://ronaquirkybirdgardener.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-trip-to-dawyck-gardens-to-see.html">Dawyck Gardens Snowdrop Blog Post</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cambo gardens, Fife <a href="http://www.camboestate.com/">www.camboestate.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Howick Hall, Northumbria <a href="http://www.howickhallgardens.org/">www.howickhallgardens.org</a></span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Cringletie Hotel <a href="http://www.cringletie.com/gardens">www.cringletie.com/gardens</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.visitscotland.com/see-do/events/scottish-snowdrop-festival">www.visitscotland.com/see-do/events/scottish-snowdrop-festival</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some display ideas I have done in the past </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6EvDu1RePr3RfPEuB4_htg-GBL7DTySbOvuM5cTPJjGOSgJaS9QF4_FGdtH6dptBejJEyXY1Ci3IPvvUvkl2XNAEQIYY1LZmJLhvMJcjAAF7X49jHyWuNtMXXf3LJ1VKnwedWSZdXP0/s1600/Galanthus+Snowdrops+in+a+drawer.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="snowdrops in a drawer" border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1600" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6EvDu1RePr3RfPEuB4_htg-GBL7DTySbOvuM5cTPJjGOSgJaS9QF4_FGdtH6dptBejJEyXY1Ci3IPvvUvkl2XNAEQIYY1LZmJLhvMJcjAAF7X49jHyWuNtMXXf3LJ1VKnwedWSZdXP0/s640/Galanthus+Snowdrops+in+a+drawer.JPG" title="snowdrops in a drawer" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXxka1KUh6ePPcihyDPf2qxb2ch0FJghOsMeKgeuGOfNZH_XQcYevc5N18cZWAl2wzFwE9w9fQD0ov8gGkNt6hSk0C0Hpt8twSMMXTA8AGKUwYeuRaIr0IMd2-Fidh04UdY2OhM8yhl7Sc2Mue465g28CXi5DC9wkXfrbhYOtKZf39Mh30Z2-KdhSeuU/s3134/Snowdrop%20container.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2744" data-original-width="3134" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXxka1KUh6ePPcihyDPf2qxb2ch0FJghOsMeKgeuGOfNZH_XQcYevc5N18cZWAl2wzFwE9w9fQD0ov8gGkNt6hSk0C0Hpt8twSMMXTA8AGKUwYeuRaIr0IMd2-Fidh04UdY2OhM8yhl7Sc2Mue465g28CXi5DC9wkXfrbhYOtKZf39Mh30Z2-KdhSeuU/w640-h560/Snowdrop%20container.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXtVJwFOxoHogNzy_Sccib_je_rRMvzxLjTmLeWHV35GUt-qIkbLoaLKtshDBp5zyBPINwIpY5iqRwOO1Sxa2NzpGD4wgxB34uYkJ21De71t9SoCS3Bs_UreEy6rzKr5HJkDXEu51UCNuHenknYB5x-Sg3LnMdH-376QtccaQoo6QslkT8Rc0ywTKcZQ/s5937/Vintage%20snowdrop%20box.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3301" data-original-width="5937" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXtVJwFOxoHogNzy_Sccib_je_rRMvzxLjTmLeWHV35GUt-qIkbLoaLKtshDBp5zyBPINwIpY5iqRwOO1Sxa2NzpGD4wgxB34uYkJ21De71t9SoCS3Bs_UreEy6rzKr5HJkDXEu51UCNuHenknYB5x-Sg3LnMdH-376QtccaQoo6QslkT8Rc0ywTKcZQ/w640-h356/Vintage%20snowdrop%20box.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Snowdrops are good for cut flowers, bees, long flowering, winter interest, clay soil and shade. If you have a space in a shady part of the garden I would recommend you give these plants a go. Which one to go for depends on your colour preference. The Quirky Bird grows and recommends the following:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><u>Galanthus elwesii</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Snowdrop Galanthus Elwesii have larger flowers with an emerald green patch at the base. Also known as ‘giant snowdrop’, as it tow</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">ers above other species.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><u>Galanthus elwesii 'Marjory Brown'</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a;">This variety has a distinctly blue hue to the wide arching glaucous leaves. A single inverted 'V' at base of inner segments of the flowers. </span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Galanthus nivalis<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The native snowdrop with its small white, bell flowers with a green smudge on the inner petals. Easy to naturalise. H 15cm.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Plena'<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The commonly found double with its broad flouncy green and white flowers, often found wild as commonly as its single cousin.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><u>Galanthus nivalis 'Viridapice'</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a;">Long white pendant flowers, with painted green tips to each of the outer segments. A fine strong-growing snowdrop. An older form, which has given rise to many green-tipped clones. </span></span></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><u>Galanthus woronowii</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">This species bears large, single, white, gently nodding flowers with green-tipped white segments, on short stems above bright green, shiny, strap-like foliage.</span></span></div></span></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><u>Galanthus 'Blewbury Tart'</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">A curious and quirky flower on this snowdrop. Distinctive upward facing double flowers have a dark green rosette surrounded by narrow outer segments.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Galanthus 'Desdamona'<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; font-family: inherit;">Relatively large flowered, irregular double, most strongly distinguished by the frequent appearance of a third leaf on a single shoot with occaisonal four perfect outer segments.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><u>Galanthus 'Ginns Imperati'</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span>A l</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d3d3d; font-family: inherit;">arge vigorous hybrid similar to G. 'S Arnott', but shorter and with rounded flowers. It has a strong perfume of bitter almonds. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Galanthus 'Hill Poe'<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background: white; font-family: inherit;">A late flowering double whereby the solid looking flower is tightly packed with inner segments that form a neat rosette.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Grows well with us in clay soil.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Galanthus 'John grey'<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;">Snowdrop with exceptionally large, heavy, pendant flowers with a large, spreading, single green mark on the inside petals. Early-flowering. H 15cm.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><u>Galanthus 'Ketton'</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b1b17; font-family: inherit;">A superb and very beautiful snowdrop large well-rounded flowers forming showy clumps in time. The inner marks merge together. Late flowering. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><u>Galanthus 'Lady beatrix Stanley'</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: inherit;">This variety has large well-shaped double flowers with long narrow pointed sepals enclose many layered neat white petticoats, faintly edged green. Early flowering.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Galanthus 'Lady Elphinstone'<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fabulous fully double yellow marked flowers, very sought after.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Galanthus 'Magnet'</span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A few snowdrops are noted for their special fragrance, and the honey scent of
‘Magnet’ is at its most noticeable as the outer petals rise to the horizontal
on sunny days. A most elegant snowdrop, the large flowers have an inverted
green 'V' on the inner petals, hang on distinctive long, arching stems and
tremble in the slightest breeze. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><u>Galanthus 'Ophelia'</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">A Geatorex Double, hence the Shakespearean name </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">with rounded flowers held well above the foliage, o</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">ne of the best double cultivars with a long flowering period. </span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><u>Galanthus 'South Hayes'</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">A beautifully marked snowdrop on the outer petals. Also has a solid green inner mark.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><u>Galanthus 'Straffan'</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">Flowers later than other snowdrops and has a shinier white flower appearance. The leaves are glaucous and flat. The outer tepals are long clawed and the outer face of the inner tepals have a small neat inverted U-shaped mark. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Galanthus 'The Apothecary'</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;">A worthwhile hybrid between nivalis and plicatus which flowers just after Christmas. A handsome flower with a neat sinus mark.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><u>Galanthus 'Wendy's Gold'</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a;">One of the most popular yellow snowdrops, with a yellow ovary and pedicel. The inner mark almost extends up the whole of the inner segment. Occasionally prduces two flowers per bulb.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskTfZ1KbmZecQWfSbN5Hfyf0BIXdIaS2sc6VYW5hZyLp7Y76dz3uJHSATo8CVwPFxAZZ003iaT1z_b1fVO0g5pSLekElltuTDo7xSOD1H46JJUfOSboPV5AHF3h47KyGUI9KlexTtxZIrf6m2Tbny4AM9gexcaQZWJV8x7d1Oax8d_Z2n78h34F2jFlw/s4032/20240217_104419.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskTfZ1KbmZecQWfSbN5Hfyf0BIXdIaS2sc6VYW5hZyLp7Y76dz3uJHSATo8CVwPFxAZZ003iaT1z_b1fVO0g5pSLekElltuTDo7xSOD1H46JJUfOSboPV5AHF3h47KyGUI9KlexTtxZIrf6m2Tbny4AM9gexcaQZWJV8x7d1Oax8d_Z2n78h34F2jFlw/w300-h400/20240217_104419.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus 'Straffan'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbg6WwxGk_XP7RNsN-IfQupEEw8jkN03sdx0Fe_nPO-swtQsAm74I-AnMJMlsQrdWx2i-cxgGoMTgBTYyssqMgV-x677ZaFmh7e9tWEI7lWdB0oR45AIq37nG1kF2QiYUGBWuAkHfBOfw-CK8RlhsiFiGP9ffuo93dM3V8f6P0UW_D-OxGUOsBkOd4PkQ/s4032/Galanthus%20woronowii.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2814" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbg6WwxGk_XP7RNsN-IfQupEEw8jkN03sdx0Fe_nPO-swtQsAm74I-AnMJMlsQrdWx2i-cxgGoMTgBTYyssqMgV-x677ZaFmh7e9tWEI7lWdB0oR45AIq37nG1kF2QiYUGBWuAkHfBOfw-CK8RlhsiFiGP9ffuo93dM3V8f6P0UW_D-OxGUOsBkOd4PkQ/w446-h640/Galanthus%20woronowii.jpg" width="446" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus woronowii</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvYg1NRE1-vbnSicA-X0xqaGI73_2eA9_sZD20Ze24txr4DXpzjhlAp9aoEt2kd4J_ZN6M7Jl4Y2S0UYt3U1sUgLdcR1jt44FdxoyU-mR6FOzVsl_fcI7N6_irETQ8tFswupsFpiGETqk9UTFykdL7eQTljvuoJoW2n4QBhr6-hx3sgImJWcf7bg2k6qY/s4032/Galanthus%20'Blewbury%20Tart'%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvYg1NRE1-vbnSicA-X0xqaGI73_2eA9_sZD20Ze24txr4DXpzjhlAp9aoEt2kd4J_ZN6M7Jl4Y2S0UYt3U1sUgLdcR1jt44FdxoyU-mR6FOzVsl_fcI7N6_irETQ8tFswupsFpiGETqk9UTFykdL7eQTljvuoJoW2n4QBhr6-hx3sgImJWcf7bg2k6qY/w300-h400/Galanthus%20'Blewbury%20Tart'%20(2).jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus 'Blewbury Tart'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ii2rrENzupdy1UYEkdPwcQ6LD2QQkCQ_UtxQxuLcXlrgQcnlU69VEduqjMg-6TdQjhAFSN3Cv0xUq3p9ueFIce8FbqsS3-bJ_X8NCkwjz5GtGU4pe-B4AUpF_2WGNazHStYHxpl13dDBAniEygwEOP1sp9FwkN9sxdHVzxWJUbAJHUDqV3FmoB-mkO4/s3024/Galanthus%20'Ginns%20Imperati'%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="3024" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ii2rrENzupdy1UYEkdPwcQ6LD2QQkCQ_UtxQxuLcXlrgQcnlU69VEduqjMg-6TdQjhAFSN3Cv0xUq3p9ueFIce8FbqsS3-bJ_X8NCkwjz5GtGU4pe-B4AUpF_2WGNazHStYHxpl13dDBAniEygwEOP1sp9FwkN9sxdHVzxWJUbAJHUDqV3FmoB-mkO4/w400-h381/Galanthus%20'Ginns%20Imperati'%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus 'Ginns Imperati'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj359Aa78hh8pfCVbVucHuYDXiWdnTlmG7VwQmw2KcSZ1WVaS3OBTQ1iP8PEknQTO1uWVIYjkJ1gbLNsUnJXTbEyHgqwE0BfByWmlMeNvd6ubEUolc-k4IPAzGQUgTP6riDizfqsGEzQ2QLUt6zdfRXTGSgJWFUoBmBdlrR1zF6htnb2m152juz2ZKIXc8/s3024/Galanthus%20'Ophelia'%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2760" data-original-width="3024" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj359Aa78hh8pfCVbVucHuYDXiWdnTlmG7VwQmw2KcSZ1WVaS3OBTQ1iP8PEknQTO1uWVIYjkJ1gbLNsUnJXTbEyHgqwE0BfByWmlMeNvd6ubEUolc-k4IPAzGQUgTP6riDizfqsGEzQ2QLUt6zdfRXTGSgJWFUoBmBdlrR1zF6htnb2m152juz2ZKIXc8/w400-h365/Galanthus%20'Ophelia'%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus 'Ophelia'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt4mugiq8bEAQRJmMgWN8UyMSEHMrRYb4ZVbgw0zaJrRjDKpD6L1Zt5Zv7Z2jFSmkLqxM3OjNI-yLwww_Ew1m_QXehIA_Ie68nmccBiPo3iNn4LJbrbAcG_hGqHesdLajFZ0YTQwIwHUVeKuKMPlSV-cctiZA5t6h9354xEn9MGtN4GJMPeW9v3EDZAqo/s3024/Galanthus%20elwesii%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2850" data-original-width="3024" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt4mugiq8bEAQRJmMgWN8UyMSEHMrRYb4ZVbgw0zaJrRjDKpD6L1Zt5Zv7Z2jFSmkLqxM3OjNI-yLwww_Ew1m_QXehIA_Ie68nmccBiPo3iNn4LJbrbAcG_hGqHesdLajFZ0YTQwIwHUVeKuKMPlSV-cctiZA5t6h9354xEn9MGtN4GJMPeW9v3EDZAqo/s320/Galanthus%20elwesii%20(3).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus elwesii<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQz69cAcAoHe6sqSj552VyWQrsxbLZjE7ddnsQJhufOo0V_LiBCvJrGQySPRWE295NvnkfmYhgtcrVUUVp1SzepLUZFV1qTEVpD1IqRFWZedqdmJjc54q5rSOq3F7fyvI3yE4NJ_pplM9qkEEXt8SO1mD-4uik8kWBO5y1yvXR5_5MTmZdk17CO5WBkQ/s2680/Galanthus%20%E2%80%98The%20Apothecary%E2%80%99.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2506" data-original-width="2680" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQz69cAcAoHe6sqSj552VyWQrsxbLZjE7ddnsQJhufOo0V_LiBCvJrGQySPRWE295NvnkfmYhgtcrVUUVp1SzepLUZFV1qTEVpD1IqRFWZedqdmJjc54q5rSOq3F7fyvI3yE4NJ_pplM9qkEEXt8SO1mD-4uik8kWBO5y1yvXR5_5MTmZdk17CO5WBkQ/s320/Galanthus%20%E2%80%98The%20Apothecary%E2%80%99.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus 'The Apothecary'<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYu5P55GXj8i-U-vJlS1Tqivvx1bJDgdrkAOXgzWB4L9lFdtjV1oKLHR3l9ULYuUUFzFOnSfNCHTv-wZON775i9wVc3WjF2m_iTHImY1sb2AiB8F1BvjH7Vuj0v-ssBhIpNSwzCOhucRkYdQutN8zLLeXnHhq2Rqua-0gaomHNSS3r5xK19c9Ggsjex9g/s1734/Galanthus%20'Lady%20Beatrix%20Stanley'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1619" data-original-width="1734" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYu5P55GXj8i-U-vJlS1Tqivvx1bJDgdrkAOXgzWB4L9lFdtjV1oKLHR3l9ULYuUUFzFOnSfNCHTv-wZON775i9wVc3WjF2m_iTHImY1sb2AiB8F1BvjH7Vuj0v-ssBhIpNSwzCOhucRkYdQutN8zLLeXnHhq2Rqua-0gaomHNSS3r5xK19c9Ggsjex9g/w400-h374/Galanthus%20'Lady%20Beatrix%20Stanley'.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus 'Lady Elphinstone'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdb7ZitCwDsBIExwk_9tzIrKAoyKRQBDQD76ih_vF3ECaceBS57KgQ6rBnzTBuabfwXJEnL6qggbpUI0qRumGx6cGFd8eSdSgln_DKmj5wG6NJ9oeF5VyPCX-WjUHaqFf9ufiDrUzRs4l7H2gMQBO0Hzk-ZledH9RrXjcL6fpCp6RZGqs9ixzEzsSknkk/s4795/Galanthus%20'Wendys%20Gold'%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3393" data-original-width="4795" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdb7ZitCwDsBIExwk_9tzIrKAoyKRQBDQD76ih_vF3ECaceBS57KgQ6rBnzTBuabfwXJEnL6qggbpUI0qRumGx6cGFd8eSdSgln_DKmj5wG6NJ9oeF5VyPCX-WjUHaqFf9ufiDrUzRs4l7H2gMQBO0Hzk-ZledH9RrXjcL6fpCp6RZGqs9ixzEzsSknkk/w400-h283/Galanthus%20'Wendys%20Gold'%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus 'Wendy's Gold'</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ss3eAnRYY-kl6CkcNGvfEBbNNA-qKf_D4CGhkYQvOsAnFI3MXhlqqFQg5KpX6iUrUeyxI5zXHZeTgYrOhjZwS4ZglKvWnBsemI8avXXhHbl-ELN5KpMwaqRNGLgwqkC3_o3Eu4S6AOs/s1600/Galanthus+%2527Hill+Poe%2527%252C+Glengarry.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Galanthus 'Hill Poe'" border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1600" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ss3eAnRYY-kl6CkcNGvfEBbNNA-qKf_D4CGhkYQvOsAnFI3MXhlqqFQg5KpX6iUrUeyxI5zXHZeTgYrOhjZwS4ZglKvWnBsemI8avXXhHbl-ELN5KpMwaqRNGLgwqkC3_o3Eu4S6AOs/s640/Galanthus+%2527Hill+Poe%2527%252C+Glengarry.JPG" title="Galanthus 'Hill Poe'" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Galanthus 'Hill Poe'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgC_pjWJbehrfOcy9tsKbcvnC1xvcGRqwkJyrx45VhBDOogKof8XiqAxfoHfQFFwnDKkXuLuzj296EL-ZkdkuuorixVDnSwshrPAUEEsbK7QW-guPn-gn6c51_qG3pgHCIu_3MEtijutQ/s1600/Galanthus+%2527John+Gray%2527%252C+Glengarry.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Galanthus nivalis" border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1600" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgC_pjWJbehrfOcy9tsKbcvnC1xvcGRqwkJyrx45VhBDOogKof8XiqAxfoHfQFFwnDKkXuLuzj296EL-ZkdkuuorixVDnSwshrPAUEEsbK7QW-guPn-gn6c51_qG3pgHCIu_3MEtijutQ/s640/Galanthus+%2527John+Gray%2527%252C+Glengarry.JPG" title="Galanthus nivalis" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Galanthus nivalis</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwjxgJgxe4Fvn5YIesDsfXtZATaEmIs6mm0VYPGjcUb7tkjqyvF9PTemF_APU9pXTwgU6XeCtnn-dqul6gNzuL0BkfmgRxnlaOE-8OJq4mA8LbcfZTvlIST1jMpA1BRgHnXF44uw9JHA/s1600/Galanthus+%2527John+Gray%2527.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Galanthus 'John Grey'" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1591" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwjxgJgxe4Fvn5YIesDsfXtZATaEmIs6mm0VYPGjcUb7tkjqyvF9PTemF_APU9pXTwgU6XeCtnn-dqul6gNzuL0BkfmgRxnlaOE-8OJq4mA8LbcfZTvlIST1jMpA1BRgHnXF44uw9JHA/s640/Galanthus+%2527John+Gray%2527.jpg" title="Galanthus 'John Grey'" width="636" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Galanthus 'John Grey'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTIduUov54T5ki2dy-qx5MzO5ytsqgSWHFR6tUCCM94clTK9id5glVoe1zOG8rQLZroy70GQgyfsBSmdLViOjbrT8rHUDE_7n9KNrOAEljUSRFQSpyF_nkzk6uWRcGXg6f4W3QNABdD0/s1600/Galanthus+%2527Magnet%2527%252C+Glengarry.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Galanthus 'Magnet'" border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1600" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTIduUov54T5ki2dy-qx5MzO5ytsqgSWHFR6tUCCM94clTK9id5glVoe1zOG8rQLZroy70GQgyfsBSmdLViOjbrT8rHUDE_7n9KNrOAEljUSRFQSpyF_nkzk6uWRcGXg6f4W3QNABdD0/s640/Galanthus+%2527Magnet%2527%252C+Glengarry.JPG" title="Galanthus 'Magnet'" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Galanthus 'Magnet'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiUaIo3DrCwAftXNMS-8sqZAdLJWtUdkoOzObOumQu_spj4re9becZzyWbAmlQoe-i3MMy3KfF2cO2lLtdNx2LRX0LlObbShWHeJdx9wg0PZ0zGNMdS7VlR4KqMm3jAY67MQkWcxh_hc/s1600/Galanthus+nivalis+%2527Flore+Plena%2527%252C+Glengarry.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Plena'" border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1600" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiUaIo3DrCwAftXNMS-8sqZAdLJWtUdkoOzObOumQu_spj4re9becZzyWbAmlQoe-i3MMy3KfF2cO2lLtdNx2LRX0LlObbShWHeJdx9wg0PZ0zGNMdS7VlR4KqMm3jAY67MQkWcxh_hc/s640/Galanthus+nivalis+%2527Flore+Plena%2527%252C+Glengarry.JPG" title="Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Plena'" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Plena'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">All contents and photographs © Rona, unauthorised reproduction & use of these images is strictly forbidden, thank you</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-80993637443800855842024-02-15T13:53:00.001+00:002024-02-15T13:57:32.903+00:00From snowdrops to Hyacinths, winter colour is everywhere<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Over the past 2 or 3 years I’ve been adding to our snowdrop collection here in the nursery. Most gardens in the nursery now have snowdrops in them and Galanthus nivalis, the native snowdrop, seems to be popping up where I haven’t planted it, which is exciting </span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Last week I took a wander around the gardens to straighten my back after finishing tidying the wildlife garden and took some photos before the rain came in. Snowdrops give us such joy in February, just when we need it. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Not quite through winter yet, the days are still short and light levels low and often the weather is miserable, yet these wee flowers pop up in all their pale glowing white colour to cheer us up and remind us spring is on its way.</span></span><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz1QUA_DeXK1sjb59OHZ546NBLZhQr44LnzPnn700-hP1e09-fX-dJPT9QM0WR8vBCzyOSD1iuQ5SdmoMkvzaY8fFxE9pAYbKu76VO_fVu40bt4uom0hnxmUyBqVb_gxc3SYn5jxnTKMGLTUltLSB2X53XA00O0twnw4VIQHFQj-u9YnC0yhzI48soicA/s4402/Galanthus%20'John%20Grey'.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4402" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz1QUA_DeXK1sjb59OHZ546NBLZhQr44LnzPnn700-hP1e09-fX-dJPT9QM0WR8vBCzyOSD1iuQ5SdmoMkvzaY8fFxE9pAYbKu76VO_fVu40bt4uom0hnxmUyBqVb_gxc3SYn5jxnTKMGLTUltLSB2X53XA00O0twnw4VIQHFQj-u9YnC0yhzI48soicA/w284-h400/Galanthus%20'John%20Grey'.JPG" width="284" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus 'John Grey'<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvMuuShLmHMV_jOqURJegHcHMTbUr9cTUJs5mJGGcCiswRCYvPq5L6Wq9V8d8ZniBhAzBLSUHEh89z2UhWFotUDlgMr9yuTvHYXXGNYUbkOC9WQl46JMvBj64L5zTlAOmVKf2edvPd6dciQtFIJ3VVkOAES5u8JP_LtsFG248Xka8QAs6Xi-EBFNfmyU/s4032/Galanthus%20'Blewbury%20Tart'%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvMuuShLmHMV_jOqURJegHcHMTbUr9cTUJs5mJGGcCiswRCYvPq5L6Wq9V8d8ZniBhAzBLSUHEh89z2UhWFotUDlgMr9yuTvHYXXGNYUbkOC9WQl46JMvBj64L5zTlAOmVKf2edvPd6dciQtFIJ3VVkOAES5u8JP_LtsFG248Xka8QAs6Xi-EBFNfmyU/w300-h400/Galanthus%20'Blewbury%20Tart'%20(2).jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus 'Blewbury Tart'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcn3Ux2GUAahputvQ36efMAfyWsS4LpaVjkUennhi39mxfRfzgVKGdjQ9MIIHEfvdaB5s3bdXwcf-Kq6s0ji4aQ40tHACGfQv6EKybyd1z2xnpneTN_th1t41iQ3UaYXFFESrGKo8vCYRzk82uPsoXzuvMnXfia9nQckxfR_vWdLRYXR4jOOqyGmUzrpk/s3024/Galanthus%20'Ginns%20Imperati'%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="3024" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcn3Ux2GUAahputvQ36efMAfyWsS4LpaVjkUennhi39mxfRfzgVKGdjQ9MIIHEfvdaB5s3bdXwcf-Kq6s0ji4aQ40tHACGfQv6EKybyd1z2xnpneTN_th1t41iQ3UaYXFFESrGKo8vCYRzk82uPsoXzuvMnXfia9nQckxfR_vWdLRYXR4jOOqyGmUzrpk/w400-h381/Galanthus%20'Ginns%20Imperati'%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus 'Ginns Imperati'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYGCksr75CkabjQtmpShqLKWRVLEs1VcaOeTiZoddBpsNPbOOgyZyN_heThTgdc5k3sIrZZ_0dCyv15YptY4RCE1Ft3wwXKFTj1YNlFT6Aib-FeXC7V3j5sTkTgaVHk5-xKigP0qaKJVHlAb_38TTMkGL2BJB82aN9oEm6B7ZP-6nUIpYinTfRDJ6LEA/s2372/Galanthus%20'Hill%20Poe'%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2227" data-original-width="2372" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYGCksr75CkabjQtmpShqLKWRVLEs1VcaOeTiZoddBpsNPbOOgyZyN_heThTgdc5k3sIrZZ_0dCyv15YptY4RCE1Ft3wwXKFTj1YNlFT6Aib-FeXC7V3j5sTkTgaVHk5-xKigP0qaKJVHlAb_38TTMkGL2BJB82aN9oEm6B7ZP-6nUIpYinTfRDJ6LEA/w400-h375/Galanthus%20'Hill%20Poe'%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus 'Hill Poe'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cnc6913JviwM6XI2w9ZmPds5Rs5tvk_LOQrHdGaITbyb9if9Ez_TAKEl_P1Y_iKl2kNUmgTlFKUU9EPDBcB_FM8lo7o6CX8rsNVUu5nL_tb3Fz6RaKzAqAyYBlRLF6NdTWfW7725aiILO5WoNfkud1PCvFfv5bWOwq5ycAULdK9oPL6FVOa80Gg-sBQ/s3074/Galanthus%20'Magnet'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3074" data-original-width="2290" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cnc6913JviwM6XI2w9ZmPds5Rs5tvk_LOQrHdGaITbyb9if9Ez_TAKEl_P1Y_iKl2kNUmgTlFKUU9EPDBcB_FM8lo7o6CX8rsNVUu5nL_tb3Fz6RaKzAqAyYBlRLF6NdTWfW7725aiILO5WoNfkud1PCvFfv5bWOwq5ycAULdK9oPL6FVOa80Gg-sBQ/w298-h400/Galanthus%20'Magnet'.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus 'Magnet'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytSBmzOGqwYwl6vD0jJoDHstAZUr8nwzaTMSMstUiuR51MLIACNjXcH4_WSioYwwiZxYFMUmAiLXbSBMHWx2mEmRieyz0DNjBcBVjhJq-KGuaDddzhRjmZZeSEgfpNYkQW1fIvvIcbcIeYrJZYXP_V5plfR5dOieoMYv1AhHFXluhq-zU9FUlh53BYGk/s3024/Galanthus%20'Ophelia'%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2760" data-original-width="3024" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytSBmzOGqwYwl6vD0jJoDHstAZUr8nwzaTMSMstUiuR51MLIACNjXcH4_WSioYwwiZxYFMUmAiLXbSBMHWx2mEmRieyz0DNjBcBVjhJq-KGuaDddzhRjmZZeSEgfpNYkQW1fIvvIcbcIeYrJZYXP_V5plfR5dOieoMYv1AhHFXluhq-zU9FUlh53BYGk/w400-h365/Galanthus%20'Ophelia'%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus 'Ophelia' </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5CaW1ZsJbMl8ZyUaDYswN3R297W8Ld-FsEq3jFst4spo3yzOFRZ1he2Oik0zradymTznHFNvbstdybRZHRRtTu4WaDYrK-5apDWM3XtpJzrC08E6qHwvwKSW7ZUWb-ltQud26jwjqBq1sTt42uhNPO0caniLlI-OFpxxYuzArELQn1R2pF63i5nGNyM/s3024/Galanthus%20elwesii.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2850" data-original-width="3024" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5CaW1ZsJbMl8ZyUaDYswN3R297W8Ld-FsEq3jFst4spo3yzOFRZ1he2Oik0zradymTznHFNvbstdybRZHRRtTu4WaDYrK-5apDWM3XtpJzrC08E6qHwvwKSW7ZUWb-ltQud26jwjqBq1sTt42uhNPO0caniLlI-OFpxxYuzArELQn1R2pF63i5nGNyM/w400-h378/Galanthus%20elwesii.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus elwesii</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25iS9OSK2aXr1JS1s7fI7UUi8dOzP8U69Sax3ux-4DqhFGIYugtrIKTtebC-I9l2rfC7QoIBv2meawFzflPv1mTD-0y0_H4qoocc_NckKa_irNg9sg-jkx4YgWcIqB5AYOTLqcR7Qjwb8EZS9ocVZJq0-ZNoqxsSsmA_q4YsR3fppEuvyzFBXblDvQJw/s2765/Galanthus%20nivalis%20'Flore%20Pleno'%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2755" data-original-width="2765" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25iS9OSK2aXr1JS1s7fI7UUi8dOzP8U69Sax3ux-4DqhFGIYugtrIKTtebC-I9l2rfC7QoIBv2meawFzflPv1mTD-0y0_H4qoocc_NckKa_irNg9sg-jkx4YgWcIqB5AYOTLqcR7Qjwb8EZS9ocVZJq0-ZNoqxsSsmA_q4YsR3fppEuvyzFBXblDvQJw/w400-h399/Galanthus%20nivalis%20'Flore%20Pleno'%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9M5P4Xz09n3VaYLM_wVb8of-8TjY8J0PArPzu9OwTWBaTdVR369uNq1UMRX4ekHJ4AOyujItx-RxbLv_Z-8WgX_yhFgHoU4oOsU8dWJSuwiiT55HWBlBuJD0Fsl-FnNSwGA6DN5BDVH5w-NATU2iv08zx3aK0AwG-ypH5jmnhvWP4wZb2zFt-jGf-6k/s3194/Galanthus%20nivalis,%20native%20garden.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3194" data-original-width="2694" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9M5P4Xz09n3VaYLM_wVb8of-8TjY8J0PArPzu9OwTWBaTdVR369uNq1UMRX4ekHJ4AOyujItx-RxbLv_Z-8WgX_yhFgHoU4oOsU8dWJSuwiiT55HWBlBuJD0Fsl-FnNSwGA6DN5BDVH5w-NATU2iv08zx3aK0AwG-ypH5jmnhvWP4wZb2zFt-jGf-6k/w338-h400/Galanthus%20nivalis,%20native%20garden.jpg" width="338" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus nivalis, native garden</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbvkGC1f-PEU_jHkTBdykqRwf7qAalet95pryQjVDxjxVRUMs7G-4j6CACyyHLiFVGXAfbyHKsA5T8y1pO5bNbSqmE3X5LukUQCq1BxKRey7lM5iXYaEkyRIuTC4J9yWDagUKjRPiYP_mIXIP_SUycd6j8nDydt3daa0cJYHlyE4crW6KSEQ7uqgojAg0/s2680/Galanthus%20%E2%80%98The%20Apothecary%E2%80%99.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2506" data-original-width="2680" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbvkGC1f-PEU_jHkTBdykqRwf7qAalet95pryQjVDxjxVRUMs7G-4j6CACyyHLiFVGXAfbyHKsA5T8y1pO5bNbSqmE3X5LukUQCq1BxKRey7lM5iXYaEkyRIuTC4J9yWDagUKjRPiYP_mIXIP_SUycd6j8nDydt3daa0cJYHlyE4crW6KSEQ7uqgojAg0/w400-h374/Galanthus%20%E2%80%98The%20Apothecary%E2%80%99.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus ‘The Apothecary’</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Last Monday I finished tidying the wildlife garden which I had started the previous Friday. There are lots of bulbs popping up already, can’t wait for spring and all that colour. I’ve just got the net to take off the wildlife pond which I’ll do this week. So that’s the bottom terrace finished, yay, only two more terraces and all the side gardens to do…….here are some before and afters and some of the features in the wildlife garden </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="😃" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/taa/1.5/16/1f603.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊 The forecast for snow was 50/50 so of
course it snowed overnight! Its very pretty but inconvenient when there’s so
much work to do on the ground. Still I always have plenty to do what ever the
weather, six barrows of compost down to the stream extension borders to top up
and act as a mulch, always a warm job and great to use our own compost from the
compost bin, the ultimate recycling. Next I took the net off the wildlife pond,
those frogs will be heading there soon. By then the sun had melted most of the
snow in the next border to be tidied so I got on with that, more barrows of
compost down to top those borders up, last years plant material up to the compost
heap and this years compost down, finishing off the woodland garden. I think
the tally of compost barrowing was 17 barrows, thank goodness its going downhill. Then it was the stream garden and the big wide border, again clearing, barrowing
down compost, putting in the new hazel border edges, these are much sturdier
than the ones I’ve used before so hopefully they will last longer. I cleaned
the signs and tidied the containers outside our fence. On Monday the bug hotel
in the native garden has had a top up of cones and branches, The straw needed
topped up so I used the old Molinia flower stems folded into bundles which
worked perfectly, moe recycling, that ws my inspired idea for the day lol. Along
with the native garden tidy up that’s the bottom terrace finished.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNix3aGrUsLYEUWdgIkLOI4OA1sACRJHWD7gd-K57SObFk51QCeHcsqC-gk5NHtf8yfSD93x7aKviE0fA8SsLVWF9J7xhEyiaZ256p-Fqa2mlYVR_2__eQ-SLph15yt0_ZgB0N17Hy1S-msdo9EsONISvn5cN5qJ0HL8ixH8RSHG4ha8_r6QWMnAaqXA/s4032/a%20light%20dusting%20of%20snow%20really%20highlights%20the%20structure%20and%20bones%20of%20a%20garden,%20bottom%20terrace%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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especially their scent, hyacinths are easy to grow, provide colour in the house
in winter and can be planted out in the garden once they are finished flowering
(though they won’t produce as big flowers going forward, but still worth
planting out than throwing them out </span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif" style="background: white;">😊 </span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWTY5LmvXNp9NUL_GMU0k0DT89k9KQFh23om9iiVVmEIpKlP9SSfJF7A4Ui_6ljLWt2MLQYoISd9O5zjsnghzRD8U5s80kTyskYk2woeOoIRGt58XMVES6qev3HujQujMIn9O0UD9ePF9WY6nNgtfoB8ma6P2ScagMrhEO0xqUCBecZKE7LXcMizS0kk/s4032/20240128_154536-2-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWTY5LmvXNp9NUL_GMU0k0DT89k9KQFh23om9iiVVmEIpKlP9SSfJF7A4Ui_6ljLWt2MLQYoISd9O5zjsnghzRD8U5s80kTyskYk2woeOoIRGt58XMVES6qev3HujQujMIn9O0UD9ePF9WY6nNgtfoB8ma6P2ScagMrhEO0xqUCBecZKE7LXcMizS0kk/w300-h400/20240128_154536-2-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRW-qrJ9KFO8I7-4xsw97z6f40DhYKB4a7KoaRmz75nwkRsHWOKrpAs4aqYsj5C94G7B-0ufHzwUU3753Youe39-0gLvvkj5ETxeu1E4u2yhbmHJAs-zsMTwBxsi3izq08i-fL3CqjHZyg36S2jeiNdbaAv3Bh_SwKDkglDI-CBPRaz8mlrG-39cLUzAw/s4032/20240128_154543-2-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRW-qrJ9KFO8I7-4xsw97z6f40DhYKB4a7KoaRmz75nwkRsHWOKrpAs4aqYsj5C94G7B-0ufHzwUU3753Youe39-0gLvvkj5ETxeu1E4u2yhbmHJAs-zsMTwBxsi3izq08i-fL3CqjHZyg36S2jeiNdbaAv3Bh_SwKDkglDI-CBPRaz8mlrG-39cLUzAw/w400-h300/20240128_154543-2-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtj91LMonH9s4Ob9hQ1BM2A3Cy_oON_FggOjSecBQX09HiAXoIDjAYkz3vjc8YlfkGDyb0CP5Ded1rHDXkt-DZzjDo30TOqVGdaICsmlj3L5rZMbO-GXtYiHhZYAfHu-Nd9TIsYf8YpDg2PHHq-kJD1WZTxrm6K9OxUFByNGqqwU8jTvhgErKjrfusM8/s4032/20240128_154555-2-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtj91LMonH9s4Ob9hQ1BM2A3Cy_oON_FggOjSecBQX09HiAXoIDjAYkz3vjc8YlfkGDyb0CP5Ded1rHDXkt-DZzjDo30TOqVGdaICsmlj3L5rZMbO-GXtYiHhZYAfHu-Nd9TIsYf8YpDg2PHHq-kJD1WZTxrm6K9OxUFByNGqqwU8jTvhgErKjrfusM8/w300-h400/20240128_154555-2-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2QC-7b0QUTVCzWccNIVbznFAz1PV1ceY5SezNOXzY_j0LhozYYSDQF8vvxzGMRrdg6MljDNFLLujTHojSsWQcqjgU8jIYlv0D6n-s0m8d2-c_mvrNvuVPSZz5IRO1QCbgevPVybAFeaeQB9GfuU_vjoj1I2AOUIJaJ4PII_I9PjDin5C3DHMWCF3PAk/s4032/20240201_180909-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2QC-7b0QUTVCzWccNIVbznFAz1PV1ceY5SezNOXzY_j0LhozYYSDQF8vvxzGMRrdg6MljDNFLLujTHojSsWQcqjgU8jIYlv0D6n-s0m8d2-c_mvrNvuVPSZz5IRO1QCbgevPVybAFeaeQB9GfuU_vjoj1I2AOUIJaJ4PII_I9PjDin5C3DHMWCF3PAk/w300-h400/20240201_180909-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNB2LXyEwrk0WgOWAqgZl_9_vR5lHTvrDrzJqolQcZEiEY77BogysejkhXzZKGKJOERNKd4xKilTQPxqQTL590piKPAgEnvOCQigwvu1LH7-_tTONAVJAcWWYo6ULi_yd1LIPfp71Y_RfmDF8EZ5-hYUuyGPa8s1IJIK0AXpVy2quAq4Huko0kaUDDDw8/s4032/20240201_180926-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNB2LXyEwrk0WgOWAqgZl_9_vR5lHTvrDrzJqolQcZEiEY77BogysejkhXzZKGKJOERNKd4xKilTQPxqQTL590piKPAgEnvOCQigwvu1LH7-_tTONAVJAcWWYo6ULi_yd1LIPfp71Y_RfmDF8EZ5-hYUuyGPa8s1IJIK0AXpVy2quAq4Huko0kaUDDDw8/w300-h400/20240201_180926-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lovely evening with </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Becky</span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> last Thursday at <a href="https://fazenda.co.uk/location/edinburgh">Fazenda</a> in Edinburgh celebrating her birthday, the first of our kids to turn 30!?! Great food and company, think I've finally thawed out after a freezing day at work.</span></span></div><div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXpXDCO6WIlUtHRYddEbRad_r3ONqcWUCII8kAnwBgvzqq6JgzaAvxipEclkFiQjYjkIZk-yp1CqKEmn7UFTEFpw6CJEMoVGJrJVSRolghw1m9iEgjN1kmWgSy0yKIdEffOGj-qnMkqUs26vuz5ZSAquzV3t03XKRiIEKZ5ae0ONff23pvwj2LLYoIFKU/s4032/Dinner%20in%20Edinburgh%20with%20Becky.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXpXDCO6WIlUtHRYddEbRad_r3ONqcWUCII8kAnwBgvzqq6JgzaAvxipEclkFiQjYjkIZk-yp1CqKEmn7UFTEFpw6CJEMoVGJrJVSRolghw1m9iEgjN1kmWgSy0yKIdEffOGj-qnMkqUs26vuz5ZSAquzV3t03XKRiIEKZ5ae0ONff23pvwj2LLYoIFKU/w300-h400/Dinner%20in%20Edinburgh%20with%20Becky.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqXmB1hyphenhyphendHLfNG3bCXDFF-039toneL-FPX6HibSPScr4o5nRQZCcog0YddJOT_QmbwwRhvLgcjb1fN6lEc942d4VSjbQTmppsgAplH8URjvG_uiOdTyJyfqfSNgy2uRjSoSPemk9_OfZfR6zYYWzAPt0UH6JLy2LUI7GD-3ZiG4W3HTn3jSxre1GnltQ/s3606/Turning%20the%20compost%20heaps%20(4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2508" data-original-width="3606" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqXmB1hyphenhyphendHLfNG3bCXDFF-039toneL-FPX6HibSPScr4o5nRQZCcog0YddJOT_QmbwwRhvLgcjb1fN6lEc942d4VSjbQTmppsgAplH8URjvG_uiOdTyJyfqfSNgy2uRjSoSPemk9_OfZfR6zYYWzAPt0UH6JLy2LUI7GD-3ZiG4W3HTn3jSxre1GnltQ/w400-h279/Turning%20the%20compost%20heaps%20(4).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Well this week got off to a much better start than last week </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">no dramas and I got the willow fedge weaving finished on Monday, woo hoo, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">11 days plus Isabel's two days and the workshop attendees weaving sees this big job finished for this year, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">16 bulk bags of branches for David to use in the dead hedge extension and just under 100 podcasts listened to by me over that time. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Time </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">to move on to the next big job tomorrow. </span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2bkm8owkhWg9t8r7aa1rAo3mgBrLd9XgfFq306k-rY0Fmj5lzVzwMUE2B5yzowZg20iCN0lwbh1MVledvK4gganjj7Ij26OT89vK8tc4Rq2KA3o9OCZ5eXJDWg9BOaW1Z2leFJy9W574oWmZTLh-KrwGH5jEMOjr8INR-v_SwlSgfoHNucoolGyfuYGs/s2016/WFGA%20visit%20to%20Quercus%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2bkm8owkhWg9t8r7aa1rAo3mgBrLd9XgfFq306k-rY0Fmj5lzVzwMUE2B5yzowZg20iCN0lwbh1MVledvK4gganjj7Ij26OT89vK8tc4Rq2KA3o9OCZ5eXJDWg9BOaW1Z2leFJy9W574oWmZTLh-KrwGH5jEMOjr8INR-v_SwlSgfoHNucoolGyfuYGs/w400-h300/WFGA%20visit%20to%20Quercus%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.</div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Did you know we do tours of the nursery and gardens?</span></span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Group bookings & tours are very welcome, and we ask that you email to book in advance so we can give you our full attention for your visit. Gardening groups, clubs, the rural, horticultural societies or any group with an interest in plants and gardens are very welcome. Email us at quercusgardenplants@gmail.com</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We are now taking 2024 group bookings for our popular Garden and nursery tour of Quercus Garden Plants.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>guided tour lasts about 45 minutes – 1hr and includes the story of how the gardens and nursery were were created with detailed information about many of the plants on display. You will have plenty opportunity to ask questions about the nursery and gardens, plants or indeed any garden and plant advice. After the tour you will be able to browse the nursery sales area and stock beds where you will find a great selection of familiar and more unusual plants propagated here in the nursery.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jl1QgPGVlcSKzsV3DXwDAflLJuW-XKlKbiGFaliKp_OHIJGPejHvkAY87Ncqj1bfnWQLlUuyn3YculBBAFjoE2bEDm4EocN7RJtFJ3OvPzqmKKgS9ychxwQDvnnsRlYn0wxquGRnUuw5c5yN3gl6xrCrORwzYYhui41rIYaSdNsu3pdqYobl7X2FKsI/s4032/Kilner%20jar%20shelves%20in%20larder%20cupboard%20(2).jpg" style="font-size: 15px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jl1QgPGVlcSKzsV3DXwDAflLJuW-XKlKbiGFaliKp_OHIJGPejHvkAY87Ncqj1bfnWQLlUuyn3YculBBAFjoE2bEDm4EocN7RJtFJ3OvPzqmKKgS9ychxwQDvnnsRlYn0wxquGRnUuw5c5yN3gl6xrCrORwzYYhui41rIYaSdNsu3pdqYobl7X2FKsI/w300-h400/Kilner%20jar%20shelves%20in%20larder%20cupboard%20(2).jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Final bit of the larder cupboard renovation finished. Thanks to David for building the shelves for all the kilner jars <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😍" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5b/1.5/16/1f60d.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> no excuse for not finding anything now <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😃" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/taa/1.5/16/1f603.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtkiLmNFgyWNjSNagKZc8bMlse2eiuCMKdme2bSWU8YdszBfcAvlHy-yVJTLzSy-hmwobiDYbScOMDEO-MRMbq7JI705odoO2MtEx6n5C6aKt1cx3xbjzP70mqqvCMCQ3_eyUsAygdvInOQ3nbbDUyf1tx3ZwXIXiS6lUGW2EExsij-RvXLRh6UNVbV8/s4032/Kilner%20jar%20shelves%20in%20larder%20cupboard%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtkiLmNFgyWNjSNagKZc8bMlse2eiuCMKdme2bSWU8YdszBfcAvlHy-yVJTLzSy-hmwobiDYbScOMDEO-MRMbq7JI705odoO2MtEx6n5C6aKt1cx3xbjzP70mqqvCMCQ3_eyUsAygdvInOQ3nbbDUyf1tx3ZwXIXiS6lUGW2EExsij-RvXLRh6UNVbV8/w400-h300/Kilner%20jar%20shelves%20in%20larder%20cupboard%20(3).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6K5AlxM3V3eJnfZKIs-st-1cvq_N_23FcuTLI9zJ45qle4ilmMbL5TU8BxbJEOkn-UutX4gClMEZEgwpYdI5n8Q6zkTxfof4wIyUWKsYnnp7dKoT3E0RcYb3D8s8Wd1kUwSOVQE6vdgj2trHSCgJRfpmVe2wfepjQ9LxEnglLrNlaRGoTYnJzyfFUt0/s4032/Kilner%20jar%20shelves%20in%20larder%20cupboard%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6K5AlxM3V3eJnfZKIs-st-1cvq_N_23FcuTLI9zJ45qle4ilmMbL5TU8BxbJEOkn-UutX4gClMEZEgwpYdI5n8Q6zkTxfof4wIyUWKsYnnp7dKoT3E0RcYb3D8s8Wd1kUwSOVQE6vdgj2trHSCgJRfpmVe2wfepjQ9LxEnglLrNlaRGoTYnJzyfFUt0/w400-h300/Kilner%20jar%20shelves%20in%20larder%20cupboard%20(4).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Over winter I've been writing information leaflets for our customers and visitors to pick up when they visit Quercus. There is one for every one of the 8 months we are open and you will find them next to the nursery map as you come into the nursery. Please do pick one up when you visit, take home or give to friends to encourage them to visit the nursery too. They are full of whats looking good that month, what to look out for as you walk around the nursery and gardens and <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>garden tasks to do that month. We hope they will be helpful and help you get more out of your visit to Quercus <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😃" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/taa/1.5/16/1f603.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_H9jfzdibedrSqG-W25mhTnc9mOAUTSywfZUOkxkIMI4k_XGEDedZrkwxErGJr7P9WjH4lcK5kyGCAKSjpok-wjeBty5UzmnaLYJ3rbNzWd43aPe4kGNcAIoekAhCtnfsldtuQ4FlCYFQgLnP5yL1tIhjCEJUfpo8EgwYTOrwRqNzq3UNTy0Cp2BXZ0/s4032/20240118_125047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_H9jfzdibedrSqG-W25mhTnc9mOAUTSywfZUOkxkIMI4k_XGEDedZrkwxErGJr7P9WjH4lcK5kyGCAKSjpok-wjeBty5UzmnaLYJ3rbNzWd43aPe4kGNcAIoekAhCtnfsldtuQ4FlCYFQgLnP5yL1tIhjCEJUfpo8EgwYTOrwRqNzq3UNTy0Cp2BXZ0/w300-h400/20240118_125047.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWZct0_G3T5HbLxudV1FV1qiDYIJYsEE8l4t1y6kakEpMVdd0-4xgTv18A-6OVDZEyoLzZcBDYtKTB05QhdImHtHOMz5vrvObpXnYoQRJeBBADQJA6RpxSElhCrKh8ppk5ydNSkSJ_b62s2cexm54ORaXtw9N9qIMuzPkXRzvKb4acyTwliAgfIpcNq4/s4032/20240118_125058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWZct0_G3T5HbLxudV1FV1qiDYIJYsEE8l4t1y6kakEpMVdd0-4xgTv18A-6OVDZEyoLzZcBDYtKTB05QhdImHtHOMz5vrvObpXnYoQRJeBBADQJA6RpxSElhCrKh8ppk5ydNSkSJ_b62s2cexm54ORaXtw9N9qIMuzPkXRzvKb4acyTwliAgfIpcNq4/w300-h400/20240118_125058.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Behind the scenes – Onto the next big January task...... I’ve spent the last day and a half turning our compost heaps. I am definitely working off the winter / christmas excess. Compost, especially home made compost is the food of the garden, feeding and mulching the soil and recycling and returning all that goodness to the earth <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🪱" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta1/1.5/16/1fab1.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> These huge industrial things, built by David, take all our garden and nursery plant and compost waste and are 3 x 1 metres and about 1.2m high. <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>The compost goes through a year in the bins, turned after 6 months. So the compost started last January is now in the third bin and will be used in the gardens this spring. Its lovely stuff again, most years its excellent quality and texture. I started by barrowing what was left (quite a lot!) of last years compost down to the Woodland garden. Build last year using the no dig method, the central bed was in need of topping up with compost, all I can say is thankgoodness I was barrowing it down hill! Between 20 and 30 barrowfuls have topped up the border, and I gave it a spring clean as I went, enjoying the snowdrops as they are coming into flower. Then it was time to turn the middle bin into the bin which we will use to mulch the borders as we tidy them over the next few weeks <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="💪" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc5/1.5/16/1f4aa.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="💪" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc5/1.5/16/1f4aa.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="💪" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc5/1.5/16/1f4aa.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Today I turned the last bin into the middle one, this is the newest, so still a lot of structure and lumps and clumps but it will break down over the next 6 months. I managed to get it done before the torrential rain came in just before lunch <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🌧" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t29/1.5/16/1f327.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🌧" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t29/1.5/16/1f327.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🌧" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t29/1.5/16/1f327.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'll be the dead thing on the sofa tonight medicating with wine and chocolate <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤣" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tab/1.5/16/1f923.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am not enjoying this latest storm, I could feel my anxiety increasing with the gusts of wind, fortunaly no more damage and I was very pleased to se<span style="text-align: center;">e </span>some blue sky as I left at the end of the day <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🌤" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta6/1.5/16/1f324.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-PNrZAZZFATE7MSpMdAE55iQc_YP90__oB0txJkTrv5c56I0yCa_lNQYU38p5SgyRG3yb4wu8M61DEsYrLlsBkp4qyKVJmH3GqleRVUp3SLhvbLALvh8Tu6OT18WtL4yhjU8eNOlEfvyE996w19ntnBmdQ5N2w9aWO8Hfi4-2iDOqNLGjOkVHvIWjo1M/s4032/20240130_092222-2.jpg" style="font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2811" data-original-width="4032" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-PNrZAZZFATE7MSpMdAE55iQc_YP90__oB0txJkTrv5c56I0yCa_lNQYU38p5SgyRG3yb4wu8M61DEsYrLlsBkp4qyKVJmH3GqleRVUp3SLhvbLALvh8Tu6OT18WtL4yhjU8eNOlEfvyE996w19ntnBmdQ5N2w9aWO8Hfi4-2iDOqNLGjOkVHvIWjo1M/w400-h279/20240130_092222-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time to get on with turning the compost heaps</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wrrgXWcUeXl-w5Mf4IdqGZr9l3e30NQLaSL0QEAYVETaEfKMxrBvtLFjzO9xquNQbOtj2S64zQorWdHwlg59sI05UWNj3FeW0fgp2RaUTxdWt1onozjcZvo20b45aGL180xss-YqAKHFKJciONT0L_D9cYavizs0WVJAPxIKIBj7R39-4Mh4yRxPD2U/s4032/20240130_132402-2.jpg" style="font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wrrgXWcUeXl-w5Mf4IdqGZr9l3e30NQLaSL0QEAYVETaEfKMxrBvtLFjzO9xquNQbOtj2S64zQorWdHwlg59sI05UWNj3FeW0fgp2RaUTxdWt1onozjcZvo20b45aGL180xss-YqAKHFKJciONT0L_D9cYavizs0WVJAPxIKIBj7R39-4Mh4yRxPD2U/w300-h400/20240130_132402-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">good looking compost this year</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVua6m3-tgCPRyILathyphenhyphenr_8qis8eKL1fuVA9UcQtMJIM3as8cLAE07qRRRvxkd_qxDAr-Fqjkjl8lLGGAJ2YNQ6H2S9LyiNVe3hG0ch-oS-_HBcu6ifXdGNGs9DNEYjMaWYWLGOBcJqtS9g8Eie7jcvP7zvOjVeHT5u_bAJzNENwiB3hDmwS31niFq7w/s4032/20240130_141453-2.jpg" style="font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVua6m3-tgCPRyILathyphenhyphenr_8qis8eKL1fuVA9UcQtMJIM3as8cLAE07qRRRvxkd_qxDAr-Fqjkjl8lLGGAJ2YNQ6H2S9LyiNVe3hG0ch-oS-_HBcu6ifXdGNGs9DNEYjMaWYWLGOBcJqtS9g8Eie7jcvP7zvOjVeHT5u_bAJzNENwiB3hDmwS31niFq7w/w400-h300/20240130_141453-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Compost left from last year onto the woodland border</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Df26weqFkqBHSBu39-69gGPXpYXnDz8idQelKbBie5F71nb6hfTnZ7ZgklBh5HuozWrBNqJHEOQWiRudDWl_006SHGg3ORmvWSOAJSUnB4jGsr-c4gQQNT2WZgh2EekoXegHbiYqTQdqK6HSgoSfyHxUn3lql56tWutoovmDcl2BCEYMHWLVszbsHcc/s2895/20240130_140958-2.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2895" data-original-width="2470" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Df26weqFkqBHSBu39-69gGPXpYXnDz8idQelKbBie5F71nb6hfTnZ7ZgklBh5HuozWrBNqJHEOQWiRudDWl_006SHGg3ORmvWSOAJSUnB4jGsr-c4gQQNT2WZgh2EekoXegHbiYqTQdqK6HSgoSfyHxUn3lql56tWutoovmDcl2BCEYMHWLVszbsHcc/w341-h400/20240130_140958-2.jpg" width="341" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Company at the compost heaps</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZXMcbGZ5R9pGn3FYoghrWsMKKsxWAqEhw3M6fWKPD8gX7Hyis1XPuZX-psjiBCZAa7f7i1lmf-0iG-nfB5oFLEVrYV5XqaoKKzBYLQD9VtpURKOqvn-fV718qBOe1AHDLG6b-Sw1BBZjPwV9kogfQxkLnHJLcSQRe6juRXzViiT-aZGbORgwvruPUS8/w400-h300/20240130_164635-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After turning the compost heaps its time to start tidying the nursery gardens today, starting on the bottom terrace with the Topiary garden, then the Winter garden and half the Cornucopia garden. Lots of leaf lifting, cutting back the perennials, re-writing labels, potting up some cyclamen and euphorbia seedlings I found and replacing a couple of plants that had died. Here are some of the plants looking great in the Topiary and Winter gardens, despite the time of year there is lots to see, especially the Winter <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>garden. I cant wait for all the bulbs to start flowering.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlYM4tsVGJ-IgSt-7E2cSl5lDg-3oIDHJD6Ef6SBeHrA768BT67hbOpiG-DkrThooF97LGrqGJQlDg-yghqHlr7N7WDhWt63EVt-JdhSpK8PqDOllxMqnWrFpelZIWDyPKAT7TtSKiTVa5Iyk8GZ2gBVMOH8fg74NnAlPaMOS0pwQY5TfNU5DcG4hNgd8/s2737/Winter%20Garden.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2336" data-original-width="2737" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlYM4tsVGJ-IgSt-7E2cSl5lDg-3oIDHJD6Ef6SBeHrA768BT67hbOpiG-DkrThooF97LGrqGJQlDg-yghqHlr7N7WDhWt63EVt-JdhSpK8PqDOllxMqnWrFpelZIWDyPKAT7TtSKiTVa5Iyk8GZ2gBVMOH8fg74NnAlPaMOS0pwQY5TfNU5DcG4hNgd8/w400-h341/Winter%20Garden.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winter Garden</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydy5nIIq7F2997883ZzzzHh4FMrg3iA6lMuoS9RdtF_8caF8WXihCa-0dihDx_7_8thxEdZv-zWJeLSM5wtMH7UxQWCPsJTj6V7Wyd6n0lF8y15wCO8GaV0GFdjmX0N4gPlLUKSCn7WmNmLdLprk4u84sg1CEaIMk2lrvQnxgAPmViimGZndECgGmXao/s5120/Winter%20garden%20collage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5120" data-original-width="5120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydy5nIIq7F2997883ZzzzHh4FMrg3iA6lMuoS9RdtF_8caF8WXihCa-0dihDx_7_8thxEdZv-zWJeLSM5wtMH7UxQWCPsJTj6V7Wyd6n0lF8y15wCO8GaV0GFdjmX0N4gPlLUKSCn7WmNmLdLprk4u84sg1CEaIMk2lrvQnxgAPmViimGZndECgGmXao/w400-h400/Winter%20garden%20collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winter Garden</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5r9FVCbJuztOt98Zh2e0CYel8jsufCZ_5YMohLKJsb6nZj5vU9wytpmR2cW-RwZbSUyy0rNNX_TLOEl18NiFfxfDDg0uxoRclJ7JjNqjUX2lS0NY6MvfbigriHhqcviDKmTYJyseiKAtjzWcatbbdSs5nDNDVTEGcO3G978bBIf_Si8XIFe5CwXv3Nk/s5120/Topiary%20Garden%20collage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5120" data-original-width="5120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5r9FVCbJuztOt98Zh2e0CYel8jsufCZ_5YMohLKJsb6nZj5vU9wytpmR2cW-RwZbSUyy0rNNX_TLOEl18NiFfxfDDg0uxoRclJ7JjNqjUX2lS0NY6MvfbigriHhqcviDKmTYJyseiKAtjzWcatbbdSs5nDNDVTEGcO3G978bBIf_Si8XIFe5CwXv3Nk/w400-h400/Topiary%20Garden%20collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Topiary Garden</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_gTwEbusvU8OvrL4D_K1UB2jGJ6WofhPqcTYX-wm1FKIXlbGtnzlxNtNkPZrO7d06VSCS9SuccBfUKHlUMKEM7gfLg_KOQGFlxvag1gT6tH5SQ_NaiOJo-vta-NJJ_8wyk9cf21q1tLj-ciK5Nic6SZDQEd9iMlhCjmFwivvtuHd-Y1Jz1eHgGd5PAk/s2976/Toiary%20garden.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="2704" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_gTwEbusvU8OvrL4D_K1UB2jGJ6WofhPqcTYX-wm1FKIXlbGtnzlxNtNkPZrO7d06VSCS9SuccBfUKHlUMKEM7gfLg_KOQGFlxvag1gT6tH5SQ_NaiOJo-vta-NJJ_8wyk9cf21q1tLj-ciK5Nic6SZDQEd9iMlhCjmFwivvtuHd-Y1Jz1eHgGd5PAk/w364-h400/Toiary%20garden.jpg" width="364" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Topiary Garden</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Back to the bottom terrace on Friday and I got the Cornucopia garden finished and almost finished the wildlife garden but ran out of time, dry weather and light! The bulbs are on the move poking up through the bark and the blue tits were busy in and out of the bird box in the bird border <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😍" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5b/1.5/16/1f60d.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhukQGoYAiZdvtJBj0SfYh08VRjWl7mUFIUj2JHuWsCy2dXoP-OAr9A6RkYSVmIwOISc8Wl1QbPW1gP6iCHN01kVuGPUq6DOiprDNH3fdBKqiyIvKBnBwbdQTJEl9fAjr1gCqRH34q2fGOAPxLfYlB5hKYa91ZBFHgyeYHWOFHLD4ba1or7u-2VI1vmMo/s2699/20240202_111325-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2215" data-original-width="2699" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhukQGoYAiZdvtJBj0SfYh08VRjWl7mUFIUj2JHuWsCy2dXoP-OAr9A6RkYSVmIwOISc8Wl1QbPW1gP6iCHN01kVuGPUq6DOiprDNH3fdBKqiyIvKBnBwbdQTJEl9fAjr1gCqRH34q2fGOAPxLfYlB5hKYa91ZBFHgyeYHWOFHLD4ba1or7u-2VI1vmMo/w400-h329/20240202_111325-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cornucopia Garden</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekNsa7jobrPI9rIumU0xs6k8B-sab62PPxfY0sxD_Lb2r0X9C41oZVQ-bmNq3X32IZVIz4JrL89YtYMHGSliXrsPPuONluj-l6sDXu_u5zlQgd6Khr_FDpRdFI86UPmgxs3ZVlpSlwNx_KsxXTodXOMvKOnfmQ3HD1QTwGfajSq4p6T-wH_rLQ5jqiRg/s5120/Cornucopia%20garden%20collage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5120" data-original-width="5120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekNsa7jobrPI9rIumU0xs6k8B-sab62PPxfY0sxD_Lb2r0X9C41oZVQ-bmNq3X32IZVIz4JrL89YtYMHGSliXrsPPuONluj-l6sDXu_u5zlQgd6Khr_FDpRdFI86UPmgxs3ZVlpSlwNx_KsxXTodXOMvKOnfmQ3HD1QTwGfajSq4p6T-wH_rLQ5jqiRg/w400-h400/Cornucopia%20garden%20collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cornucopia Garden</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The past three days I've been working away on the bottom terrace tidying up the gardens there for spring. I love the before and after, the sense of having achieved something that is visible and the signs of live coming back to the gardens. As you'll have seen in the plant photos there is lots of colour and interest in these borders even though its the first week in February. I didn't quite manage to finish the wildlife garden which I started today but its all progress towards <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>opening in just over a months time <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😕" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4b/1.5/16/1f615.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We are so lucky to have so many great walks from our house here in Peebles. Today we walked up Glensax, past Hayston Estate and up the Glen to the base of Dun Rig where we stopped for a break in the old Glensax buildings. A couple of showers on the way back but a great 10 mile walk and we finally tired <span class="xt0psk2" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;">Maisie Mouse</span> out <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤣" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tab/1.5/16/1f923.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This weeks random post</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> - after last weeks post about turning the compost heaps and the things you find..... when I was putting the compost on the woodland garden border later in the week I spotted a face staring up at me out the compost and uncovered this wee guy!?!? I mean all our compost in the compost bins comes from the nursery so its all self contained. 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font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div></div>The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-1220264555419123002024-02-04T20:19:00.003+00:002024-02-04T20:22:00.461+00:00Disasters, Storms and late winter flowers<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thanks to storm Isha I know a lot of you will have sustained damage to gardens, greenhouses, fences and possibly even your house, its hard, and upsetting and expensive. Sadly people have also lost their lives, weather is such a devastating thing. I knew we wouldn’t escape any damage in our exposed position at the nursery, but even I wasn’t prepared for what met me this morning. </span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Any one that followed us for the past few years will know the saga of my greenhouse which was <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>destroyed by a fallen tree on the farm back in October 2021 and how I managed to rebuild it, finally finishing it last autumn just before we closed, so you can imagine how devastating it was to come in and find it completely blown apart On monday morning after storm Isha. Our main tunnel where we do all our propagation and where we grow all the alpines, herbs and more tender plants has a huge gaping hole in it that is more than likely not repairable and the farm tunnel we have a loan of where all the propagation goes to grow on and is full had one side flapping about where the wood had rotted. We’ve managed to repair that tunnel and hopefully it will hold so we at least have one covered area to get our plants through the rest of winter. To sustain damage to all three of our covered growing areas was so disheartening. We barrowed everything we could from the greenhouse to the farm polytunnel. It rained,, it was still very windy and we had hail just to add to the mix. We will further assess our tunnel later in the week after the next bout of wind that is incoming and we’ve brought all my cacti and succulants home for now until we decide what is happening with my greenhouse. These are big set backs in lots of ways for small businesses such as ours. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I want to say a massive thank you to David who dropped everything and came to the nursery when he got my distraught phone call this morning, together we managed to get the above done. Thanks to Fiona for the offer of greenhouse space too</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRhBLDQiyi4r673-jURIKcIy9nluwV8BbVWcLilXwKRoGCB91Sf23ssf9wJRrM04St9sBIYL_aRL3Iaq7cciEjr64Xr3OUUFz793CHX8stLEwvhNANi0BWQ5_MJ_5udPADQN4MDDCqlf18yXOaeXr4EzlY8aI42GpqfZafA1QWo83uQICccHZ3aXLGEU/s4032/20240122_094544.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRhBLDQiyi4r673-jURIKcIy9nluwV8BbVWcLilXwKRoGCB91Sf23ssf9wJRrM04St9sBIYL_aRL3Iaq7cciEjr64Xr3OUUFz793CHX8stLEwvhNANi0BWQ5_MJ_5udPADQN4MDDCqlf18yXOaeXr4EzlY8aI42GpqfZafA1QWo83uQICccHZ3aXLGEU/w400-h300/20240122_094544.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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So that's three quarters done, nearly there! Focusing on that and the rhythm of the weaving certainly made me feel calmer for a while. Storm Jocelyn came and went leaving damaged roof panels on the office and David's workshop a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">nd a bit more of a tear in our tunnel </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">big tunnel is still in one piece, as I said small wins.</span></p><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAZVX_lALYGDVpFYbk8LywvGT2LJAHyRsJ-BSRBctf-REHWpgsABFIUt4GWXpWewkFCX2GGhiM6J_pNY_PWL_wHogpsbFJQrct_aQU24Hh4rVB7l43BS5Z7Dzw02mm-4It-NxnQayKzopbwjG2Jpg4qeeyNi6ZMXrGLkOqQ28S-kLJMOATzHB_Ovpjx8/s4032/20240124_160903.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAZVX_lALYGDVpFYbk8LywvGT2LJAHyRsJ-BSRBctf-REHWpgsABFIUt4GWXpWewkFCX2GGhiM6J_pNY_PWL_wHogpsbFJQrct_aQU24Hh4rVB7l43BS5Z7Dzw02mm-4It-NxnQayKzopbwjG2Jpg4qeeyNi6ZMXrGLkOqQ28S-kLJMOATzHB_Ovpjx8/w400-h300/20240124_160903.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More willow done</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxhAEvBuJywTR91Qt7_1HhWkymLUPA6D4r5IhrQAhBN4z7PwBR0VO0tsK6ki4ValHm7Hjdka7kDR1dvYndgbAxvRMobYCwwrQ-tZhmc9bu6vUWCpL1TV0U5g9by2LNI73bdnhkyR0KaD-Ge1DQ_Cmu5DqQDRZIPtiIREU8a7hOpTsjgYJabhbuD5q3R8/s4032/More%20willow%20weaving%20done.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxhAEvBuJywTR91Qt7_1HhWkymLUPA6D4r5IhrQAhBN4z7PwBR0VO0tsK6ki4ValHm7Hjdka7kDR1dvYndgbAxvRMobYCwwrQ-tZhmc9bu6vUWCpL1TV0U5g9by2LNI73bdnhkyR0KaD-Ge1DQ_Cmu5DqQDRZIPtiIREU8a7hOpTsjgYJabhbuD5q3R8/w400-h300/More%20willow%20weaving%20done.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How fabulous are these colours of twine? Perfect for gardening (there's no way you can lose some of these bright colours in the garden) <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😃" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/taa/1.5/16/1f603.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> They will be available in our wee shop when we re-open at the beginning of March. Great to support another Scottish business who produce sustainably produced natural.products. Great for gardening, crafts, art and wrapping gifts. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In other news the rain forecast for all day didn't so I got another 35 feet of willow weaved. Another day and a <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>bit should see it done. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We also had a delivery of out door pots including a new to us range which I love and I hoe you will too. Photos coming soon <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMEDPOcKufmXYRyvkxwqkRlMtMaZljiPT_3as3b8RYKoHo9kJ65bBEAw8Vu6WP6kAw69AP1cqHSUXiTMAjFzaCnuexURce4flYTgjVRiDDqONZz1GpOerpinEwbAI8Fn7DVsCWVzeHeeZ_6LLghV4OIDLiBNR7UirLi8TJzoanQuyxhkRsF-3rmkCO6c/s4032/Black%20and%20cinnamon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMEDPOcKufmXYRyvkxwqkRlMtMaZljiPT_3as3b8RYKoHo9kJ65bBEAw8Vu6WP6kAw69AP1cqHSUXiTMAjFzaCnuexURce4flYTgjVRiDDqONZz1GpOerpinEwbAI8Fn7DVsCWVzeHeeZ_6LLghV4OIDLiBNR7UirLi8TJzoanQuyxhkRsF-3rmkCO6c/w300-h400/Black%20and%20cinnamon.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGbo83zHoNtHg1ME058_zgILNtAE_5pZP_am7qBZ1lo2ZvOFWpb73WcRcTf9_r68w0hYzzWib_XoCghlmyWFZ_DphQbAL4Q37Ho-Zy7wggt5JXYAz3cMSjActkRFnsoAIuaOUbnJCroqVXqdv3cJ_CgNK0sllUoBuyO2rV10QrqrMoYf6-Do_9f3BV8M/s4032/Heritage%20mini%20balls.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGbo83zHoNtHg1ME058_zgILNtAE_5pZP_am7qBZ1lo2ZvOFWpb73WcRcTf9_r68w0hYzzWib_XoCghlmyWFZ_DphQbAL4Q37Ho-Zy7wggt5JXYAz3cMSjActkRFnsoAIuaOUbnJCroqVXqdv3cJ_CgNK0sllUoBuyO2rV10QrqrMoYf6-Do_9f3BV8M/w300-h400/Heritage%20mini%20balls.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you to Caroline, Alice, Nadine, Andrew and Mandy and David who came along on Friday to help with the storm clear up. Your help is very much appreciated, as is the cake and coffee that I've been given through the week and the support here on facebook and instagram. I'm looking forward to a calmer weekend feeling a bit more on top of things.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We got the greenhouse dismantled and stored, all the broken glass cleared up and the area behind the office is much safer. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We decided <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>the tunnel was beyond repair and so moved all the herbs, alpines and summer interest plants into the other tunnel. We then created an end wall to protect the rest of the plants in our tunnel and make that into a smaller still useable tunnel <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😃" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/taa/1.5/16/1f603.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="💪" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc5/1.5/16/1f4aa.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="💪" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc5/1.5/16/1f4aa.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="💪" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc5/1.5/16/1f4aa.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Much thanks to David for twice this week dropping everything to come and help at the nursery and helping this afternoon and he also has to live with me <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; 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Tidy my own garden of course, good to get the back garden tidied </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">though and enjoy some unseasonably warm weather. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1K7DRDKdF58Z97fONq9guH4wVFT8ZCrvUX84CDxKRge4X_62WPZz3T3t6dP6kQ-_RR3rRzYX76vo0f8rCTEZpFaH_aori2OmC2nyADj0OzQZQr-1tQVvMP1GMHFXK83VWUqYtfKfdBw7lkO4_3amRA0VgqxgnhtAeN1zGAvDpwzKGXxS8s1DMjD3Ra5o/s4032/20240127_121906-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1K7DRDKdF58Z97fONq9guH4wVFT8ZCrvUX84CDxKRge4X_62WPZz3T3t6dP6kQ-_RR3rRzYX76vo0f8rCTEZpFaH_aori2OmC2nyADj0OzQZQr-1tQVvMP1GMHFXK83VWUqYtfKfdBw7lkO4_3amRA0VgqxgnhtAeN1zGAvDpwzKGXxS8s1DMjD3Ra5o/w300-h400/20240127_121906-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Corylus 'Red Majestic'</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; 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font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuR5PhFGLhTdSlDrror8RzNI0KrKfC9o0z_okSxTpqmzHLnQPCpX71K9JJy-8lW3hdBPgt1D5QxJeEsNp1UbtCEXy6odfHBdxXp75PzhTb38UBVLAYLpBKMnnxq33aEEBCnMsVxIMlvrvJKcV1RskFxl-j5yOUhtIO-gkYyjwXuERCK_UgJIexmAYAUE/s3763/20240127_122038-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3763" data-original-width="2815" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuR5PhFGLhTdSlDrror8RzNI0KrKfC9o0z_okSxTpqmzHLnQPCpX71K9JJy-8lW3hdBPgt1D5QxJeEsNp1UbtCEXy6odfHBdxXp75PzhTb38UBVLAYLpBKMnnxq33aEEBCnMsVxIMlvrvJKcV1RskFxl-j5yOUhtIO-gkYyjwXuERCK_UgJIexmAYAUE/w299-h400/20240127_122038-2.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;">Moss on the stones in the front garden</div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDpBMB8DA11rs1KAiwr5RWFgX0ciLdNKYyIxvkNmt5HmFO8V9LRLFgBaE9MsuLEBNEEvpQfoaJTgRGmSRHno2T_4JhNAowyU2g_kgmh-oyELhG_ydq4RA243RecgWZNPT_UnsR9mBOt_cRh1gnfaf8THnDROWgrootuxOxgJDuUcKbos5h8LQbKpiHHcY/s3134/20240127_122048-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3134" data-original-width="1901" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDpBMB8DA11rs1KAiwr5RWFgX0ciLdNKYyIxvkNmt5HmFO8V9LRLFgBaE9MsuLEBNEEvpQfoaJTgRGmSRHno2T_4JhNAowyU2g_kgmh-oyELhG_ydq4RA243RecgWZNPT_UnsR9mBOt_cRh1gnfaf8THnDROWgrootuxOxgJDuUcKbos5h8LQbKpiHHcY/w242-h400/20240127_122048-2.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSDcGPTvedOKtc6PI7D5cjyqhEfZlzz_FrWEgF3QC_eNbQM27Ia4d9sIZYnbavyXMp6BKCr7WMhJcXSv9kDwrDYT7DbLXYGdAaFvwpB8H0dLEGMj2s_wzD949BhD3teA-2qDCBbSChObRLqEHe6LN8RN-kLhvWtwoIQFe8cLz-KgDzpUODsruVInQjL0/s3643/20240127_161555-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3643" data-original-width="2755" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSDcGPTvedOKtc6PI7D5cjyqhEfZlzz_FrWEgF3QC_eNbQM27Ia4d9sIZYnbavyXMp6BKCr7WMhJcXSv9kDwrDYT7DbLXYGdAaFvwpB8H0dLEGMj2s_wzD949BhD3teA-2qDCBbSChObRLqEHe6LN8RN-kLhvWtwoIQFe8cLz-KgDzpUODsruVInQjL0/w303-h400/20240127_161555-2.jpg" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Galanthus 'Straffan'</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirag95vJBX_lU39tyRB1LA4piqpIogdNIF_Pf_RM5dnuFHbkU6E-LqIteB6y_LQg6X3RP8_wn7veW7jFZBVFtc2sanK0P8BzOXEL1KoX4duL8eD3ohuHo6yfuN2Gm8vOMKQfQDddYxX_zonhtBruSHRkOS70ed-tfcKUqxfN-UNjL7Zl7LiKwvffu6hqE/s2940/20240127_161638-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2940" data-original-width="2874" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirag95vJBX_lU39tyRB1LA4piqpIogdNIF_Pf_RM5dnuFHbkU6E-LqIteB6y_LQg6X3RP8_wn7veW7jFZBVFtc2sanK0P8BzOXEL1KoX4duL8eD3ohuHo6yfuN2Gm8vOMKQfQDddYxX_zonhtBruSHRkOS70ed-tfcKUqxfN-UNjL7Zl7LiKwvffu6hqE/w391-h400/20240127_161638-2.jpg" width="391" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helleborus 'Lentin Beauty'</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;">Is it just me or are the snowdrops flowering early this year? These were on <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/maisie.mouse.dodds?__cft__[0]=AZUElb7wJt2V4pEbkEle-rmZz6uJvNgVC_bK236gX8RglDI-g9WyFNnY3Hw_N5CAgr1UBY734XgR-bn0GB78nGSp28W8Cc0LfujIq81YFuzAobk24IedVHhzhxIKyjFZLnF2qchY1S6jW_zRd_aXXtDXG8dp_9RcwZuJDvmux1MEAw&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Maisie Mouse</span></a> and I's walk along the river this morning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCrzRAI7DEIKwbGZ36YzXcN1fadi1JV0HlaTT7uOBP3C8LZvfHKthJMlegku9Q0hN6SU7B5ggCbVXudVAIumOgxvCYrRatKHfvGHFY6VePuQR1nRtJOUiIColginxrVgnJGjWW9ddKUqccMUj73gg3zrxo_J1hmgKECGELPx8gbJvZIUqZX8kBfmIRxe8/s4032/Early%20snowdrops%20by%20the%20Tweed%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCrzRAI7DEIKwbGZ36YzXcN1fadi1JV0HlaTT7uOBP3C8LZvfHKthJMlegku9Q0hN6SU7B5ggCbVXudVAIumOgxvCYrRatKHfvGHFY6VePuQR1nRtJOUiIColginxrVgnJGjWW9ddKUqccMUj73gg3zrxo_J1hmgKECGELPx8gbJvZIUqZX8kBfmIRxe8/w400-h300/Early%20snowdrops%20by%20the%20Tweed%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimYum-cCXelCM9nRukJg8iK38hyphenhyphenU3dvwIGFiCgyEAxaGXFI9So3WgJXfhfr1ZmsxDILYcjnDaMHnBdAf_MYbmXHKZNE_z0DPOvxyLcg8qYOuKimX-plCnQkTnfAUs_CHAcnjOt2QnlVmD5gVeG0bJyW1aDivkYYCc6pA_s8wDplmR-Z2pWHUEkptZ8qEc/s4032/Early%20snowdrops%20by%20the%20Tweed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimYum-cCXelCM9nRukJg8iK38hyphenhyphenU3dvwIGFiCgyEAxaGXFI9So3WgJXfhfr1ZmsxDILYcjnDaMHnBdAf_MYbmXHKZNE_z0DPOvxyLcg8qYOuKimX-plCnQkTnfAUs_CHAcnjOt2QnlVmD5gVeG0bJyW1aDivkYYCc6pA_s8wDplmR-Z2pWHUEkptZ8qEc/w400-h300/Early%20snowdrops%20by%20the%20Tweed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cylamen coum, such a </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">perfect wee plant and one of my favourites. I have them growing here at home</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and in the nursery. Providing bright pops of colour at this time of year, a </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">cheery welcome in the garden on winter days. With their round marked leaves and </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">pink, white or red flowers they are well worth growing and will love a shady </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">spot under shrubs and trees. Grow them in pots for seasonal displays and then </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">plant them in the garden where they will give you winter interest for years to </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">come. </span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">
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font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div></div></span></div>The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-88031582550033194012024-01-30T13:15:00.007+00:002024-01-30T13:17:33.194+00:00Frosty weather, willow weaving and aeroplanes<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Every week has a different weather at the moment, its certainly windier and wetter, so different from last years dry January. Sunny days really highlight the grass flower heads and winter colours in the nursery gardens such as <span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Miscanthus sinensis 'Silberfedder' which was looking fabulous in the late afternoon winter sun. I'm still working away on the willow fedge weaving and a</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">nother 44 feet </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of willow weaving </span><span style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the first side finished and a good way along the second side </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">done on Monday enjoying the winter sun and blue sky. </span></p><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span></span></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmU0dtczLNhAh-c_pRXAl69Bcypa1b5zKi_fjMScxRIamJ6KDXDocwp592p6WiEeRYlJRPbk0bYiz0cxKQef7Cd1T_sMUcRRFyllrFZaL1aO-X3J8PHTdi3CzGaTk9F_FVD25U95YdkglLAEAMdYd18Q8de9Ahu5-04qD7fovZu2YWPoPdqfm2JF18zUo/s4032/Miscanthus%20sinensis%20'Silberfedder'%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmU0dtczLNhAh-c_pRXAl69Bcypa1b5zKi_fjMScxRIamJ6KDXDocwp592p6WiEeRYlJRPbk0bYiz0cxKQef7Cd1T_sMUcRRFyllrFZaL1aO-X3J8PHTdi3CzGaTk9F_FVD25U95YdkglLAEAMdYd18Q8de9Ahu5-04qD7fovZu2YWPoPdqfm2JF18zUo/w400-h300/Miscanthus%20sinensis%20'Silberfedder'%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_wcyBjjjAXbttADwe3IhdBNA5f_ky95kRQ9KvUpNRV1FA4pwF2eUThnWHqPOdHSb0bS1-58yC-3JcH5FQVbOe8Qat-gOM_8-HahHnWLzGOUh3TBHKt6ne0PkJemCRUnih8_z_rvmUpr_-WZrGe4A2W2MEZ-fav3zqm5zHli_NQXr9ZADZwMiN8bocfo/s3024/Miscanthus%20sinensis%20'Silberfedder'%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2810" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_wcyBjjjAXbttADwe3IhdBNA5f_ky95kRQ9KvUpNRV1FA4pwF2eUThnWHqPOdHSb0bS1-58yC-3JcH5FQVbOe8Qat-gOM_8-HahHnWLzGOUh3TBHKt6ne0PkJemCRUnih8_z_rvmUpr_-WZrGe4A2W2MEZ-fav3zqm5zHli_NQXr9ZADZwMiN8bocfo/w371-h400/Miscanthus%20sinensis%20'Silberfedder'%20(3).jpg" width="371" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tuesday was a cold one! -7C so there was no chance of any willow weaving as it was frozen solid and would only snap if I tried, plus not even me the mad gardener that I am would stand out in -7 <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😕" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4b/1.5/16/1f615.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> So I had no excuse but to do battle with the admin mountain, and fuelled by coffee and almost sitting on the heater in the office I did accomplish a lot. Emails dealt with, the new leaflets I am writing for you lovely customers to pick up in the nursery when you visit finished, <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>a list of the point of sale signs to be replaced made, and so many other things. Feeling almost on top of things a</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">nd of course it means we get lots of beautiful photos of plants in the garden.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSruaMciqNBg0514DBYl4gLPykP_zzG0HQfuNpZczYU8sITB6dCy3gFXvX4LG59h50RlQQMGPVpgjPxGKImcwuZ_hyphenhyphenBPB71T9F3kTVHIk-qYGHIaopgraBfPuyK7z3Cc1tIw1SgCZo_JYWE3bTt4xgp6V7pVFm6H3RayyEV3WFLjCN01kxI6XoAFAWQE/s3247/20240117_092453-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="3247" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSruaMciqNBg0514DBYl4gLPykP_zzG0HQfuNpZczYU8sITB6dCy3gFXvX4LG59h50RlQQMGPVpgjPxGKImcwuZ_hyphenhyphenBPB71T9F3kTVHIk-qYGHIaopgraBfPuyK7z3Cc1tIw1SgCZo_JYWE3bTt4xgp6V7pVFm6H3RayyEV3WFLjCN01kxI6XoAFAWQE/w400-h280/20240117_092453-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjawWGFP5EBAQf-DLpyzfQC_qSp8XQEzYPFzQW5d6r9s_grD9rdri-sTawLJLMRa8QhdCMKUCxIDRUzz9rw7SryPlb0v1o0SUI74wxvP7kSVJnIsc-c74Fmc5Du-0hPcKlom_qIo2OODIM7XUnddJ5xk5kvuMft8ZZaid6X1R4qwA4CZPVMUnJnBfF2E/s3523/Epimedium%20x%20versicolor%20'Sulphureum'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3523" data-original-width="2814" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjawWGFP5EBAQf-DLpyzfQC_qSp8XQEzYPFzQW5d6r9s_grD9rdri-sTawLJLMRa8QhdCMKUCxIDRUzz9rw7SryPlb0v1o0SUI74wxvP7kSVJnIsc-c74Fmc5Du-0hPcKlom_qIo2OODIM7XUnddJ5xk5kvuMft8ZZaid6X1R4qwA4CZPVMUnJnBfF2E/w320-h400/Epimedium%20x%20versicolor%20'Sulphureum'.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum'</td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8gKvUGvKzQI2JiRA0pohGQOVvszai8GZNGplXfVRFumoueoqDhYP2C1fFSD7difSgb4_c2NOSVaDL6sE0ndxmZsFXZ_Ccjc8pZxK5CALuN2P4L8UJ7vytqyK7DZIPl8Wo9QTAIsYr5j_1O7n7bENTRMkkTDLIaOk-oEL5boUJNxLqZY_ax28afH_fV4/s4032/Frozen%20willow.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8gKvUGvKzQI2JiRA0pohGQOVvszai8GZNGplXfVRFumoueoqDhYP2C1fFSD7difSgb4_c2NOSVaDL6sE0ndxmZsFXZ_Ccjc8pZxK5CALuN2P4L8UJ7vytqyK7DZIPl8Wo9QTAIsYr5j_1O7n7bENTRMkkTDLIaOk-oEL5boUJNxLqZY_ax28afH_fV4/w300-h400/Frozen%20willow.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frozen willow</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">-8C when I arrived at the nursery on Wednesday <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😮" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t1a/1.5/16/1f62e.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> Time to get the burner fired up and some rubbish burnt, I might have smelt like an over cooked kipper but at least I was warm <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; 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object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Maisie meanwhile spent the day in her office bed under a blanket with the heater right next to her and she denies she is spoilt, hmmmm <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤔" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t8d/1.5/16/1f914.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first of several deliveries of new stock arrived and is unpacked ready to go in the wee shop for opening in March, lots of new items coming this year <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2755" data-original-width="3651" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipR5OzFx64LahR_FT4aOPChVKoJhD0YrqEvtdk88rMtDzC22QOWM0mhT8oMai5mpyKrC4D_uQLVrFVdLHPlzxRZoJFAd4-OSwTVEg5l01KmEJeebDuCwiIVQr3RVAlpd_bMrhyphenhyphenzXo8Eyjm59NdhpZAtUd7iPR-xPjc44zdgo-XPD6Y8632IKuLuuyc7dA/w400-h301/20240118_160702-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another delivery today unpacked and waiting to go into the wee shop when we open at the beginning of March. Some lovely new items and old favourites including <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>the very popular cast lizards and frogs, back by popular demand <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😃" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/taa/1.5/16/1f603.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🐸" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t8a/1.5/16/1f438.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Back to willow weaving on Thursday, the temperature was up form -8C yesterday to a balmy 3C <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😃" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/taa/1.5/16/1f603.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> the wind chill was brutal though. So many layers on its hard to bend over to pick up the willow prunings, I swear it is not the food indulgence over the festive season <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😃" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/taa/1.5/16/1f603.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> Still good to get on with weaving listening to some pod casts, I'm hoping this task will be done by then end of next week <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤞" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t3e/1.5/16/1f91e.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQpWtPHnYhSo6M0rcGsa0CbQYKtS5WXUEQ7nprmPFyp9ityV3p0VDezUy-iM0tzK3024ob3oPJShx_orKdAh_GQlTxQ9xCjqnRcxAoKTuknVMjfYet3xOO5gRHGN1FvzDgufJXLp1d316P7MRfM_BwX3exY_zjr4VBXaZ4OvODx-5fZBGG9d_UQvsDAY/s2670/20240119_120335-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="2670" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQpWtPHnYhSo6M0rcGsa0CbQYKtS5WXUEQ7nprmPFyp9ityV3p0VDezUy-iM0tzK3024ob3oPJShx_orKdAh_GQlTxQ9xCjqnRcxAoKTuknVMjfYet3xOO5gRHGN1FvzDgufJXLp1d316P7MRfM_BwX3exY_zjr4VBXaZ4OvODx-5fZBGG9d_UQvsDAY/w400-h217/20240119_120335-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQTiV6S63AzM4L33QXu5XPqtpkMKV5E8E8OmpDth3pvelKkaCiBxg7gf-Ar3YxI0JGa8tMqgQCAyJkk3TmkEcc346jk0RlIWBk0hcU43Qhyd_RKdBxmyviHGYfl1bGBq-34MvBjtxpjexqaWkpPE6ZrdbskjXiTZwDnhNRQ6mzZ3sX5Y81DQrijfquUI/s3538/20240118_125123.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3538" data-original-width="2530" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQTiV6S63AzM4L33QXu5XPqtpkMKV5E8E8OmpDth3pvelKkaCiBxg7gf-Ar3YxI0JGa8tMqgQCAyJkk3TmkEcc346jk0RlIWBk0hcU43Qhyd_RKdBxmyviHGYfl1bGBq-34MvBjtxpjexqaWkpPE6ZrdbskjXiTZwDnhNRQ6mzZ3sX5Y81DQrijfquUI/w286-h400/20240118_125123.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Some macro shots of the ice crystals on the sales tables last week. Nature is amazing </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😮" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t1a/1.5/16/1f62e.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQ4H75CQkjVMCH2jVa_sbXTipj4EZR1DpaakGywU1wf6g4ngnD1aO_kf4A64KmMINFECeH_HgIh2TsHaAYq17ZPThKA9M_qubYaw6gWH-gHdp8WEbp-cN8mjNhzo6LyLvPd6i91wyl32A34YyMXtpfMtyoZYyspnEg9KX7ns_nsVVGL3PIirG9WigIW8/s3254/20240118_125132.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3254" data-original-width="2156" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQ4H75CQkjVMCH2jVa_sbXTipj4EZR1DpaakGywU1wf6g4ngnD1aO_kf4A64KmMINFECeH_HgIh2TsHaAYq17ZPThKA9M_qubYaw6gWH-gHdp8WEbp-cN8mjNhzo6LyLvPd6i91wyl32A34YyMXtpfMtyoZYyspnEg9KX7ns_nsVVGL3PIirG9WigIW8/w265-h400/20240118_125132.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUUh9KqrmaPLKlLODnVxIunD60hX06dMDtYbAboBi3DqEtyKa3iaLzRuWMP6I4vJPhSmrclAvdpNTs_Fb317udFcMAbiQDnByvHoziUPQWvZ_cHh7X31jOLN7EyBqwJyI2abxYWu4KmiTg_hzNX4v6ipHqA78gqqhQqq-Bt1p9NOo71kLpbBGy81M030/s2371/20240118_125137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2371" data-original-width="2245" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUUh9KqrmaPLKlLODnVxIunD60hX06dMDtYbAboBi3DqEtyKa3iaLzRuWMP6I4vJPhSmrclAvdpNTs_Fb317udFcMAbiQDnByvHoziUPQWvZ_cHh7X31jOLN7EyBqwJyI2abxYWu4KmiTg_hzNX4v6ipHqA78gqqhQqq-Bt1p9NOo71kLpbBGy81M030/w379-h400/20240118_125137.jpg" width="379" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A trip to East Lothian last Saturday, we found a mouse house at Hailes Castle and early snowdrops. We made use of our museum membership and visited the museum of Flight at East Fortune. Last time I was there Ben had his broken ankle in a stookie. 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font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A walk along the river on Sunday before the rain and storms blew in. </span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTNznq7vdKnbP_LM2Z_vGu7x58f9iJ5A9QSjladWBBpRoMPzq_cD6OquuK93CdLJMhW4AlObVsTzGvEslQVf3pbSoPgtYGHvne5QWOxqNyzcGfzqli5-I-v-mZkrBSp3efgozEWfNB_JU5-ivn_oCSye5Q-9v0884r3RXRwkj7Qpt7QNGwy5bnm7lt4o/s4032/A%20walk%20along%20the%20river%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTNznq7vdKnbP_LM2Z_vGu7x58f9iJ5A9QSjladWBBpRoMPzq_cD6OquuK93CdLJMhW4AlObVsTzGvEslQVf3pbSoPgtYGHvne5QWOxqNyzcGfzqli5-I-v-mZkrBSp3efgozEWfNB_JU5-ivn_oCSye5Q-9v0884r3RXRwkj7Qpt7QNGwy5bnm7lt4o/w300-h400/A%20walk%20along%20the%20river%20(3).jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div>The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-43112865931796771132024-01-21T21:46:00.001+00:002024-01-21T21:46:39.219+00:00Back to work and time to get started on 2024 at Quercus <p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">B</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ack to it last Monday and time to get another year in the nursery started. It was foggy, frosty and cold but good to be back and to get a start on all the jobs that need done before we open in two months. First offis weaving the willow fedge, a three week job, but ideal for cold weather. It was a joy to see the first snow drop and Cyclamen coum in flower and lots of evergreen and stem colour, especially in the winter garden. I </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">love it when a planting plan comes together.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhyphenhyphen9TTO1LyvCr6KkKNp-xMkNFooyKzAvHDMyWWEoooI8F-B3eBB947w_z7VTs3e1iRZ-0SRA-glbpdHHvxzdp4Wm4M0GG3Q4jqfgmjxvt1DTrZRSHDA9aCtEb0TVcUAwV2Nqw9Oi0uu-9-DxkeQeE9VnTEzEaQf55TXwnoo6mvB520QZFPxRqVse3rA4/s4032/Bergenia%20'Overture'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2699" data-original-width="4032" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhyphenhyphen9TTO1LyvCr6KkKNp-xMkNFooyKzAvHDMyWWEoooI8F-B3eBB947w_z7VTs3e1iRZ-0SRA-glbpdHHvxzdp4Wm4M0GG3Q4jqfgmjxvt1DTrZRSHDA9aCtEb0TVcUAwV2Nqw9Oi0uu-9-DxkeQeE9VnTEzEaQf55TXwnoo6mvB520QZFPxRqVse3rA4/w400-h268/Bergenia%20'Overture'.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bergenia 'Overture'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_0Pgp-UUmS0rXsxP0oWROkL1dXHp0FOO1u8phmTRCXZAZukC6ZED7JZ2EDzAHKEaO9Ln3ODt205YUvw1XMU1JQEYVPIv1f5pxXGDGWXhZ2TFQ-bGwsw_O7kyACLsdRxZ20_HwEQvUUA4St3V76oaZCFs462Gi0AnL1T65abKgvOqwU-GTTTvu-A060w/s4032/Cornus%20alba%20'Sibirica'%20and%20Carex%20'Ice%20Dance'%20in%20the%20winter%20garden.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_0Pgp-UUmS0rXsxP0oWROkL1dXHp0FOO1u8phmTRCXZAZukC6ZED7JZ2EDzAHKEaO9Ln3ODt205YUvw1XMU1JQEYVPIv1f5pxXGDGWXhZ2TFQ-bGwsw_O7kyACLsdRxZ20_HwEQvUUA4St3V76oaZCFs462Gi0AnL1T65abKgvOqwU-GTTTvu-A060w/w300-h400/Cornus%20alba%20'Sibirica'%20and%20Carex%20'Ice%20Dance'%20in%20the%20winter%20garden.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cornus alba 'Sibirica' and <br />Carex 'Ice Dance' in the winter garden</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UGRHcPAk8HByBmzfHVa5ztqBILSjQXoweOYJRzg56Rvb7OjlJoKAwarlKZllYjAx-aRuOahTXRzNQAadlA9s7h13wPtYEh4eU5KR4RrFc1fl0I_MVTpc4dGAgQ8tk3Y09YbIs4dUiyRLZ0kH5WegZuk6obP7PMwMV6JkuzkfqRWGKJPqGWubEgc4E4w/s3024/Cornus%20sericea%20'Flaviramea'%20and%20Viburnum%20davidii%20in%20the%20winter%20garden.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UGRHcPAk8HByBmzfHVa5ztqBILSjQXoweOYJRzg56Rvb7OjlJoKAwarlKZllYjAx-aRuOahTXRzNQAadlA9s7h13wPtYEh4eU5KR4RrFc1fl0I_MVTpc4dGAgQ8tk3Y09YbIs4dUiyRLZ0kH5WegZuk6obP7PMwMV6JkuzkfqRWGKJPqGWubEgc4E4w/w275-h400/Cornus%20sericea%20'Flaviramea'%20and%20Viburnum%20davidii%20in%20the%20winter%20garden.jpg" width="275" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cornus sericea 'Flaviramea' and <br />Viburnum davidii in the winter garden</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ENM39y63CeDw5B548qh8g45BK27HnhKzGyckJy9DghCa1ToQ6b7g11ybhcH44T_ZPoe1cxz8q26qOb8Ly4sOpFAW53w8Y-DPLEckVyYOgbOK48bdx3OAeXefjG67-nFzrOH1BNDJswPG4eJbOGAub-FSCpTb0Dwp5Mf8thxxxpvW66yW0WU4JwV4xpk/s2362/Cyclamen%20coum.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2362" data-original-width="2361" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ENM39y63CeDw5B548qh8g45BK27HnhKzGyckJy9DghCa1ToQ6b7g11ybhcH44T_ZPoe1cxz8q26qOb8Ly4sOpFAW53w8Y-DPLEckVyYOgbOK48bdx3OAeXefjG67-nFzrOH1BNDJswPG4eJbOGAub-FSCpTb0Dwp5Mf8thxxxpvW66yW0WU4JwV4xpk/w400-h400/Cyclamen%20coum.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cyclamen coum</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAuD200rem5xptE2eknKQ3px-NSSvyY66-f6fvqLby2Oy4UkeJ2JrDuBkmd2A1svzLqGP8f92O77cQJJ93F7VDLKidb3tVhB87786pcfIUGEW4OgL6FPKlj5zi1OA3bvBMqFWSX6stY6s-GE3PmJraTyU6RAx59p-mCggkMCCb7uCWGpGUJm97s-qX5U/s3374/Polypodium%20x%20mantoniae%20'Bifidograndiceps'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3374" data-original-width="2785" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAuD200rem5xptE2eknKQ3px-NSSvyY66-f6fvqLby2Oy4UkeJ2JrDuBkmd2A1svzLqGP8f92O77cQJJ93F7VDLKidb3tVhB87786pcfIUGEW4OgL6FPKlj5zi1OA3bvBMqFWSX6stY6s-GE3PmJraTyU6RAx59p-mCggkMCCb7uCWGpGUJm97s-qX5U/w330-h400/Polypodium%20x%20mantoniae%20'Bifidograndiceps'.jpg" width="330" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Polypodium x mantoniae 'Bifidograndiceps'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Its always exciting when all the seed orders arrive in January, just the HPS seeds to come. The seeds in the cardboard box are our own seeds gathered from the nursery gardens. We have annuals, veg and perennials including some new varieties we haven't grown before which is exciting. We will start sowing these in the polytunnel in February. An ideal job for a wet or freezing day when we can't get anything done outside.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzAZrNdMdToSZPI8ZpAqTUMdEEH-Z5v6T5TbGSUwRCHoxKwC6N3g3olEm-5895IepcVASdrwUPaK08tIzxwfjdLF-aV6tlDeYZlElUR2TeAoTfC_4hDIYDVCVRltXU_Q9KypH84XOl8EWU059jLE-v0pFSoH3BuI_MyWV3BZmgk560I3R6ZnPAAaQXWo/s3305/20240108_111759-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2503" data-original-width="3305" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzAZrNdMdToSZPI8ZpAqTUMdEEH-Z5v6T5TbGSUwRCHoxKwC6N3g3olEm-5895IepcVASdrwUPaK08tIzxwfjdLF-aV6tlDeYZlElUR2TeAoTfC_4hDIYDVCVRltXU_Q9KypH84XOl8EWU059jLE-v0pFSoH3BuI_MyWV3BZmgk560I3R6ZnPAAaQXWo/w400-h303/20240108_111759-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I managed to get 12 feet of willow weaving done this morning before the rain got too heavy to carry on. But there is always plenty to do what ever the weather. I tidied out the greenhouse, removing dead leaves and gave it a water while the water system was defrosted! </span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Winter is a great time to clean, fix and oil your garden tools before you need them in the busy season. This is especially so for tools with blades (and includes lawnmowers, strimmer’s etc). </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I got my Felco <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>secateurs for my 18th birthday and they have been by my side for all of my working life, which means I've had them for 35 years in that time I've replaced the blade 5 times and the spring twice and now the bolt and nut that keeps them together. The coating on the handles is worn, but I love them the way they are. They've proved more reliable and trust worthy than a lot of people who have passed through my life! They get used almost every day, all day. It just proves investing money in good tools is worth it.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I strip them down using the tool that came with them, I've even managed not to lose that! Once in pieces they got a spray of oil and then a good scrub to get all the plant debris, rust and muck off. I leave them for a while with another spray of oil. After an hour or so I rub them down and put them back together, replacing the blade if needed. As well as longevity <span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/Felco.tools?__cft__[0]=AZUiWY52-mL3kKli2LzNwa3HNKF6UbgQIxtrKSG5jAhDmVJqaimVQq5NVYBRwMEytEgI1XehDkKCLDGIZfdngxy9n4bjBRKB0e7uy3NBY1hdDy13qIO0XqWUfHxz43lc1vJK79BFGOIyys9F24oYBblS0aWkM1QabvuGUzh6bLmP8cAFbCIO_ouSAKNdRssjhV4&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Felco</span></a></span> are great because you can buy each piece individually on their website, so you don't have to replace the whole secateurs. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; 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font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I was delighted to be asked to write an article for the <a href="https://thecaley.org.uk/">T</a><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;"><a href="https://thecaley.org.uk/">he Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society</a> - The Caley</span> 2024 journal about creating Quercus. It was a pleasure to contribute to the journal. If you are interested in gardening and scottish gardens, a membership of the caley and supporting all they do is very worth while. You can find them here on Facebook and on their website. They now have a dedicated base at Sauchton Gardens in Edinburgh which is also well worth a visit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HJgyYg1KakfixQqRSoPqXqby35j2Pye_anPMtbSA5dbdq7lTEblZDx9Gh80reJsut2kRG9aJ8GZZAWuDH58H0WE3Hu3RGgU7T4MdbsN7o1Nsw4vgrBN48Y2oqb2ZmZNGWa3KE580zapDxJQ3rmcoZaUC78qenHsABLerHUuVnO-OXUaDm6hiw0Si8X8/s2962/20240112_210926.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2962" data-original-width="2269" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HJgyYg1KakfixQqRSoPqXqby35j2Pye_anPMtbSA5dbdq7lTEblZDx9Gh80reJsut2kRG9aJ8GZZAWuDH58H0WE3Hu3RGgU7T4MdbsN7o1Nsw4vgrBN48Y2oqb2ZmZNGWa3KE580zapDxJQ3rmcoZaUC78qenHsABLerHUuVnO-OXUaDm6hiw0Si8X8/w306-h400/20240112_210926.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDn2Jnvadp7x432ZJ_zcTWmI251XnxkX0fkvQwLHc7Neh-SoVV6eISAAlju3uac6ANgrbyeuuhVg6-k3lF9R39O6XSRrVtsIkUL2Huf9QCw_QYJGy9ClAMn6OlJFJ7NlJxZPpokpBZf-e1L2Gqj7fQvboyq3tLlfkLMLRMRZBSJNmoDwvTxoZ8LB2SDQ0/s2599/20240112_210939.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2079" data-original-width="2599" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDn2Jnvadp7x432ZJ_zcTWmI251XnxkX0fkvQwLHc7Neh-SoVV6eISAAlju3uac6ANgrbyeuuhVg6-k3lF9R39O6XSRrVtsIkUL2Huf9QCw_QYJGy9ClAMn6OlJFJ7NlJxZPpokpBZf-e1L2Gqj7fQvboyq3tLlfkLMLRMRZBSJNmoDwvTxoZ8LB2SDQ0/w400-h320/20240112_210939.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTSbphSuV24syjArWoBqUNExhOleNM27FUWR55H_quPl3AZVCD24MkS0kiDymAPJbEnz6Bqh69h4D2h4i-vCrNowxeA3iFK4X8lWTV1XwwNogIsAdf4DLAuN8mUse2WXgFyOEJM4fSHg9XgvC2e7FwIhMDc0a3YV4w3qmdzVlIhIHXU5suoUsMMiJgYw/s3485/20240112_210955.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2600" data-original-width="3485" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTSbphSuV24syjArWoBqUNExhOleNM27FUWR55H_quPl3AZVCD24MkS0kiDymAPJbEnz6Bqh69h4D2h4i-vCrNowxeA3iFK4X8lWTV1XwwNogIsAdf4DLAuN8mUse2WXgFyOEJM4fSHg9XgvC2e7FwIhMDc0a3YV4w3qmdzVlIhIHXU5suoUsMMiJgYw/w400-h299/20240112_210955.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We enjoyed another excellent meal at <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100052241273444&__cft__[0]=AZWKFN__3oBiJnmtF2jnNA9haMTbqbAZBN8-iPSuZ6_uQd0Ju3WBdlfNkmN7rBAnoPezUv2zn_ZmFu9kPaneEdm5W0KNCp524ArDTKrZAHGrz6D9KCUk2aQkackkG04AHbYBPurfOj83FO2KL9YaaP8zkm-9Zl3GJEvaaM8AKNRW2ZTJ_brh9RwYknbcpl9Gwp0&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Francos</span></a> tonight. A perfect night out and a 5 minute stroll from the house <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😍" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5b/1.5/16/1f60d.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8M-cHbMJGhX4hVAPH0t3atHVgunZE_MnMU7w3fMj_rH7jRx-dLrsNbtcxs3qfgMBt0AICSzKjFNdFIRdz-dqEOsCVWGXqVRUFjRxJvtvwoC6h_xbKPgiItbtF_x4VYMRxC60BShxF3X29MC2avdKLJ22kfBw3-G-gDl0CS6Fprr-_9s6sEba0uU72Aw/s4032/20240112_201624.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8M-cHbMJGhX4hVAPH0t3atHVgunZE_MnMU7w3fMj_rH7jRx-dLrsNbtcxs3qfgMBt0AICSzKjFNdFIRdz-dqEOsCVWGXqVRUFjRxJvtvwoC6h_xbKPgiItbtF_x4VYMRxC60BShxF3X29MC2avdKLJ22kfBw3-G-gDl0CS6Fprr-_9s6sEba0uU72Aw/w300-h400/20240112_201624.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSbSGoTbRlaFVNEvjzJCoYg8M3bIMW-I132lqNbqrYruR_b4HvbAtm-aRQ55Pr8z9RWdQYbviP3xIasdOdJKxGOTQl1CIeQ9KUw77Ug3vhuoPer-6d6hrRSs28yQBJrIhaHmYnkl1sCPUk1tJXgxHCetrHnJNQfRwu-bW57c4gu2-pIv-Y3QA5DFY5SA/s4032/Dinner%20at%20Francos%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSbSGoTbRlaFVNEvjzJCoYg8M3bIMW-I132lqNbqrYruR_b4HvbAtm-aRQ55Pr8z9RWdQYbviP3xIasdOdJKxGOTQl1CIeQ9KUw77Ug3vhuoPer-6d6hrRSs28yQBJrIhaHmYnkl1sCPUk1tJXgxHCetrHnJNQfRwu-bW57c4gu2-pIv-Y3QA5DFY5SA/w300-h400/Dinner%20at%20Francos%20(2).jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzu9TxA9vkoeyepx2BLy8lbj0QFAp6R96TzVxxoke2-zisKBBO8CdW8Z7MJrYBSkNFpshMjP0UN01TPcjdFY5YP9eU7rJMWRiZYQuhxRXer-BcsJY8NxZmPmFNNZYDCKZODgZk2Lcepw7yupC53uHkRpBi-kfy87MosDMeEGFfuOptmw0FGdF6bwUpI7s/s2269/Dinner%20at%20Francos%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2269" data-original-width="1715" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzu9TxA9vkoeyepx2BLy8lbj0QFAp6R96TzVxxoke2-zisKBBO8CdW8Z7MJrYBSkNFpshMjP0UN01TPcjdFY5YP9eU7rJMWRiZYQuhxRXer-BcsJY8NxZmPmFNNZYDCKZODgZk2Lcepw7yupC53uHkRpBi-kfy87MosDMeEGFfuOptmw0FGdF6bwUpI7s/w303-h400/Dinner%20at%20Francos%20(3).jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWuWHOL8A71ver9ECzyo-C4MxxNaC0egCW5OBHm6gXENjL5cfyKryf2KRot_aN_-N4i-NZ_ugpW5V5-Eb0DLsVYbE0at3d-jxVA3VOI6u4vvUpe32qs72bx8cSdlHFW1xj9OdyomxrFXt9pdsDArxVyq8E88Fk5f_oH1OD7bGdd_Z96njoceU8qMJZ6U/s4032/Dinner%20at%20Francos.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2711" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRWuWHOL8A71ver9ECzyo-C4MxxNaC0egCW5OBHm6gXENjL5cfyKryf2KRot_aN_-N4i-NZ_ugpW5V5-Eb0DLsVYbE0at3d-jxVA3VOI6u4vvUpe32qs72bx8cSdlHFW1xj9OdyomxrFXt9pdsDArxVyq8E88Fk5f_oH1OD7bGdd_Z96njoceU8qMJZ6U/w269-h400/Dinner%20at%20Francos.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br /><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Thank you to every one who came to our willow fedge weaving workshop last Saturday. We definitely got the best weather of the week. I forgot to take photos of everyone as time went so quick as we were having a great time. The sky was amazing to finish off the day </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😊" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td8/1.5/16/1f60a.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">While David was away gliding again, I had a busy day in my own garden today, tidying the front garden.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> All the old growth cut back, compost and soil added to improve the shallow stoney ground, steps swept, gravel raked. Great to see the spring bulbs starting to come through, Daffodils and tulips are already showing and the Hellebores have nice fat buds on them. I a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">m hobbling about and my arms and back are not forgiving me. The downs side to winter off, I get out of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">fitness. 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I always dread the first week back after being off, but its always fine once I'm there and there's no escaping the big to do list! <br /><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><p><br /></p><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0cm; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><br /><br />Follow us on Instagram @quirkybirdgardener and Quercus Garden Plants</span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: collapse;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div>The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-51059384674677322962024-01-10T22:40:00.004+00:002024-01-10T22:41:13.119+00:00A New year, hello 2024<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">New years day is always a strange one now the kids are away doing their own thing and its only me and old bah humbug in the house. In the past few years I've made sure we go out for a nice walk, so at least we've done something. Today I am still very much under the weather with this lurgy, bored of it and not getting all the things done I’d hoped this past week. With the weather being lovely I was determined to get out for some kind of walk today, planning to walk as far as I </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">felt able, in the end we managed the whole 3 mile circular route from Manor bridge to Lyne Station and back the other side of the river, which was lovely, tho I have spent the rest of the day recovering on the sofa! Those that know me well will know this is not usual me, that being the annoyingly healthy always full of energy me! It was good to get out in the sun and for one of my favourite walks, so not altogether a rubbish start to 2024.</span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisC1iWb1wMcMv5QI3Az1Ze8z7gk3hqzhwsZ8f5O8v3xlg4IF0EhZ-fYDQpoPbDC9KwPHsBYy0qNnEKYNIHabkXKdCLHpz5hJnAetRW3kBRFLdrMTUvD4hYKErJobMQcHX6hJ4jQ6hlFbUttyVCioQd9e7aXnIPla6MV2QoOerxf6ktO6s3hZl5Dxkvcl8/s3074/A%20walk%20to%20Lyne%20Station%20and%20back%20the%20other%20side%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3074" data-original-width="2335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisC1iWb1wMcMv5QI3Az1Ze8z7gk3hqzhwsZ8f5O8v3xlg4IF0EhZ-fYDQpoPbDC9KwPHsBYy0qNnEKYNIHabkXKdCLHpz5hJnAetRW3kBRFLdrMTUvD4hYKErJobMQcHX6hJ4jQ6hlFbUttyVCioQd9e7aXnIPla6MV2QoOerxf6ktO6s3hZl5Dxkvcl8/w304-h400/A%20walk%20to%20Lyne%20Station%20and%20back%20the%20other%20side%20(2).jpg" width="304" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">One of a few new signs coming to the nursery gardens this spring. Winter is a great time to sit and write and design more signs and info boards to scatter around the nursery and gardens. We want our customers to get the most from their visit to Quercus and be able to take away the right advice for their own gardens </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtlo_7AHEWomca3S6EzI9Vv239TMzd2ppoLBFEe0a6VLd17qqyI3SLBXovqXJel_m27ip2-wHuLimyNqInSKH9dt-0MUdSCNpTC9kum1ZbGMHBDnsO6UPve_GL5st1xpOKNfwv1BkO0-qTOe9kuC1STd9FUGl8yxuG-dVTezRlqinP5bbrGmUPvSHUl3o/s928/Herb%20garden%20qr%20sign%20jpeg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="928" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtlo_7AHEWomca3S6EzI9Vv239TMzd2ppoLBFEe0a6VLd17qqyI3SLBXovqXJel_m27ip2-wHuLimyNqInSKH9dt-0MUdSCNpTC9kum1ZbGMHBDnsO6UPve_GL5st1xpOKNfwv1BkO0-qTOe9kuC1STd9FUGl8yxuG-dVTezRlqinP5bbrGmUPvSHUl3o/w400-h283/Herb%20garden%20qr%20sign%20jpeg.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A hearty spicy sausage and bean stew, perfect for winter nights, with our own Cavalero nero kale fresh from the garden 💪🙂 </span><span data-offset-key="6ge1o-0-0" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true">Perfect served with chilli and cheese </span></span><span class="xv78j7m" data-offset-key="6ge1o-1-0" end="183" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" spellcheck="false" start="162" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Fat Batard Bakery</span><span data-offset-key="6ge1o-2-0" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"> </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-offset-key="6ge1o-3-0">bread.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">First painting of 2024</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Walking home in the rain</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Using only 1 colour - paynes grey</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>can all relate to this weather! A grey, wet misty day somewhere in Scotland <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggei6t9931Lv61pbRM6M44xwZMA5WDRZu47Py-iR4QE7GZcwe_dus43fuxKjm9XU6VCkDo0sIMYnKhDNVKGkXDV5Z7lVo23hyphenhyphen3tQ4AE8tdQhl6DA4B3ZTLC14nvCCRKbdydNknVDYBg90zdfhsGe4_0cAkEgPR869lZ29jFeRccOcbMXkq0KwRPEmvEds/s2048/Walking%20home%20in%20the%20rain%20watermarked.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="2048" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggei6t9931Lv61pbRM6M44xwZMA5WDRZu47Py-iR4QE7GZcwe_dus43fuxKjm9XU6VCkDo0sIMYnKhDNVKGkXDV5Z7lVo23hyphenhyphen3tQ4AE8tdQhl6DA4B3ZTLC14nvCCRKbdydNknVDYBg90zdfhsGe4_0cAkEgPR869lZ29jFeRccOcbMXkq0KwRPEmvEds/w400-h286/Walking%20home%20in%20the%20rain%20watermarked.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lovely catch up with <span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Becky</span> today when she got the bus down to Peebles. We missed her at Christmas so it was good to spend time with her and enjoy a lovely lunch at Coltmans. <span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Maisie Mouse</span> definitely met her match lol <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤣" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tab/1.5/16/1f923.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> Becky managed to get the better of her several times.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgawtN_30FviSmYPm5ZJSqY1yEQmIIw5YvvFofTZ4Y-xNjSgGqO44BinLMJtYlPFsD81rfL4uMP_yowxaS_lTMmZtHpV_oMUaodtqmkuCAC5b_d5ur4DZo-L-yQ8TIfEdxtDMTr324cOz9am44g-m7uBYx7jwexiEDIq854qD_8GuLFOg46kTtB1BMJtLk/s3445/20240104_144658.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3445" data-original-width="2315" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgawtN_30FviSmYPm5ZJSqY1yEQmIIw5YvvFofTZ4Y-xNjSgGqO44BinLMJtYlPFsD81rfL4uMP_yowxaS_lTMmZtHpV_oMUaodtqmkuCAC5b_d5ur4DZo-L-yQ8TIfEdxtDMTr324cOz9am44g-m7uBYx7jwexiEDIq854qD_8GuLFOg46kTtB1BMJtLk/w269-h400/20240104_144658.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Over to Kelso today to visit the antique flea market where I got another couple of the pelham puppets I collect. David muttered something about his one in one out policy and I agreed, one puppet in, one husband out….. </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤣" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tab/1.5/16/1f923.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤣" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tab/1.5/16/1f923.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤣" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tab/1.5/16/1f923.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span> We went and picked up some cobbles form Border aggregates for my next project in the garden at home and then a lovely walk along the River Teviot. A new to us walk which is always good. Great to be out in the sun and the best I’ve felt in two weeks, <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>hopefully this flu is over. We walked a way along the river then back through the ruins of Roxburgh Castle with great views over to Floors Castle. A lovely day out. One more day to go before I am back to the nursery and my winter break is over, Two months goes so fast!</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sMcOD7_TqfFUb44H1tpnGEa1kYA1TWDcnEsfGiez94emMA6U3XIa_5s1az8bElJUuBRrYuqI8Dy-tGXDOZwaV3NUOokJV1g18b2ReMTqcaEakdtRzonZjSGWvvozlqSq2sQcd5Hmyn7oHa9OjZ8NgHrEgBwnxPfjYLywWr0d7_fzWp877Zlc75tPTkI/s4032/20240106_135356-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2889" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sMcOD7_TqfFUb44H1tpnGEa1kYA1TWDcnEsfGiez94emMA6U3XIa_5s1az8bElJUuBRrYuqI8Dy-tGXDOZwaV3NUOokJV1g18b2ReMTqcaEakdtRzonZjSGWvvozlqSq2sQcd5Hmyn7oHa9OjZ8NgHrEgBwnxPfjYLywWr0d7_fzWp877Zlc75tPTkI/w286-h400/20240106_135356-2.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Getting up early, out in the cold and starting the cycle of the nursery over again. I am struggling to get in the right frame of mind this year, to get going, usually I’m raring to go. Maisie and I had a walk along the river and through the woods between coats of paint in the cupboard. I saw the king fisher which was amazing, such a bright blue flying across </span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; text-align: left;" tabindex="-1"></a><span style="text-align: left;">the river. Of course too far away to get photos, but I am so pleased I saw it. David was away all day and with it being so cold I got on with starting painting our big walk in cupboard after filling all the holes in the wall and prepping it for painting the other day, each day sees less yellow aged nicotine walls and woodwork, decades of dust and badly done work by previous owners. 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color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">By now we have eaten, drunk, been merry, been full of festive spirit and cheer and are all Christmas-ed out. Hopefully you all had a merry Christmas and a happy </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit;">new year. </span>After a busy lead up to christmas and a wonderful few days with family, the week between christmas and new year for me is a time of catching up, resting, planning and getting things done before it back to work. But this year my loved ones gifted me with a real stinker of a nasty cold lurgy thing when they went home on boxing day and its still here a week later! I'm slightly better but no where near my usual energetic self. All the walks I'd planned to do, decorating and so on has not happened! I don't make a good ill person, I get annoyed a the sheer waste of time and energy it takes up, but there's nout to do but wait until it passes. I've managed to take all the christmas decorations down and pack them in their boxes, and then sit down for the rest of the day to recover! So not me at all. I've done some painting and its great to see real improvement in my painting over this past year, also challenging myself to try more complex paintings has been good if terrifying. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCBudhRdy7-wBmSaUTeorxphgwEU23zJfzju-nveHY0B0X8l3ZkfBorQrM873lqWWpXOruZDEv0oV0_oc51yNz3Zn90rm1GJS1VvLw1h_gomvV46vGB7VnJ1mVIXn1vy-5UFnHAlcfbVVA5sx8Z9wb0WoBu0pf4MCvqEJMQhu11Iff1OJVD40phR2oqc/s4032/A%20walk%20along%20the%20flooded%20river%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCBudhRdy7-wBmSaUTeorxphgwEU23zJfzju-nveHY0B0X8l3ZkfBorQrM873lqWWpXOruZDEv0oV0_oc51yNz3Zn90rm1GJS1VvLw1h_gomvV46vGB7VnJ1mVIXn1vy-5UFnHAlcfbVVA5sx8Z9wb0WoBu0pf4MCvqEJMQhu11Iff1OJVD40phR2oqc/w400-h300/A%20walk%20along%20the%20flooded%20river%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I managed out for a short walk along the river with David and Maisie, t</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he river is high, but not as high as its been. Sad to see a grand old tree in the park has come down, complexly gone at the roots.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrrMUWaTRkRidljR6P9H07gY1Z95XUPdAsNPukozTwd_Kzi-ZRTLo8-u0TyRKihrqb-p88qQKHFDjMyiubGSU4NLDarD3XeMFR6zIVsU_UAjOYRF5wh2DkGWP-41c6uXU4ogaQwfOi8VARBUmcbix8LVERX4JQqkr7DY3825_WfkAGUoGs7ve8YMPITY/s4032/A%20walk%20along%20the%20flooded%20river%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrrMUWaTRkRidljR6P9H07gY1Z95XUPdAsNPukozTwd_Kzi-ZRTLo8-u0TyRKihrqb-p88qQKHFDjMyiubGSU4NLDarD3XeMFR6zIVsU_UAjOYRF5wh2DkGWP-41c6uXU4ogaQwfOi8VARBUmcbix8LVERX4JQqkr7DY3825_WfkAGUoGs7ve8YMPITY/w400-h300/A%20walk%20along%20the%20flooded%20river%20(3).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I've put a study of skies I did over 2 years ago when I first started painting below. See if I've improved or not? </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙃" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t26/1.5/16/1f643.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="😊" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td8/1.5/16/1f60a.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> I used some of the new metallic paints I got from </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/daniel.coupe.35?__cft__[0]=AZXJdDEpY9Erecl-1h7hMhU_VvRjzEXMo9ewY4zS6u1eXzml8Fod6TAm6vIoF4sQBPJIvXBYeG-SkIXfIlB7U29N6ZY8aPllKt4gHUs_l0teXIHUTHYOWG0fHrAL7rfnz0Xlz6i7G24pLSelctrhGI5Us_6tO48uyly191YFrBaIpw&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Dan</span></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> for Christmas as highlights </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="😊" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td8/1.5/16/1f60a.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2B8FJbAQdDCzHYEmsn1bGz0kgBvK7RHV845heMIy-w30nrO0jtEnCtKdINZR9ep1JN5BZF7nBO_ACrywiQZeByUoyuT0OA-WQgwtcsdadf3VCnLCha8kUwSyj5B9HGv3uLtMS10xZUtmHwoUzBdtYvWm6iKNOkEijf-c6xxx8BHKq5jNUdp4s-rZXaY/s1440/IMG_20231228_191500_751.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1440" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2B8FJbAQdDCzHYEmsn1bGz0kgBvK7RHV845heMIy-w30nrO0jtEnCtKdINZR9ep1JN5BZF7nBO_ACrywiQZeByUoyuT0OA-WQgwtcsdadf3VCnLCha8kUwSyj5B9HGv3uLtMS10xZUtmHwoUzBdtYvWm6iKNOkEijf-c6xxx8BHKq5jNUdp4s-rZXaY/w400-h285/IMG_20231228_191500_751.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We decided to have a visit to some of our favourite places last Friday, but it was all so busy, def not going back in the Christmas holiday, busier than its ever been even in winter. A sign of their great success bit not so enjoyable for us </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="😕" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4b/1.5/16/1f615.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Maisie</span></span><span style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> had a great run around on the beach, you wouldn't know how busy it was in the photos, I managed to avoid getting anyone else in them. It was all too much for me, not as on the mend as I thought I was.</span></span></span><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="color: #050505;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPMxCLIK_BiD4XpZimzzjmoxhbb4oHxHao0nEVdwMGETpc2Myq79m2biFHv-qRuAlYkS3fy0lGrFwU2U2WS5rvKMuoGz-Z7xJ2jkOdMcrBBJr-MWLpPoBOOCB1J7ZrvsAbYcwHzE_iYtIXwzOsUAEZ3DVBQnGxPfi7kD8lraG58gDH7jXBCjbXIhzk-8/s3180/20231229_124618-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="3180" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPMxCLIK_BiD4XpZimzzjmoxhbb4oHxHao0nEVdwMGETpc2Myq79m2biFHv-qRuAlYkS3fy0lGrFwU2U2WS5rvKMuoGz-Z7xJ2jkOdMcrBBJr-MWLpPoBOOCB1J7ZrvsAbYcwHzE_iYtIXwzOsUAEZ3DVBQnGxPfi7kD8lraG58gDH7jXBCjbXIhzk-8/w400-h244/20231229_124618-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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What a year it's been! Another successful year for the nursery with the highs and lows of running a business. As it grows, we grow, in knowledge and personally. The weather has tried us in every direction again, keeping us on our toes as many things do when you run a business. At home we've done more house and garden renovation, explored more new places, spent time with our wonderful family and friends <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> Its been joyful, stressful, challenging, fun, we've laughed, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>cried, screamed, stamped our feet but mostly we are grateful, for everything and everyone we have in our lives. Thank you <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Ps. the courgettes made it into the top 9 <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; 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font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div>The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-4294943534666081842023-12-27T16:36:00.004+00:002023-12-27T16:39:49.254+00:00Christmas, a joyful time with family <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2pz_ULe5KC4cClUlSj615aU6XbZUl3P-G601EugE6nZd0OtHOlS_05mmdVbZ7Le6i2LZVAmVI86UstZAqCukjifNaupCf7CbKOHZ9cfYjgoECf72p1dxqKsgPv0cIzODyuLvPXY65NsnHJOZwAodMEO0qF1atLJCV66ygnGuBDr0m-a4gvE9UrLcxy8/s2048/Fox%20and%20robin%20watermarked.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1507" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2pz_ULe5KC4cClUlSj615aU6XbZUl3P-G601EugE6nZd0OtHOlS_05mmdVbZ7Le6i2LZVAmVI86UstZAqCukjifNaupCf7CbKOHZ9cfYjgoECf72p1dxqKsgPv0cIzODyuLvPXY65NsnHJOZwAodMEO0qF1atLJCV66ygnGuBDr0m-a4gvE9UrLcxy8/w640-h470/Fox%20and%20robin%20watermarked.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What else do you do on a wet December Sunday but paint a fox in the snow</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I was surprised myself that it turned out ok, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">What do you think?</span></span></div></blockquote><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7Pg0gOSVGylP32pfgSS83f-9ddbawEjv-e7cV8SYOScIljE-qK97f3o0jqQBl_luKntbpH3sFJ-m-mK-Ab6m9_8fMveE4u90l-ib6hXW2ZVUo-9L9Qrvxw8NzBs_ueEFkE0sIz0LajVZ_Z6yxIzHSSV4kWbPni6a1pKKvPAeWDmRlx7riecJY0u_9rw/s4032/x.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7Pg0gOSVGylP32pfgSS83f-9ddbawEjv-e7cV8SYOScIljE-qK97f3o0jqQBl_luKntbpH3sFJ-m-mK-Ab6m9_8fMveE4u90l-ib6hXW2ZVUo-9L9Qrvxw8NzBs_ueEFkE0sIz0LajVZ_Z6yxIzHSSV4kWbPni6a1pKKvPAeWDmRlx7riecJY0u_9rw/w400-h300/x.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The weather has been a bit on the damp side recently but we did get one dry day on Saturday to finally get the messy dumping ground behind the summer house sorted, the ground levelled and the gravel we kept from where we put the new borders in last year. We put in four slabs from the old front garden for the compost heap to sit on and now we are in business for all the garden rubbish and a storage place for the wheel barrow and all the assorted things a gardener collects. Love a bit of recycling.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcM0xlfuFCCCxaytgE2t9wnKD2dn8iZjVl5CQi33F1FmJYAr3cIJbXLY0kywolg87U-6D0dLeua2ShLfQVqS0NdrouuXz1jN5_M9kuICM4YzfdhGv6ul7NFmwozaVd6wKqla6RQf7G_hzr6V75uktAtgKJNsDnovrSQSWZ3BHtQZH1ukULWT1OyxAf3fU/s4032/20231216_152016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcM0xlfuFCCCxaytgE2t9wnKD2dn8iZjVl5CQi33F1FmJYAr3cIJbXLY0kywolg87U-6D0dLeua2ShLfQVqS0NdrouuXz1jN5_M9kuICM4YzfdhGv6ul7NFmwozaVd6wKqla6RQf7G_hzr6V75uktAtgKJNsDnovrSQSWZ3BHtQZH1ukULWT1OyxAf3fU/w400-h300/20231216_152016.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Glittery glowing christmas in our wee hoose </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWbxT76w4N43VuWkL7CVdnBF5AVxU9wNWCPDBNZzf8H11OpC_iakeThLTk9-ra-nGMCxT8DNH2yLRleDOS51kfLtbHwtadYkzqeADFL9PZQXryizqZYchqvON8cbZVMd7qR7IWepyj8ksGTg7mBuhMYjlMiUwLsKG-wb7Yxpxh2XgTtiJrxW17__o92Y/s4032/20231214_192138-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Tonight a potato, pancetta and taleggio galette </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: start; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="👩🍳" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5a/1.5/16/1f469_200d_1f373.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A lovely festive afternoon tea treat with a wee prossecco, another plus of living in town and being able to walk up to the High Street, who knew the country mouse was secretly a town mouse <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; 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color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We will be stepping into 2024 with updated leaflets, they were long overdue for some photo and info updates. I've even added a QR code so you can get a direct link to our website. Leaflets are available in the nursery when we are open, please take one or a few when you visit the nursery and give to your friends. Its the best advertising we can get, personal recommendations <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXu1xvKgj8SfYZ1Wv491a-hFfiGJhcmACASNGQQTFAl7ORwTYmfbqgWPAtD-FRHweEEb1vZbSzc6XcmvOlGC_SNEkO7N5FuFuaMcIy-cDDuoIOV0sI2BvtjZLY57yO1uaL3m-wNm_RWDqbY33jkggaP2IwLRRTDaKdJjvAOezPjuKwY8PtepvH3x_TPdA/s587/screenshot%20of%20new%20leaflet%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="417" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXu1xvKgj8SfYZ1Wv491a-hFfiGJhcmACASNGQQTFAl7ORwTYmfbqgWPAtD-FRHweEEb1vZbSzc6XcmvOlGC_SNEkO7N5FuFuaMcIy-cDDuoIOV0sI2BvtjZLY57yO1uaL3m-wNm_RWDqbY33jkggaP2IwLRRTDaKdJjvAOezPjuKwY8PtepvH3x_TPdA/w284-h400/screenshot%20of%20new%20leaflet%202024.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYValjhyphenhyphenLPWrp58s-sJ8uLy06FbFnvHhvANEDaCgssjVzLURUOnvv-MrxN2hKIxD0zH9QlkXqqv8ZHd1DSMwU2MbWy-9PnRyDlk0Ij5Nz6XD8175IALbN5Q2R01joC2Xsy-6iuRUeKljrtVRQHpl2DenlhtRojHgoO4UoCuZETMUL79xcavSjFKI83TEk/s588/screenshot%20of%20new%20leaflet%202024%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="415" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYValjhyphenhyphenLPWrp58s-sJ8uLy06FbFnvHhvANEDaCgssjVzLURUOnvv-MrxN2hKIxD0zH9QlkXqqv8ZHd1DSMwU2MbWy-9PnRyDlk0Ij5Nz6XD8175IALbN5Q2R01joC2Xsy-6iuRUeKljrtVRQHpl2DenlhtRojHgoO4UoCuZETMUL79xcavSjFKI83TEk/w283-h400/screenshot%20of%20new%20leaflet%202024%20(2).jpg" width="283" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Fuelled by coffee and a will to live we stepped into the battle arena known as Christmas food shopping. Three shops shopped and home for a very late lunch and a large glass of wine.</div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNF2fbAMnDCg89hgSBULXHh9nZBBQRxsLkYy5F95y2BEyYKP5BqxIEHOG9HUIJ9v6Rysql45ZvSF9M28JcxYrKk244i759UFOYRzQK_1oLS1igenrVuFY2EPDidnCZM15e8seyUCoUL449zm-wTUl-DGEFyiAJ9XNRWy48PbGK6H4ZGVzu5vbbbym9JsY/s1080/Christmas%20Photo%202023.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNF2fbAMnDCg89hgSBULXHh9nZBBQRxsLkYy5F95y2BEyYKP5BqxIEHOG9HUIJ9v6Rysql45ZvSF9M28JcxYrKk244i759UFOYRzQK_1oLS1igenrVuFY2EPDidnCZM15e8seyUCoUL449zm-wTUl-DGEFyiAJ9XNRWy48PbGK6H4ZGVzu5vbbbym9JsY/w400-h240/Christmas%20Photo%202023.png" width="400" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and hope you have a relaxing and joyful festive season. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">We are looking forward to spending time with our kids and family, special times to treasure. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wishing you all the best, Rona, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/d.a.dodds?__cft__[0]=AZVpjhdLAXRTke1YRBamINRaJKSLC5rXPDylAta-wXLTx1eVTzMQz5oxmkaP_PEgdPYaokUAbVyHNIWB9Ld2yVn3pYwZVtAntLRmH4yS19vM5wvF9q-Kr_oWzwmEl0uLp6WXlnn_cDkcE-7Uxx075sRJPezoiTGalm6ae5ZmpFLuJg&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Another snow storm coming in, winter on the loch is cold and bleak at times but beautiful in its own stark way. Any lover of our Scottish scenery will know.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlupKn2QT3B8sP7s-PSY53Z7SBveXkemre4sstT4mxCZWYSxLux5kdPsvTuVpdntLuA2jXIpL5QO0jtDqX15xLfzbD0jQIfe929e7xmDHzWK2m_dQ45PDrjdYdbmn-V7IzyYBHOQkeORkviIkWmet_uhkyiYViWs6ZOoIiuC6mZkxo024mnSwIBoYmTnA/s3128/Herbs%20from%20the%20garden.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3128" data-original-width="2114" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlupKn2QT3B8sP7s-PSY53Z7SBveXkemre4sstT4mxCZWYSxLux5kdPsvTuVpdntLuA2jXIpL5QO0jtDqX15xLfzbD0jQIfe929e7xmDHzWK2m_dQ45PDrjdYdbmn-V7IzyYBHOQkeORkviIkWmet_uhkyiYViWs6ZOoIiuC6mZkxo024mnSwIBoYmTnA/w270-h400/Herbs%20from%20the%20garden.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fresh herbs from the garden for Christmas cooking <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /> </span>Parsley, Sage, Thyme and <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>Winter savoury</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqkRy3QItxPaniyZJy6Q5qiD8rksr0kUE7AI7HD04qjOKVlTAFy-hcTUhuJJKnA-C8LrImCzYl0aPKocRfCtbg_NdQ8usqURvh5JMDjl2aZmexVZO6wixXKRFrT1BPIqs-gSyr19NtwMkP4ya7IDzlrTbNfdlK6T2Agb-2NP6XVCi8pd3IyQqtD0wTgc/s4032/Christmas%20cake%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqkRy3QItxPaniyZJy6Q5qiD8rksr0kUE7AI7HD04qjOKVlTAFy-hcTUhuJJKnA-C8LrImCzYl0aPKocRfCtbg_NdQ8usqURvh5JMDjl2aZmexVZO6wixXKRFrT1BPIqs-gSyr19NtwMkP4ya7IDzlrTbNfdlK6T2Agb-2NP6XVCi8pd3IyQqtD0wTgc/w400-h300/Christmas%20cake%202024.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This year's christmas cake</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you to everyone who joined us over christmas and helped celebrate here in the cottage. I love that my boys still come home for christmas <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> that they were happy to camp on the floor together and helped devour the mincemeat pie mountain <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😀" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t27/1.5/16/1f600.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> Along with Adam, Betty, Natasha and Cheryl we've eaten, laughed, been very competative at all the card games, trivial pursuits and mousie mousie <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤣" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tab/1.5/16/1f923.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤣" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tab/1.5/16/1f923.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> its been cosy in this wee place and lots of fun. We missed Becky tho and hopefully <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>will see her soon x I got some lovely gifts, including lots of books to add to my book mountain <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> I better get reading, as for the chocolate mountain......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBrsvcG6A1NxOy1EV9XH2LqZraS6b8wuzvjEK8tnKZcQ20Sqdg2d4kfz71OKvp-1tYvOozKgfVIXUo4AwwrtJ1AL1iXYJQg_MkB7p-Ut2XzIF4i6e3syb0t1iRkt-PxrG6YfgoCrsFym2zwzFw5_0etao78Rd07Esn0fvnFds1K00yFT3_XoKuwiTLps/s3579/Christmas%20eve%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2529" data-original-width="3579" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBrsvcG6A1NxOy1EV9XH2LqZraS6b8wuzvjEK8tnKZcQ20Sqdg2d4kfz71OKvp-1tYvOozKgfVIXUo4AwwrtJ1AL1iXYJQg_MkB7p-Ut2XzIF4i6e3syb0t1iRkt-PxrG6YfgoCrsFym2zwzFw5_0etao78Rd07Esn0fvnFds1K00yFT3_XoKuwiTLps/w400-h283/Christmas%20eve%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas eve get together</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7GSbtsraw9tgnRBHjXW4ch7mDPMd4mKUeaU2Z-1a_kL7XuPZz0tCXcBZNtSYjrLJYMZEoPjXY-yZx17XF59Go67ZRo0-BkzrX5dtAsRpNvZE9MOMQeFlrwctKa56djVGwPvN2fVsad5xs_VIodczxp-uQDaiDnp1VG-YtyM26rPFzEkp3lNBKkxKpdk/s4032/Chrsitmas%20eve%20lunch%20(9).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7GSbtsraw9tgnRBHjXW4ch7mDPMd4mKUeaU2Z-1a_kL7XuPZz0tCXcBZNtSYjrLJYMZEoPjXY-yZx17XF59Go67ZRo0-BkzrX5dtAsRpNvZE9MOMQeFlrwctKa56djVGwPvN2fVsad5xs_VIodczxp-uQDaiDnp1VG-YtyM26rPFzEkp3lNBKkxKpdk/w400-h300/Chrsitmas%20eve%20lunch%20(9).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">brie and cranberry tart</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1XRbgPCKR5xpFxMPtNDHJBXKXy6nOjWogZkXN8oBW_b3_mz60Ss3tbDYUWccWktY6P_OI-qo31zt9dlGvR1D5ME0gwAzGvySqZA99pU84rrUNMjGNXRmzfR2WTu5dxmok2EbXZh3shkghssBfmvzZqkegjqH_l4G24B2bk5GF8OI6VLX25A4_ZAZNRo/s4032/Chrsitmas%20eve%20lunch%20(10).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1XRbgPCKR5xpFxMPtNDHJBXKXy6nOjWogZkXN8oBW_b3_mz60Ss3tbDYUWccWktY6P_OI-qo31zt9dlGvR1D5ME0gwAzGvySqZA99pU84rrUNMjGNXRmzfR2WTu5dxmok2EbXZh3shkghssBfmvzZqkegjqH_l4G24B2bk5GF8OI6VLX25A4_ZAZNRo/w400-h300/Chrsitmas%20eve%20lunch%20(10).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">nibbles</td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">
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Ill all night with some sort of cold flu lurgy thing, stayed in bed until after lunch, that's when you know it's had, cause I'm never ill. 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font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Keeping it seasonal, a sprig of holly
</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Time to start the Christmas decorations….. I’ve been drying slices of orange to create this hanging which I’ve put in the porch for Christmas. Stung with ivy leaves from the garden and stars cut from orange peel, it’s a simple natural decoration. Downside is its hard to photograph it in the porch with all the white plastic reflecting </span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="😕" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4b/1.5/16/1f615.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> something else on the too do list, paint or replace.</span></span><div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; 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This is from donations for books from our book library, loose change folks didn't want back and for all the other bits and pieces we sell to raise money. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Along with our two Charity open days in the summer we have raised £889.00 for charity this year, the main one being Breast Cancer Now in memory of my sister Mhairi. She didn't survive breast cancer and see her kids grow up but by raising <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>money now for cancer charities hopefully in the future other parents will survive. Breast Cancer now provides vital support for those going through this awful disease.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So thank you thank you thank you for helping us raise money to help this great charity.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/breastcancernow?__cft__[0]=AZXZGExyVsqVjRZ3VJ-Jf1BuYyYhE3xTxVEjhnKHdmb5-Cvg0wYrSgGrtKh1c1xCM4lgVQfHswCAC3u8jtN-DrYf1dlxIi1zkBqSGHVtXgOWtpSogoQUcbGFcoVZx8zF0JIeCjVBtFkofgJm-V4CSFwAk-0mGgRSEs1ssF0X4IlS0YEt4I481lwllrj6TH_8zEM&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Breast Cancer Now</span></span></a></span></div><div dir="auto"><span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/breastcancernowscotland?__cft__[0]=AZXZGExyVsqVjRZ3VJ-Jf1BuYyYhE3xTxVEjhnKHdmb5-Cvg0wYrSgGrtKh1c1xCM4lgVQfHswCAC3u8jtN-DrYf1dlxIi1zkBqSGHVtXgOWtpSogoQUcbGFcoVZx8zF0JIeCjVBtFkofgJm-V4CSFwAk-0mGgRSEs1ssF0X4IlS0YEt4I481lwllrj6TH_8zEM&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Breast Cancer Now Scotland</span></span></a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYnGIKuQDJZLbWhhARtSfI8JYExNKgchN1dhnI89hsXZNG9RemtXH7USNrKMH1a1pfVZe28sezvDV1QFcztUORh-jWXWlvByAVW9CfYd7s9b99sQMk7ygwReC-kGsfuGRkq10APKqsXPWvt7E5eAXkFtz4f5WEuvocUzKgwzMj-2aNoEb0PxoCQLTdmM/s3913/cancer%20collection%20can.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3913" data-original-width="2763" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYnGIKuQDJZLbWhhARtSfI8JYExNKgchN1dhnI89hsXZNG9RemtXH7USNrKMH1a1pfVZe28sezvDV1QFcztUORh-jWXWlvByAVW9CfYd7s9b99sQMk7ygwReC-kGsfuGRkq10APKqsXPWvt7E5eAXkFtz4f5WEuvocUzKgwzMj-2aNoEb0PxoCQLTdmM/w283-h400/cancer%20collection%20can.jpg" width="283" /></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Well that was a wet day last week! A trip to Perthshire to visit </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068130425308&__cft__[0]=AZVxsKQSOKWAYtzsat0ortDGa-OaDJGQvf8p2lZSaXBlk4vA3o9_-jXBGyzV6UvO-lo6G0yCvdwo614nPlksEfLNa6ToQ1djuQn2aJwPW6gCZ_Kt1YHt1ebaw2k39Ix0GE9UN4Qm1VhQ80nY7qXvkWAly518f7McaJM9uvRp1yQwvHrxSKvMl3EUc7ZhPCuwdM8&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;"><span>Yard97 at Robert Workman</span></span></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> and then a great lunch in Errol at </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/thelassogowriescotland?__cft__[0]=AZVxsKQSOKWAYtzsat0ortDGa-OaDJGQvf8p2lZSaXBlk4vA3o9_-jXBGyzV6UvO-lo6G0yCvdwo614nPlksEfLNa6ToQ1djuQn2aJwPW6gCZ_Kt1YHt1ebaw2k39Ix0GE9UN4Qm1VhQ80nY7qXvkWAly518f7McaJM9uvRp1yQwvHrxSKvMl3EUc7ZhPCuwdM8&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;"><span>The Lass O'Gowrie - Scotland</span></span></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">. Great friendly staff, lovely place and fab food, we'll definitely be back. The fruity salad was lovely and they are very dog friendly. If you're travelling back and forward to Dundee, it's worth the wee detour. A very wet walk after down towards to the river to give Maisie a walk.</span></span></span></div><div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ck0QsnLoY0b3inRIq40hkimSOeKztai6yh-RKHQeSzN5bDfg_u8iPf4EFkCn3emgtXnvmdsQDg8HbGrTmzJHyq1tW9sku-saLKYDSuKWBrn7oVSAz6D_HYSSKBYGF1NuDjq3U24eFHAOYn2iN08EaF06qLenDM1uF8wMO8KU9TTqtemdU5Hj1lHJmOU/s3319/A%20trip%20to%20Yard%2097%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1973" data-original-width="3319" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ck0QsnLoY0b3inRIq40hkimSOeKztai6yh-RKHQeSzN5bDfg_u8iPf4EFkCn3emgtXnvmdsQDg8HbGrTmzJHyq1tW9sku-saLKYDSuKWBrn7oVSAz6D_HYSSKBYGF1NuDjq3U24eFHAOYn2iN08EaF06qLenDM1uF8wMO8KU9TTqtemdU5Hj1lHJmOU/w400-h238/A%20trip%20to%20Yard%2097%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: center;">all you can hear </div></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: center;">is the flapping of the ears</div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;">attached to <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/maisie.mouse.dodds?__cft__[0]=AZW1iFW8S2JrZhVW-zWm9KbLabZMb5M3_jKZFbrkr1-oDI9Ex0wgoM-jfbYsBct9ktgCL6H3GXeoaKaOC886U5M5G9rJKXpqHzYmWJKHUogWZGDkEv7ZXBWomnu3hloPZjWizoZQnfje_fMtOdXnhnfoq-U6OQo2LNiEOzCpSfC5lQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Maisie Mouse</span></span></a></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfWeVUlF3CF2jBT2KmSsdHlf5f_-sq2FzDATK7sjGFpoGr0I8NLFeZVXifuopqMPa4xaA4hP7Pwl7A5hkWbNTajVIIzQJnW17DRES7tVpnFm6uzsOJhZpE5ICdQbZt6vSzaHYceDgoTC1LkZPIEJJ_M8DhHTItz6oiiuLg-jYl7y7ZX0cJjB3P0iEc1U/s2048/Christmas%20Maisie%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Christmas is almost organised and the tree looks great, just the present shopping to finish, charity donations to organise and some work to finish off at the nursery in between dog wraggling, cat pacifying and anti bah humbug <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>measures (pigs in blankets work great as bribary).</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKVH5iUc-WcxdlK_AMug0aelDMN-lyScQgo4rWjcL7363xKhnG03wW07KowHxqZVWxxEUTqU_eDii2h-nnmTeawqa7bQIkpLo6wz5iWzu2MvwoZ2deUTguBV9CIHZ2eQrnnfg32yI7K3XhbP6dNjvjEpoHsGA4ccPteCJ9rtrYzELWznoLR1Uq0lYgIM/s4032/20231212_154551.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKVH5iUc-WcxdlK_AMug0aelDMN-lyScQgo4rWjcL7363xKhnG03wW07KowHxqZVWxxEUTqU_eDii2h-nnmTeawqa7bQIkpLo6wz5iWzu2MvwoZ2deUTguBV9CIHZ2eQrnnfg32yI7K3XhbP6dNjvjEpoHsGA4ccPteCJ9rtrYzELWznoLR1Uq0lYgIM/w300-h400/20231212_154551.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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A day and part of this morning saw the lower banks, railway garden </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">banking and the wildflower meadow strimmed and all the material gathered up. I’ve </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">never seen the meadow so wet and it was hard work moving all the strimmings </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">when they were so wet. The rest of the day saw me doing my ghost buster impersonation </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">with my leaf blower and gather up all the leaves in the sales area and down the </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">entrance track. So much tidier. 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</div><span><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">A lovely day visiting one of our favourite places for lunch and shopping, Mainstreet Trading then to Melrose for a walk and more christmas shopping which is almost done. A walk along Peebles high street tomorrow will see it finished, another task off the list </span></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="👍" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t55/1.5/16/1f44d.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpFzlxNmm3lZbb1QS2NKQ_J9Oap49krkXGoxu0wpeGHb1dm2wyPZbNZUUXw-1rR_zxmekrLDVteAdEMXjHv8zTH7LRkdY9lHQme8HXKuIqZ5oGILxuIoWoGu0M0FXW_3nY8TZGQDRtgRAwdTyA5X9JbywV-kMS-e_NnRh_SH3gjhCAL5BQj73R3oJ4oM/s3042/20231214_135457%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Foraged cones and lichens from the local woods after the last storm and holly and ivy from our front garden. The wreath bases I made years ago and the containers are all new, purchased on our trip to yard 97 last week. 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color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">into the nursery today to check it over what with all the very low temps (-7C last night, again!) and the snow i</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">t was definitely had a Narnia vibe about it, bitterly cold but very pretty. We</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> knocked the snow off the shade tunnel and checked </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">everything </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">then off for a walk at Leadburn Community woodland which looked equally fetching in its snowy coat.</span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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The food is fab and service excellent and I'm not just saying that because I know the wonderful folks running it, I genuinely mean it, please do go and support <span class="xt0psk2" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;">Sarah</span>, <span class="xt0psk2" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;">Linda</span> and Elle on their new adventure <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; 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font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Into the nursery catching up with some bits n pieces today including sorting out all the seeds we've gathered over the year from the nursery gardens. This is a great way of propagating new stock and means we are growing plants from our own healthy plants. After picking, the seeds are hung in paper bags in the office to dry out. Then in December I get the heater on in the office and some podcasts and spend a few hours sorting them out and putting them into packets. In spring </span><span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span>they will be sown in the polytunnel to create stock in the next year or two and the growing cycle starts again.</span></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDmWzMPd_7Mp_AhbwMxpni6FzNNB4Cfti6LjF0-vtZorAu9zlC0fUazSPWbpOhi2vnglD2rd2BcoZMBdeHVBSd9xC9sI3UatMgIgsfvFYPs973Oo6pWGiCh1hVmWKQMp9uquFCT-vpJY7_WhsyeJFRNkzUOp2Fw4zawk3D757RBh40kEN7l_MU9DkRJY/s4032/20231205_113233-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2712" data-original-width="4032" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDmWzMPd_7Mp_AhbwMxpni6FzNNB4Cfti6LjF0-vtZorAu9zlC0fUazSPWbpOhi2vnglD2rd2BcoZMBdeHVBSd9xC9sI3UatMgIgsfvFYPs973Oo6pWGiCh1hVmWKQMp9uquFCT-vpJY7_WhsyeJFRNkzUOp2Fw4zawk3D757RBh40kEN7l_MU9DkRJY/w400-h269/20231205_113233-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHAlJJm9q_PtTHF57h97U6fLfjsepAzvVXOUYdKTyAr8oUOFb20WAHgHMdPYUiTIw3uUeI077WMsbyjn2Y7XhRgkDxtWhJKVNwk5sgI5vpzWqOo3L5hL9JcEn3BzTZOlll5-pG1n8PxPDCC46Z_sc758sb4Wa6VdXeXUL81JgmAfTRXbCL2sAs2X9Eb8/s4032/20231205_113816-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2702" data-original-width="4032" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHAlJJm9q_PtTHF57h97U6fLfjsepAzvVXOUYdKTyAr8oUOFb20WAHgHMdPYUiTIw3uUeI077WMsbyjn2Y7XhRgkDxtWhJKVNwk5sgI5vpzWqOo3L5hL9JcEn3BzTZOlll5-pG1n8PxPDCC46Z_sc758sb4Wa6VdXeXUL81JgmAfTRXbCL2sAs2X9Eb8/w400-h268/20231205_113816-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JGJkCuy9hi1AlEZ5Hy6Oc1UhnvXsbByK93rlk_QwKFKduTEgKcUtk8NEHkQgZKLZvw0HoTz0PghQZyty3Ia3TSpENu5Ke-NHjfTPEk-3ptYvptz_mENxEkRevYL3NEiDzPNgWmGMA7TSHLmcaL1s7aAfaxn4Pa_zUtNXYkvzVgNcpxJyospm3QjVV7o/s4032/20231205_115305-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JGJkCuy9hi1AlEZ5Hy6Oc1UhnvXsbByK93rlk_QwKFKduTEgKcUtk8NEHkQgZKLZvw0HoTz0PghQZyty3Ia3TSpENu5Ke-NHjfTPEk-3ptYvptz_mENxEkRevYL3NEiDzPNgWmGMA7TSHLmcaL1s7aAfaxn4Pa_zUtNXYkvzVgNcpxJyospm3QjVV7o/w400-h300/20231205_115305-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnwHxtzDpr5rXe2YDAwlCs_aAv8k_cxbKQLlZ-hcDYgATblMsi9dhIBitIXW7avtwMlsqCpU3K_j0jIyRDk1fWTEqEy1NjJWoSNgbUM8fSpdm9PxRMvyxSzAtpf8EF4nBWQ3tGhJBd2u7TcAD4CBde4scxE3mtTyTKGrdZHr15hr6mctOx5TaDCksTwg/s4032/20231205_132634-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnwHxtzDpr5rXe2YDAwlCs_aAv8k_cxbKQLlZ-hcDYgATblMsi9dhIBitIXW7avtwMlsqCpU3K_j0jIyRDk1fWTEqEy1NjJWoSNgbUM8fSpdm9PxRMvyxSzAtpf8EF4nBWQ3tGhJBd2u7TcAD4CBde4scxE3mtTyTKGrdZHr15hr6mctOx5TaDCksTwg/w300-h400/20231205_132634-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A walk I haven't done for a long time.... round Linlithgow loch, my old childhood playground then tea with Betty and Daniel. always good to catch up and a great takeaway too. As a child we were allowed to walk all the way down to the loch, fish for sticklebacks from the bridge and build gang huts on the half submerged willows along the back of the loch. Those were the days of an outdoor childhood and freedom.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXH92PBi-mSAWdGPRGupZDAGLwnARFCw6tRCXgmYZXP0xv5QsEWBnO67ZuPzuNlcuGjITZ4ZxAza-prbKtsvU8gRxnpEUURns1lc2ESx1fwAC4Klto5fnDyXlV_gDb8wRlDfdXUipQLGfqPCwSeKL9mPcUd5Tq-2X868tQ0JiZpD3h-LSNwTwDf6wwjDc/s4032/20231206_144659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div></div>The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-90819416180956733462023-12-08T20:01:00.004+00:002023-12-08T20:04:23.669+00:00From autumn to winter, enjoying my hibernation<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>We d</span><span style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">iscovered a new walk from the house. The views from the forts above Janet's Brae were glorious. It wasn't the walk we set out to do but it was great to get up high and get a different view of Peebles and the surrounding area.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFwokBFI2zzyvgOVH08sSqGgvXD6AZByOXM3ERuCM3kOInTzWHBK5BxJfLf-gSWIPcDbtcEVv7r7zgL6ApfftaR_cRyr5XzVzeZQdVSwiP0CBuExicw3GDpzij9iSGYcdECz25sS49x_KF5Cly_pdFgUQrHR0xZj21r9YvGA7IZU8LhLCvs22b0Ko04ew/s4032/20231124_111844-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFwokBFI2zzyvgOVH08sSqGgvXD6AZByOXM3ERuCM3kOInTzWHBK5BxJfLf-gSWIPcDbtcEVv7r7zgL6ApfftaR_cRyr5XzVzeZQdVSwiP0CBuExicw3GDpzij9iSGYcdECz25sS49x_KF5Cly_pdFgUQrHR0xZj21r9YvGA7IZU8LhLCvs22b0Ko04ew/w400-h300/20231124_111844-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A walk in the woods</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvk9Nsl8v60YRvGtBKziH_t-cioFrJQseNcaVGk5eVnxTQcfmx3Y6_74enXV8tLrBFMGDedL-BTx3cdlGYlMDmgxlkRu1-LJWtY-XJtm5fDCDJoSoem5RvTxt-yX09Is9ByUbilGIeJDMmdoyGUmS-am7QUBCUsUXum02rLXGNj362CPu1WUMmZFngV4/s4032/20231124_115806-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvk9Nsl8v60YRvGtBKziH_t-cioFrJQseNcaVGk5eVnxTQcfmx3Y6_74enXV8tLrBFMGDedL-BTx3cdlGYlMDmgxlkRu1-LJWtY-XJtm5fDCDJoSoem5RvTxt-yX09Is9ByUbilGIeJDMmdoyGUmS-am7QUBCUsUXum02rLXGNj362CPu1WUMmZFngV4/w400-h300/20231124_115806-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading back off the hill out of the cold wind</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Euonymus europeus, the spindle, in the late afternoon sun today. This tree, planted in the woodland garden, has covered itself in fruits this year, more than ever before. And it is still going, the orange seeds are really pronounced now below the fruit cases. Mother Nature is so good at putting together colours that should clash, yet effortlessly work. It makes a large conical shrub with brilliant autumn colour, bronzed purple-red leaves and red fruits with protruding seeds </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">that have orange arils (fleshy seed coats). Any well drained soil in full sun or light shade. H 3m, S 3m.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0H0nFHU21k6VmLVuQzSqiMM1GrE7ulZ6PkoN9ELIPiRZaQPYtN15bQbBFWSV2qS9aW__qh0QzSR0ZTVs3WmyY1SBYIIuuB1Q7ob2TJnoZTfdZ6uxFhRTcriHjlp8q2pY_m7QcqosPUZYAtmslsoCQN22pHmJUeRRPRYZDf553WTefCy2PP8HXQp00JeE/s2452/Euonymus%20europeus%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="2452" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0H0nFHU21k6VmLVuQzSqiMM1GrE7ulZ6PkoN9ELIPiRZaQPYtN15bQbBFWSV2qS9aW__qh0QzSR0ZTVs3WmyY1SBYIIuuB1Q7ob2TJnoZTfdZ6uxFhRTcriHjlp8q2pY_m7QcqosPUZYAtmslsoCQN22pHmJUeRRPRYZDf553WTefCy2PP8HXQp00JeE/w400-h214/Euonymus%20europeus%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9dqsx4I7EMGvxb57Y4BxbUL1pDuZf4FAptwMp9Slf71ISAyfIuioq99hSanBGZgGmrOsOXUZo9fNIj830Nnpd31wvUeaKyq1AyIHHnD4zfoC7uQUni6LAQTtqjfFBkKzIl2F4pYzkbIcCb10oXbKpi4qjF5h-caWtHibh3spltvoEV0taHAhgD8tEDs/s2803/Euonymus%20europeus%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2237" data-original-width="2803" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9dqsx4I7EMGvxb57Y4BxbUL1pDuZf4FAptwMp9Slf71ISAyfIuioq99hSanBGZgGmrOsOXUZo9fNIj830Nnpd31wvUeaKyq1AyIHHnD4zfoC7uQUni6LAQTtqjfFBkKzIl2F4pYzkbIcCb10oXbKpi4qjF5h-caWtHibh3spltvoEV0taHAhgD8tEDs/w400-h319/Euonymus%20europeus%20(3).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZXQmJ1-DkCp8u_4T9nPi6vB8_pOXulE3WbjPxELacDjM19uIcabVPW7sCtX-9YiQw0qtcYlsP3QKei_1nBUdhB3Ktfx1yN7agR-hjgum-RUcgU9pm30DHteE1xcfyZaGJaHHFT_leBwf3p3GKVQChODHu_Ed1N9xKYGnEzIUonZYDgTdz6V0yLG7JdY/s2179/Euonymus%20europeus%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1834" data-original-width="2179" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZXQmJ1-DkCp8u_4T9nPi6vB8_pOXulE3WbjPxELacDjM19uIcabVPW7sCtX-9YiQw0qtcYlsP3QKei_1nBUdhB3Ktfx1yN7agR-hjgum-RUcgU9pm30DHteE1xcfyZaGJaHHFT_leBwf3p3GKVQChODHu_Ed1N9xKYGnEzIUonZYDgTdz6V0yLG7JdY/w400-h336/Euonymus%20europeus%20(4).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPRX_sULcFbAZvZzTbQpD1TNkasQOo9g3jnS46eEhsOiPxIrTmRo7lvheWfBta37ddfrBeKNKJKh3VPFESdC1lNF15JXZ0a3WmeZ3ye6ykVlJJ64agN7I1Dvfxqr-VkjGkfePN5LGL5WTBTa44sMVCq877bTAru2yW0pJB8j0tGUQNNs5tcwZ8v7s3EA/s3181/20231125_161218.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2212" data-original-width="3181" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPRX_sULcFbAZvZzTbQpD1TNkasQOo9g3jnS46eEhsOiPxIrTmRo7lvheWfBta37ddfrBeKNKJKh3VPFESdC1lNF15JXZ0a3WmeZ3ye6ykVlJJ64agN7I1Dvfxqr-VkjGkfePN5LGL5WTBTa44sMVCq877bTAru2yW0pJB8j0tGUQNNs5tcwZ8v7s3EA/w640-h446/20231125_161218.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
Just gonna say, OMG I painted this today </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="😄" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2b/1.5/16/1f604.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> really challenged myself</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
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We thinned them out and removed dead and diseased wood a couple of months ago. Today we thinned them further and reduced their height by at least a third. They look much better already and hopefully will keep producing fruit for years to come and be a haven for the birds and beasties. </span></div></div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Great to catch up with Jamie, Natasha, Cheryl and Lee <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>too.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How much is that doggy in the window? 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font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">If you’ve been on here long enough or have visited the nursery you’ll know how much I love grasses and I love to talk about how much they add to a garden. People are often put off grasses because they have experienced the thugs of the plant group. But there are so many wonderful well behaved ornamental grasses that add movement, colour and texture to the garden. Tall short, evergreen deciduous, yellow, green, blue and even pink and bronze, containers or in the border, shade </span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;" tabindex="-1"></a><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">lovers and sun bathers, there is a grass for every garden situation. What’s not to love and when you see them in the late autumn sun at the end of November how can you not want a well behaved grass in your garden?</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZ51uHpDcRuU-VVRpkrDxihMilYlw0utLkXUO97fJylvLWUgLSiXtzmWmm7ArIlC67kbl9ozIgCErlzOU4WirJd9u4bMw2z8nqatjdCrWBrbLoZs5eM37TzwMh9Mi5LKbJzzlniYtda9-7QWd3JDZsjsyD3Qz-afOSPdrS-tpaAqkGFsrEePvW5fsIO0/s4032/20231124_145551-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZ51uHpDcRuU-VVRpkrDxihMilYlw0utLkXUO97fJylvLWUgLSiXtzmWmm7ArIlC67kbl9ozIgCErlzOU4WirJd9u4bMw2z8nqatjdCrWBrbLoZs5eM37TzwMh9Mi5LKbJzzlniYtda9-7QWd3JDZsjsyD3Qz-afOSPdrS-tpaAqkGFsrEePvW5fsIO0/w300-h400/20231124_145551-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Molinias in autumn</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #050505; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodaVbW-9DioSrCREg2JQGPtcVMNu-rKDIuheHLpjt_pjYvKnflcXAMe8rD5wKLHqyN6HfzfWQ8muFGJLKnWpn56O4BFGwrog5cPm9bNkjdl2BHoR4X7d_bIvtbvSauDVHrRP7hSTpAuwpIq-ZecEzZZ_lPgkZ9bSKzqP4fxJsy5zrkXiFBXjghGDCa_U/s2263/Althaea%20officinalis.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2263" data-original-width="2074" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodaVbW-9DioSrCREg2JQGPtcVMNu-rKDIuheHLpjt_pjYvKnflcXAMe8rD5wKLHqyN6HfzfWQ8muFGJLKnWpn56O4BFGwrog5cPm9bNkjdl2BHoR4X7d_bIvtbvSauDVHrRP7hSTpAuwpIq-ZecEzZZ_lPgkZ9bSKzqP4fxJsy5zrkXiFBXjghGDCa_U/w366-h400/Althaea%20officinalis.jpg" width="366" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Althaea officinalis</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Evergreens are so valuable through winter. Giving us colour and structure as everything else dies back and hibernates, this is when they step up and come into their own. Glossy green leaves, bronzy hues and bright reds catch our eye in amongst the debris of old leaves and stems. These were some that caught my eye when I was in the nursery this week.</span></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmDLGzMnvE0KPW0uT2pRFQNvcpFCWOEZtssndss0vnwzEtyU343_Dc4dil4Jh8h2oXv5Yy_uZgpy-hqWkcTr3BovenM5FQp9IvOUKlagI07g_97p4G8gOVGhiHcGlLTztZSO5Ij4yymGETxiGvvzXb-75FAsBtD-x1r9paO9m9wm5ylz8HcocoH1KYg0/s4032/Bergenia%20'Wintermarchen'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmDLGzMnvE0KPW0uT2pRFQNvcpFCWOEZtssndss0vnwzEtyU343_Dc4dil4Jh8h2oXv5Yy_uZgpy-hqWkcTr3BovenM5FQp9IvOUKlagI07g_97p4G8gOVGhiHcGlLTztZSO5Ij4yymGETxiGvvzXb-75FAsBtD-x1r9paO9m9wm5ylz8HcocoH1KYg0/w400-h300/Bergenia%20'Wintermarchen'.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bergenia 'Wintermarchen'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokgUCpdxwVfwiA6mZRNnuyGwqgY1XhI2joA-zWQuYO1c-pYX0CxX_PGNcT4gGQkFunA3BL2EmE7_yV586N1vLMNdJazhmbZpTVVMDm2wU6EuFwbEBYsbmd6Gcyk8ITv2AnhfIsCTC0RY_jlrToMrGYWRyn8ubUk6qnl5i6yvjDWytVhU20uUuxa2dNZE/s2822/Chard%20Rhubarb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2822" data-original-width="2074" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokgUCpdxwVfwiA6mZRNnuyGwqgY1XhI2joA-zWQuYO1c-pYX0CxX_PGNcT4gGQkFunA3BL2EmE7_yV586N1vLMNdJazhmbZpTVVMDm2wU6EuFwbEBYsbmd6Gcyk8ITv2AnhfIsCTC0RY_jlrToMrGYWRyn8ubUk6qnl5i6yvjDWytVhU20uUuxa2dNZE/w294-h400/Chard%20Rhubarb.jpg" width="294" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chard Rhubarb</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0iIlDdxwGMfLJ7PYGPdZtw5v9izKBC7zkL1jeRIq0jmqUtgcxDOi6dBwFUPVr5nMlqzYK78F1jmuKUIMdlDwUXDZjEqcoIfv5h-a4b87BFvU46YE35xaAS3t_ONeZ696yozaSo8uaf0pZM32e2ws4pLsjEFNIGwc3wLsDgPs3qM4phufa4XKbIPQxpM/s2875/Cyclamen%20coum.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2795" data-original-width="2875" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0iIlDdxwGMfLJ7PYGPdZtw5v9izKBC7zkL1jeRIq0jmqUtgcxDOi6dBwFUPVr5nMlqzYK78F1jmuKUIMdlDwUXDZjEqcoIfv5h-a4b87BFvU46YE35xaAS3t_ONeZ696yozaSo8uaf0pZM32e2ws4pLsjEFNIGwc3wLsDgPs3qM4phufa4XKbIPQxpM/w400-h389/Cyclamen%20coum.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cyclamen hederifolium silver leaved</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioamqcWHaXyICEzp3tnbm1erlOHMoucRhtFyLGG2NU7AvAoKPgHmcssndQm4vEHTKjVTFGVDt6Dcg75o8IFkxYG_xtdHwP545B8qC81AL4vpR7r9wa4aTgiBg2xH9hhFxXQq8SLVHya84KOfOvzUxqufdcGu7U19n8thEFeUhyphenhyphenYlklZ7OtcgnxNH4iD_k/s4032/Helleborus%20argutifolius%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioamqcWHaXyICEzp3tnbm1erlOHMoucRhtFyLGG2NU7AvAoKPgHmcssndQm4vEHTKjVTFGVDt6Dcg75o8IFkxYG_xtdHwP545B8qC81AL4vpR7r9wa4aTgiBg2xH9hhFxXQq8SLVHya84KOfOvzUxqufdcGu7U19n8thEFeUhyphenhyphenYlklZ7OtcgnxNH4iD_k/w400-h300/Helleborus%20argutifolius%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helleborus argutifolius</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCjFFwakeGQlLVsNXV-bu0VIAdD9SM1pNZ_FZdFYrBkJGxYCL5eZyVEbLQEWzFbzWN2ue6REMWoultrlI3pxuUQ-UidQ-DZ3fN3SD9pNHW7QnXR1jYrUQ-nJVDOQ8yHBuz1sxkU2mv9soZ7kJwtAPeKghP42WT9tqL9iZ6jhzZYbiOLKbnCLQlW_JkSg/s4032/Polypodium%20x%20mantoniae%20'Bifidograndiceps'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCjFFwakeGQlLVsNXV-bu0VIAdD9SM1pNZ_FZdFYrBkJGxYCL5eZyVEbLQEWzFbzWN2ue6REMWoultrlI3pxuUQ-UidQ-DZ3fN3SD9pNHW7QnXR1jYrUQ-nJVDOQ8yHBuz1sxkU2mv9soZ7kJwtAPeKghP42WT9tqL9iZ6jhzZYbiOLKbnCLQlW_JkSg/w300-h400/Polypodium%20x%20mantoniae%20'Bifidograndiceps'.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Polypodium x mantoniae 'Bifidograndiceps'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5L4auotZZ4GNgXy-99RSAGWI5c6DMrS5ewIS6z1YSKi2sNpazc8CndIqiOJbpqioMhSUfhTSyLu1PzUYTa_Sj4dsw-2h3uUJT6yPFfQt520bQS0lOv9L4DbSlyzSRHL8g8XIPmgivUhrNrKS9Dtp9c7bqlDNDaPmvhej9Bax74F_jSnalevViIkSuYfE/s4032/Viburnum%20davidii.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5L4auotZZ4GNgXy-99RSAGWI5c6DMrS5ewIS6z1YSKi2sNpazc8CndIqiOJbpqioMhSUfhTSyLu1PzUYTa_Sj4dsw-2h3uUJT6yPFfQt520bQS0lOv9L4DbSlyzSRHL8g8XIPmgivUhrNrKS9Dtp9c7bqlDNDaPmvhej9Bax74F_jSnalevViIkSuYfE/w300-h400/Viburnum%20davidii.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Viburnum davidii</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HDfcUo__eF4OzPtQRPJRoU7vklVACei_EvmZIhlAjXEH5ynlwOu3UIDxV0IhuzUHzl3f0cOf0DSta-8U7j-cshxqlOnH_k8T9MI8pu2g7PpjMgrsK8OYNJvDT9aON2DaiwbiUNoRPPKH78ClBQdP7OEU0i106wa0y_z3a1sB0w8adiObDF1HKqGCbaU/s2913/Blackbirds%20with%20Sloes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2219" data-original-width="2913" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HDfcUo__eF4OzPtQRPJRoU7vklVACei_EvmZIhlAjXEH5ynlwOu3UIDxV0IhuzUHzl3f0cOf0DSta-8U7j-cshxqlOnH_k8T9MI8pu2g7PpjMgrsK8OYNJvDT9aON2DaiwbiUNoRPPKH78ClBQdP7OEU0i106wa0y_z3a1sB0w8adiObDF1HKqGCbaU/w640-h488/Blackbirds%20with%20Sloes.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Another winter scene today - Blackbirds and sloes </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: start; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">For the plantaholic, the plants person and gardener in your life, not sure which plants they do or don’t have? Gift them a Quercus Garden Plants voucher so they can choose them selves. There’s nothing better than being able to browse a nursery and choose lots of new plants for your garden. I know, I am a plantaholic, good thing I have a nursery hey! You can buy our vouchers on our website for any amount over £5 and we will post it out to you, postage is free. Follow the link </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">before to start your gardening Christmas shopping.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://www.quercusgardenplants.co.uk/christmas%20shop.html">Quercus Christmas shop</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYiN5rdrca3PKaRuqJXzuNhRHa_C7DlusHAo9n1kltRJJoDJfxr04jV28cqXcYoQr4DqBmYofhXB7pgWn9y-p6ZqPOW4YpEQcuahHwouPR2DpyDfGrV1AwvD5cN-x1Zr6k1SuwIsR66QHOBrFEJ17vHENXWw_EFUK1rHoKoOuy6GqLiqOwRhMWpA-Vc7k/s1440/christmas%20voucher%202023.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0cm; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><br /><br />Follow us on Instagram @quirkybirdgardener and Quercus Garden Plants</span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: collapse;"> </span></div><br style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;" />The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-41411506521701412562023-11-29T20:17:00.002+00:002023-11-29T20:17:37.847+00:00The last days of autumn are bright and busy<p>Its always great to get away on holiday buts its lovely to
come home to our wee hoose. After a fairly uneventful 9 hour journey home it was nice to have a pottering day at home, catching up on
everything and checking the nursery is still standing and giving the
polytunnels a water. A walk along the river afternoon walking in my new
walking boots. Just need to find a space for my latest cornishware acquisition
from our rumage through antique shops when we were away.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBArRlanG5_arDVDShYGll_Ax9Gsme9GraQctlOUaYLfYS42R94U12azF5UiylvB2wMRh3EePVS_3R7He2gOA6MOnliJyXvxtwsFAqk7OutMxXqgBflhLRfFRVy29FxwzQQn31zvHH_k4GnypGWqD2LE1HjugOogcpQF-2wcsMEllRWE112lY4RzYev50/s4032/20231118_142031-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBArRlanG5_arDVDShYGll_Ax9Gsme9GraQctlOUaYLfYS42R94U12azF5UiylvB2wMRh3EePVS_3R7He2gOA6MOnliJyXvxtwsFAqk7OutMxXqgBflhLRfFRVy29FxwzQQn31zvHH_k4GnypGWqD2LE1HjugOogcpQF-2wcsMEllRWE112lY4RzYev50/w400-h300/20231118_142031-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5RyoYtW1FjJiirERTC8DIP0GnlMEjhoTgqM6tFieD5xkOcW5mSSmKhDANJ3KqYvaA33ATvKJpDj4OGV7V7F2Q6kIlXL8313Zl1gDol7963N_ElDF0omvxzRBandyArgY0kaxhHncvkHXNPihIBn__hf_K-NauUZ_qcWpnTnd6vacER_KZbjxdFok6jY/s2276/20231118_145810-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2276" data-original-width="1775" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5RyoYtW1FjJiirERTC8DIP0GnlMEjhoTgqM6tFieD5xkOcW5mSSmKhDANJ3KqYvaA33ATvKJpDj4OGV7V7F2Q6kIlXL8313Zl1gDol7963N_ElDF0omvxzRBandyArgY0kaxhHncvkHXNPihIBn__hf_K-NauUZ_qcWpnTnd6vacER_KZbjxdFok6jY/w313-h400/20231118_145810-2.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37lniU5MFAq7N-FVBatbOPa2pPsJnQdLZz4CfSebd7nSXMVwoOl3E0anNgwyUam8wRK1IkXcu6WJ7xN2MzR65G9Ieb8amhkaPR8nQ1RbA3jMbk7lmjOZbv_8lvhCGeyKSGP__nmTnZ-VF51YAc4DPjCvp_tu9pA3e7WMrlAN-5TguVAwD6Xbo7BvxVck/s4032/20231118_145838-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37lniU5MFAq7N-FVBatbOPa2pPsJnQdLZz4CfSebd7nSXMVwoOl3E0anNgwyUam8wRK1IkXcu6WJ7xN2MzR65G9Ieb8amhkaPR8nQ1RbA3jMbk7lmjOZbv_8lvhCGeyKSGP__nmTnZ-VF51YAc4DPjCvp_tu9pA3e7WMrlAN-5TguVAwD6Xbo7BvxVck/w300-h400/20231118_145838-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkqmOceI1z6LSIDLmxTOOczV6g7dGxcuX8vlVtn9OLN0CKV0g1E9eXRDArf6rWXPvlDGV8wmC8zl93x5IMl75aXJ-zuzoG0cDP2f00s2kYj-vml-JVERAAmOJ87d6iiOLIRtm0brHQtIaV97jLv_mfy1OMfXbDkOT01bHTS3As7fsmYFqIbF26eS-x4s/s3720/20231118_150000-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2829" data-original-width="3720" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkqmOceI1z6LSIDLmxTOOczV6g7dGxcuX8vlVtn9OLN0CKV0g1E9eXRDArf6rWXPvlDGV8wmC8zl93x5IMl75aXJ-zuzoG0cDP2f00s2kYj-vml-JVERAAmOJ87d6iiOLIRtm0brHQtIaV97jLv_mfy1OMfXbDkOT01bHTS3As7fsmYFqIbF26eS-x4s/w400-h304/20231118_150000-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyIwdRI2jTyPxSc8gYM7c-rXssoWLSeqqLty9IUYsy9gXVCaanZ4D4MZrvU02sfsv5S-dBiT-PfniSF3moX9SKW5PUKDNR5ePxCjIcM90XN7gRgMIPSkFIO-RgXxXbLhgM-Zeedts4g0T24a3S_YjSVDK2lLft6XgpqiyRWRRkPytZHQlnuik48f_tNo/s3632/20231118_150931-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2673" data-original-width="3632" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyIwdRI2jTyPxSc8gYM7c-rXssoWLSeqqLty9IUYsy9gXVCaanZ4D4MZrvU02sfsv5S-dBiT-PfniSF3moX9SKW5PUKDNR5ePxCjIcM90XN7gRgMIPSkFIO-RgXxXbLhgM-Zeedts4g0T24a3S_YjSVDK2lLft6XgpqiyRWRRkPytZHQlnuik48f_tNo/w400-h295/20231118_150931-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Spent most of the day in my summer house, time at last to get it sorted so we can use it for sitting, a home for my dolls houses and a place for me to paint in peaceful quiet. For now it’s a bit of a store for things that are being sold or going to family. I got the window film up on the window that faces our neighbours to give them and us a bit of privacy, I love it, its from Hannah Nunn and is called Meadows edge, it has my favourite wild flower, Cow parsley in it. I also </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">polished and cleaned my granny Peddie’s Singer treadle swing machine. I’ve had it for a very long time, and she got it when when she got married in 1933! I have used it years ago, but its a bit rusty now. Its been a bit neglected in storage for the past few years while we’ve moved around, but now it looks fabulous with some wood treatment polish. Then it was time to assess my dolls houses. Being moved 3 times in the past 9 years and being in storage hasn’t done them any favours but they are repairable. A great winter job with some podcast on.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgthOo2pS-sH6rKW1qeLKV89R0PDhdGjWRyShc-sS4LvBEADmAYtL98rdt4DunHYqThiRwjSqn_XAj83YZGw_Ymmu6AEYSnXRpltRWcA1VUavZ8MAVWXTcJrwKtFlbP61Gca-6-Ee8rcnGrIHAB6w4I3hi5bPkfzjsqT3TxiEhT3lM1riSpliPf-r-46M/s3876/20231119_112233-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3876" data-original-width="2881" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgthOo2pS-sH6rKW1qeLKV89R0PDhdGjWRyShc-sS4LvBEADmAYtL98rdt4DunHYqThiRwjSqn_XAj83YZGw_Ymmu6AEYSnXRpltRWcA1VUavZ8MAVWXTcJrwKtFlbP61Gca-6-Ee8rcnGrIHAB6w4I3hi5bPkfzjsqT3TxiEhT3lM1riSpliPf-r-46M/w298-h400/20231119_112233-2.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4KrRXBdvQuyjjGW9XLSKDDXatlwg5gV96whz0W3PhEsLSIWvYecXxfXKxq-kY8q3U3uJ6ckstLqzEt86kPkZwehKth_d9ZLBztTQvKapnQmqK4blnZNSbpLCyH7GDYBvW-YOq_fUFKKaEV7Sa2ACgrvNOr2IkMCm-aAScYYXAS9AtlCjGf0FeP2Vmfk/s4032/20231119_112245-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4KrRXBdvQuyjjGW9XLSKDDXatlwg5gV96whz0W3PhEsLSIWvYecXxfXKxq-kY8q3U3uJ6ckstLqzEt86kPkZwehKth_d9ZLBztTQvKapnQmqK4blnZNSbpLCyH7GDYBvW-YOq_fUFKKaEV7Sa2ACgrvNOr2IkMCm-aAScYYXAS9AtlCjGf0FeP2Vmfk/w400-h300/20231119_112245-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENf0g0jhIlZOHJDo8Nd6yTY3gP_NoYDnkH6QQimD_3kOAW8XctK3of3Fm98PdxbzD61ciKCcF233oP0uXpch4aV9XzqC0hNB8U8eD0istt0YfFIgNN_FDRg3srw8pgtotkGoCvByB0_7N-EtNEoHoBY7SUHeKFE2PUQVjHFGhRJVJhT5qzHndnySAKBU/s4032/20231119_130551.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENf0g0jhIlZOHJDo8Nd6yTY3gP_NoYDnkH6QQimD_3kOAW8XctK3of3Fm98PdxbzD61ciKCcF233oP0uXpch4aV9XzqC0hNB8U8eD0istt0YfFIgNN_FDRg3srw8pgtotkGoCvByB0_7N-EtNEoHoBY7SUHeKFE2PUQVjHFGhRJVJhT5qzHndnySAKBU/w400-h300/20231119_130551.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oSkz9vhrHC7X9cRsg1qjBb3VIRJwjM9ftCKG5L-bMC2OMMmkxZNoiB1Oj-xxrhgIQHgtVXPkdxFoftqggZOgw7bu0atEMJxuEpVS2_a8kSP6x4KeboDtq9XT_nhBkapBeYY98AN6xKGtmBFeOwjK5mMoFoxtufuNMEjqCDtHS7TT9ENahymF4zMx5Ko/s4032/20231119_151609.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oSkz9vhrHC7X9cRsg1qjBb3VIRJwjM9ftCKG5L-bMC2OMMmkxZNoiB1Oj-xxrhgIQHgtVXPkdxFoftqggZOgw7bu0atEMJxuEpVS2_a8kSP6x4KeboDtq9XT_nhBkapBeYY98AN6xKGtmBFeOwjK5mMoFoxtufuNMEjqCDtHS7TT9ENahymF4zMx5Ko/w400-h300/20231119_151609.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFx1RNd7iFrRF3KN-Nmnnden0w5oVJwFoKLaD1QQSR5zHI_hw5kF2ogwdtLFn7csrPixl-LEtHsK3Roq6rmWmSY3E_k8AQPZMMto1CP26K6dIW84boyTwNjy1MyaexXszPCqXzmVnhJVyFyNey6mqpT7MA3Z1c8hL46R1aK3bTvMj3OHpXavFCaHS8nNo/s4032/20231119_151620.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFx1RNd7iFrRF3KN-Nmnnden0w5oVJwFoKLaD1QQSR5zHI_hw5kF2ogwdtLFn7csrPixl-LEtHsK3Roq6rmWmSY3E_k8AQPZMMto1CP26K6dIW84boyTwNjy1MyaexXszPCqXzmVnhJVyFyNey6mqpT7MA3Z1c8hL46R1aK3bTvMj3OHpXavFCaHS8nNo/w300-h400/20231119_151620.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So now back to work and we are excited to launch our Christmas shop for 2023! New for this year are some lovely gardener's hampers, the perfect gift for the gardener in your life. You can also have the chance to buy some Christmas cards painted by myself. Either traditional Christmas scenes or new for 2023 Crazy Maisie's Christmas! Lol. These are prints of original paintings on A6 cards. Perfect for gifting or framing. Of course you can always gft one of our vouchers for any amount over £5.00 to use on any items in the nursery. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">See the link below for our Christmas shop.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.quercusgardenplants.co.uk/christmas%20shop.html?fbclid=IwAR05p22TSLaPlJsnSn8xch-KIlfCjWKZ57GgR8JeNZI5IP4cIN_cpFHV2y0" original_target="https://www.quercusgardenplants.co.uk/christmas%20shop.html?fbclid=iwar05p22tslapljsnsn8xch-kilfcjwkz57ggr8jenzi5ip4cin_cpfhv2y0" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank" waprocessedanchor="true" waprocessedid="kkuoak"><span style="font-family: inherit;">https://www.quercusgardenplants.co.uk/christmas%20shop.html</span></a><div mcafee_wa_ann="{"category":["mk"],"flags":0,"key":"quercusgardenplants.co.uk","trust":70,"ttl":604800,"originalUrl":"https://www.quercusgardenplants.co.uk/","timeCached":1700583424641,"url":"quercusgardenplants.co.uk","dossierUrl":"https://www.quercusgardenplants.co.uk/christmas%20shop.html?fbclid=iwar05p22tslapljsnsn8xch-kilfcjwkz57ggr8jenzi5ip4cin_cpfhv2y0"}" style="cursor: default; display: inline-block; float: none; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: 1;" waprocessedid="kkuoak"></div></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg856XIV-cT4SeYfHePPhjtHEmr_dIR6ApQ21-7W9N_byPtwtSRqsoMe19fVpSPd22KavVoKFEztHupPXzDMLATV1OhHHfE_eF8NscVu1qYNuUZySIMYJCyenKUB2o4iv0r8XJ2HROC6b87B2jcIpKVuGpyMYsdJUhhzNN3_6A_RoeAI1itnC8bafIv2nU/s2098/Maisie%20and%20the%20run%20away%20sledge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1595" data-original-width="2098" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg856XIV-cT4SeYfHePPhjtHEmr_dIR6ApQ21-7W9N_byPtwtSRqsoMe19fVpSPd22KavVoKFEztHupPXzDMLATV1OhHHfE_eF8NscVu1qYNuUZySIMYJCyenKUB2o4iv0r8XJ2HROC6b87B2jcIpKVuGpyMYsdJUhhzNN3_6A_RoeAI1itnC8bafIv2nU/w400-h304/Maisie%20and%20the%20run%20away%20sledge.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The leaves might be mostly off the trees but there is still lots of colour if you look. Great to see some blue sky for Maisie and I's walk today. We walked up the north side of the river to Manor Bridge, then up the Sware and back down through South Park wood. A good 5 mile walk to work off the holiday excess. More dolls house fixing in the summer house and finishing off and launching our nursery christmas shop while David was flying.</span></div></div></span><div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCDZWVg2dggTVwPzS2SlUApz4p1GMDOUWo0qROF2PyHHhSS1gWe2eHq-nib95mMznO-IXxGMq1szEs7FQpLXxeuNgHiHRRa-VNzs-3cNUkcFY146heENYQCfcH24KrJ9CnFhvB65OpNE-kPbUVyRkj7CPU3WrlHMiBcFwXEDcFve9u6ZdQmYALkVLqg0/s4032/20231121_112137-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCDZWVg2dggTVwPzS2SlUApz4p1GMDOUWo0qROF2PyHHhSS1gWe2eHq-nib95mMznO-IXxGMq1szEs7FQpLXxeuNgHiHRRa-VNzs-3cNUkcFY146heENYQCfcH24KrJ9CnFhvB65OpNE-kPbUVyRkj7CPU3WrlHMiBcFwXEDcFve9u6ZdQmYALkVLqg0/w400-h300/20231121_112137-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">A collection of wild flowers - buttercup, <br />scabious, cosmos and bluebells, really happy with this</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPFbKULe4wIGhrtTyE-wRIK6wdApS-7ae6dwljkL-C9tBfdqg5MWPOAJQ11KayAODECfFsUXvcglfqxx7gliF-pfGUxOjTf6qGMv0oRRKIyoRQZefiB3SIYYrOwMA1Eo2mlXQlFisXoK28U2mnT2RjItwE6GIqogJZyKkr5B6d-GsffxHAiqWsxi0Cu0/s3271/20231122_115914-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3271" data-original-width="2599" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPFbKULe4wIGhrtTyE-wRIK6wdApS-7ae6dwljkL-C9tBfdqg5MWPOAJQ11KayAODECfFsUXvcglfqxx7gliF-pfGUxOjTf6qGMv0oRRKIyoRQZefiB3SIYYrOwMA1Eo2mlXQlFisXoK28U2mnT2RjItwE6GIqogJZyKkr5B6d-GsffxHAiqWsxi0Cu0/w318-h400/20231122_115914-2.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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A great job for blustery cold days is getting the stock take onto the nursery database. Once done I can update the nursery website and our RHS Plantfinder entry for 2024. Lots of behind the scenes organisation happens at this time of year so we are ready to get going with all the practical work come January. We have so many plants for next year </span></span><span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDQss3_b7Ajfx6NVtTA81qT95dG65TfYCLNvugirC6uT1TKOnl9_xMIMpFXtkDl5-i-KUeWV2nhyJN6peCjPJ76on4MBu9QS6zKPhOlJ_0n9tZ9psw4ixYIy-6pAb-22hX1zQv2y_ZcW4m5f00dllhahfN7pxQbtZC963P2o3ZGSABoa2XkMDgFhkYuo/s3934/20231124_100205-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div></span></div>The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-16563860522881317382023-11-21T22:04:00.003+00:002024-02-17T16:47:01.491+00:00A Guide to Interesting and Easy Houseplants<p> As we move through winter and we retreat indoors, being surrounded by plants doesn't have to stop for four months. If you are anything like me you will be out and about in the garden doing things anyway. But I do like my houseplants too, though I am not always successful with them, much less so than out door plants!</p><p class="MsoNormal">I first wrote this blog in 2018, but we’ve moved house
another twice since then, finally settling in our own wee cottage here in the
borders. Some plants I still have but inevitably I’ve added more! I decided to
update this blog as it’s a perfect read at this time of year when we can’t get
out because its too cold or its raining. I also finally have all my gardening
books unpacked and on their new shelves, which reminds me I should write an
updated garden bookshelf blog too. <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I thought I'd chat about some of the houseplants I have here at home, most of which I've had for many years, so they are the easy houseplants, success stories and survivors, ironic I know. Happy reading.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTO1b1cCWe_DuWAaqYiQ5B57lJXVIijiF-i2iQDkb7YmwOOPJbFV0GVqbBjCaNAl0xIbbpckdV55Fkzy0XPz6QelWuVaMSYOCq1jlzXb0ZeNoVRvtyYpV_TsQjXBp6vE2HIoC8K3YfqB8/s1600/20181022_145237.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1126" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTO1b1cCWe_DuWAaqYiQ5B57lJXVIijiF-i2iQDkb7YmwOOPJbFV0GVqbBjCaNAl0xIbbpckdV55Fkzy0XPz6QelWuVaMSYOCq1jlzXb0ZeNoVRvtyYpV_TsQjXBp6vE2HIoC8K3YfqB8/w225-h320/20181022_145237.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmF_wP5Nr5DiBjyn1DZE7sjyaLT2pbmab3vSJJA6iV1PCsuIGo7uTVwVtXQbIIYDhDHaYvVxXUU4NkY0COvrhZhDZVz2KjMZpO0vo9mnXPiESzXQyj2bmUFlQq5OQW2m3OCHUM9xvAySO5qgZjq6v8-Q5EB48JpuWZYDpa31mFBtOkwVxlSJ6HFm9KBdQ/s3525/20231121_150945-2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3525" data-original-width="2205" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmF_wP5Nr5DiBjyn1DZE7sjyaLT2pbmab3vSJJA6iV1PCsuIGo7uTVwVtXQbIIYDhDHaYvVxXUU4NkY0COvrhZhDZVz2KjMZpO0vo9mnXPiESzXQyj2bmUFlQq5OQW2m3OCHUM9xvAySO5qgZjq6v8-Q5EB48JpuWZYDpa31mFBtOkwVxlSJ6HFm9KBdQ/s320/20231121_150945-2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div>The name of this plant always makes me smile, though it has to be said I have been very lucky with both my mother-in-laws, my first one remains a very good friend. There are about 70 species of S<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>anseveria </i>and they are a commonly found house plant in shops. They are very easy to grow and I've found they will be happy in a sunny or partly shady spot in the house. Perhaps I've always been successful because it thrives on neglect. Happy in a multipurpose compost it </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">doesn't need re-potting often, just be careful not to over water as it will suddenly fall over and</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">you'll find the roots have rotted. This is a good plant for cleaning the air, producing oxygen during the day and removing carbon dioxide at night. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjy9FXC7VRPxjDQw3iclkyXpJHb64Ci1AkTqdqtZZ0PptHhKDJqYSHl2oT7U7jYzlfUi3z7X9LaYATdQJBsoHduRtB5Eju_GUtpyQSUaaKwKyBt0AgmyplS3mpocJmgMK7HalMhwYlk3mrBtFp1r_1rrmFz1jMs09BGVVpx0rUxnKZvopL1cjbxoPMVg/s4032/Sansevieria%20Kirkii%20SIlver%20Blue.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjy9FXC7VRPxjDQw3iclkyXpJHb64Ci1AkTqdqtZZ0PptHhKDJqYSHl2oT7U7jYzlfUi3z7X9LaYATdQJBsoHduRtB5Eju_GUtpyQSUaaKwKyBt0AgmyplS3mpocJmgMK7HalMhwYlk3mrBtFp1r_1rrmFz1jMs09BGVVpx0rUxnKZvopL1cjbxoPMVg/w400-h300/Sansevieria%20Kirkii%20SIlver%20Blue.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sansevieria Kirkii Silver Blue</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzbJs9fGUec6QBuql4-619lZ11rqBTT2DL-YD74f6R84lMBPTBtgHcgtoxuXCXulji8VJ8vaqASI920NYN6YYlARaBRHMT97mFgAZ9AIFgR8yKP3wuP_oZM3EXO_tMsRT9_nysI6vCOf71_z5KS9GDe46Bv4BWiXt0evKirtTCp7MLM-qayEIxxxnmqI/s3967/20231121_151058-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3967" data-original-width="2933" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzbJs9fGUec6QBuql4-619lZ11rqBTT2DL-YD74f6R84lMBPTBtgHcgtoxuXCXulji8VJ8vaqASI920NYN6YYlARaBRHMT97mFgAZ9AIFgR8yKP3wuP_oZM3EXO_tMsRT9_nysI6vCOf71_z5KS9GDe46Bv4BWiXt0evKirtTCp7MLM-qayEIxxxnmqI/w296-h400/20231121_151058-2.jpg" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parlour Palm</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>Chamaedorea</i> have been popular since Victorian times, thriving in the gloomy poorly lit rooms of that time. They continue to be popular because of their light airy growth habit and tolerance of neglect. They will do well in semi-shade and cope with the lack of humidity in modern houses. If the plant is happy it will flower, these are tiny yellow cream flowers on a many branched stem, they do scatter pollen about so it can be an idea to remove the flower stems. Pot in a multi purpose compost and keep the compost moist (but not waterlogged). Don't prune them as they grow with one terminal bud or single point of growth. It is a good plant for removing chemical vapours from the air.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuk-PhCUQhe4P46i3Tf8nyW5hJNaNVAcZd1RUO4eVKrPvdlOoB3wn0idjRL9pfOUeD4OeiD3l0GhqCrqZgURuLtgTgKsUM5e_LZJiZM7eci-wvV5Qn3lT2EoWgBBitx7TUyKfxkjUIIWg/s1600/20181022_145508.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtngPfhJC9XuyWC1UyelTOR1Y2dAHbQ1EF2MEPIe5CH6yDdMZhPeyrqP9ax8mIURroHql3Yjq5A_MD2Kg3LtI1AhNlfIfLhFj0oTSgpDe7C883N0Jw1q_udS7jglh1s7vzIMthLNF8AMrh9-iEXiJcOLwWxwTc7W6BRyAdKvqErFZnAWIW7qVZT7IACA/s3668/20231121_151142-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3668" data-original-width="2946" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtngPfhJC9XuyWC1UyelTOR1Y2dAHbQ1EF2MEPIe5CH6yDdMZhPeyrqP9ax8mIURroHql3Yjq5A_MD2Kg3LtI1AhNlfIfLhFj0oTSgpDe7C883N0Jw1q_udS7jglh1s7vzIMthLNF8AMrh9-iEXiJcOLwWxwTc7W6BRyAdKvqErFZnAWIW7qVZT7IACA/w321-h400/20231121_151142-2.jpg" width="321" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">T. fluminensis Variegata</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuk-PhCUQhe4P46i3Tf8nyW5hJNaNVAcZd1RUO4eVKrPvdlOoB3wn0idjRL9pfOUeD4OeiD3l0GhqCrqZgURuLtgTgKsUM5e_LZJiZM7eci-wvV5Qn3lT2EoWgBBitx7TUyKfxkjUIIWg/s1600/20181022_145508.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></a></div></div><div><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Tradescantia</i></span> has a very varied collection of species and cultivars with many different colours of leaves, variegation combinations and leaf size. A houseplant that can be grown in a hanging basket to show off its long beautiful trailing vines, or kept contained and compact in a pot. It is very versatile, very easy and very hard to kill, perfect for this house. Pot in a multi purpose compost and sit in a light place with moist soil rather than too dry. <i>T. fluminensis Variegata</i> is happy in the porch where it gets some shade being lower than the windows. As long as it is kept watered it copes with the heat and sun in summer. The great thing about these plants is when they get too big and straggly they are easily cut back and will recover well, making bushier plants. </div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgma-78ugSE3zxCKP6Ojy_O4UvjZZRQYWmzyZjiYYdpNjb_lSm4Jju1N_RYNurwsiXGbuss_RWvam2RWZdjbe3e0upH_LgeRc-go2YW8reUr8XL2qI1-HAgH203WwbXTPSRsJhlg3ux5VDMXFtYSsWo69wkh12SD4BCo1VL90kJan0p-eKniw10HxQdc/s4032/20231121_165004-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2722" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgma-78ugSE3zxCKP6Ojy_O4UvjZZRQYWmzyZjiYYdpNjb_lSm4Jju1N_RYNurwsiXGbuss_RWvam2RWZdjbe3e0upH_LgeRc-go2YW8reUr8XL2qI1-HAgH203WwbXTPSRsJhlg3ux5VDMXFtYSsWo69wkh12SD4BCo1VL90kJan0p-eKniw10HxQdc/w270-h400/20231121_165004-2.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cast Iron Plant</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Another Victorian favourite but not often seen these days is <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #5f6368;">Aspidistra</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;"> elatior</span></i></span>, it is another plant that thrives on neglect (do you see a theme here?) <i>Aspidistra </i>will easily cope with neglect, draughts, poor light and withstand periods of drought too. My plant is in the bedroom in the furthest corner from the window behind the door where it is shady. Two things Cast Iron plants don't like are too wet soil and being potted too often, it prefers to be pot bound. There is a variegated cultivar but it's not as tough.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7w2B6dciozhd3cFDsb__PSU7fiQRsk3FfqI0nweK1D83Ku6g5pLfHHi0xWDl8i6GeWYcD7bJNhl4LRU6Ql6898qyxsTx2u7_Fa9-WCSzS-LjNqneibSde7U346xHiwdrNjgdNCF0oZ6E7nnugi792hbOM4v_bfg4GnDDsZUOt7yfm-U3IS-JCxNwzT6A/s3213/20231121_150913-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3213" data-original-width="2790" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7w2B6dciozhd3cFDsb__PSU7fiQRsk3FfqI0nweK1D83Ku6g5pLfHHi0xWDl8i6GeWYcD7bJNhl4LRU6Ql6898qyxsTx2u7_Fa9-WCSzS-LjNqneibSde7U346xHiwdrNjgdNCF0oZ6E7nnugi792hbOM4v_bfg4GnDDsZUOt7yfm-U3IS-JCxNwzT6A/w348-h400/20231121_150913-2.jpg" width="348" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spider Plant</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><i><br /></i><i>Chlorophyllum</i> is one of the most commonly found houseplants and one of the first houseplants identified as an air pollutant remover. Easy to grow as long as it isn't left to dry out and will produce young plants along the arching flowering shoots, which start producing roots while still on the parent plant. Perfect for hanging baskets or trailing down from a bookshelf, it looks good and purifies the air in the house. Spider plants will take some shade but do better in some sun and light. Pot into a multipurpose compost and don't re-pot too often.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeV0cHFWvGFprlkZSUr8f-KV54OwgF21Z03k3XdhS8SMcxzuFOwFsvulbeoRMfEIBwmLF4kHfztxkgKRwuM4Y1Ga8yYZSA5KT2FzfY0mAAdVU8ZAEimiYdzKxLSWk1EcUUUql08P32IY/s1600/20181022_145532.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1600" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeV0cHFWvGFprlkZSUr8f-KV54OwgF21Z03k3XdhS8SMcxzuFOwFsvulbeoRMfEIBwmLF4kHfztxkgKRwuM4Y1Ga8yYZSA5KT2FzfY0mAAdVU8ZAEimiYdzKxLSWk1EcUUUql08P32IY/s640/20181022_145532.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Prayer Plant</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />This interesting plant earns it's common name from it's habit of folding up it's leaves vertically as dusk approaches, helping the plant preserve moisture. If your plant does this you can be sure it is happy where it is. They do have flowers which tend to be green and quite inconspicuous. Markings can vary on the leaves but all <i>Marantha </i>have the same requirements. Don't put them in full sun, semi-shade is good and don't splash leaves with water in the sun as it will mark the leaves. Keep moist but not waterlogged and pot into a multi purpose compost. Plants are easily divided once mature.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRgbwh-nHtM238mLgxgavKt4eH41LMiHexv1D1XSQ2Tdtl6Bsr7X8P3bn85U8xHS5seGRmUmBSu3wJjWKSrlVtWKVMOq7KuPeXecGB97ukKhyphenhyphenM7JqmzcUUR41hzERGbpQsfZr8WQj_zL0o4M4QCOyYjts6u_OCym_ulXGfV6FprRsWzVg6yFw2k0TfBw/s4032/20231121_151014-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRgbwh-nHtM238mLgxgavKt4eH41LMiHexv1D1XSQ2Tdtl6Bsr7X8P3bn85U8xHS5seGRmUmBSu3wJjWKSrlVtWKVMOq7KuPeXecGB97ukKhyphenhyphenM7JqmzcUUR41hzERGbpQsfZr8WQj_zL0o4M4QCOyYjts6u_OCym_ulXGfV6FprRsWzVg6yFw2k0TfBw/w300-h400/20231121_151014-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Areca Palm</td></tr></tbody></table><br />A commonly seem palm, graceful in growth and tolerant of indoors conditions. <i>Chrysalidocarpus lutescens</i> releases copious amounts of moisture into the air, in a domestic setting it can transpire up to 2 pints of moisture every 24 hours and and removes toxins from the air. What's not to like? It likes semi-shade and doesn't like to dry out so keep the root ball damp. I have mine sitting on the floor next to the Lounge window where it gets plenty light. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5KKcIvJDjOK7exn1YnBBtWK7zOA4lIiIFxCAo4ZgLeWvYpQRT8G4ryZPnLtoY23Dt3wlG1GMRPAPGQlZlu4u_Pj4Y3nLgjd9J56AwxYrs8fH40-hQ4vXYA25io6tZJ7VCfaGNwGPG1B-KFKXlhyphenhyphenk_beC8G30-xv9eNz99VP-XGQ3dECRO_YS92DPSnk/s4032/Hoya%20in%20flower%20at%20home%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5KKcIvJDjOK7exn1YnBBtWK7zOA4lIiIFxCAo4ZgLeWvYpQRT8G4ryZPnLtoY23Dt3wlG1GMRPAPGQlZlu4u_Pj4Y3nLgjd9J56AwxYrs8fH40-hQ4vXYA25io6tZJ7VCfaGNwGPG1B-KFKXlhyphenhyphenk_beC8G30-xv9eNz99VP-XGQ3dECRO_YS92DPSnk/s320/Hoya%20in%20flower%20at%20home%20(4).jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7MnexxGx-05AjY8XuDZfBGdiWvt9VS4SqMYxNb3t5UbUhT-Ys65hYKD_gkWa0Nl7WnmCoZf-Y291RLKQbZ7NHmcPulekKjEN5PgpycJKJBxp9bzfWDfHy6JdnbGc6gsUWbafztX_gU2oDh-DhRm_-2pfJ0VIa7yBMR_50o8Zj4-ITC7_gjFHiG6Xb50/s4032/Hoya%20in%20flower%20at%20home.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7MnexxGx-05AjY8XuDZfBGdiWvt9VS4SqMYxNb3t5UbUhT-Ys65hYKD_gkWa0Nl7WnmCoZf-Y291RLKQbZ7NHmcPulekKjEN5PgpycJKJBxp9bzfWDfHy6JdnbGc6gsUWbafztX_gU2oDh-DhRm_-2pfJ0VIa7yBMR_50o8Zj4-ITC7_gjFHiG6Xb50/s320/Hoya%20in%20flower%20at%20home.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br />My <i>Hoya bella</i> is trailing from the bedroom window, on the north side of the house it gets light but not sun. Happy enough to produce hundreds of flowers earlier this year! Hoya like bright light but not full sun and moist but not waterlogged soil, water less in winter. The plant gets its name from the fascinating flowers, which look waxy and not real!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZGhKFj3XBmO9oz4ZqB2ZuuJ7csdLT-buekY3pTndw18qc0PADQ-BS9gSwq8F62GLV7WMP4Db_lefWnvTW76Ed7X7bGuwe5fug2Ey_Q47Z19xIlJrNZQcERbpkdhRIdlhcCI1Jlzk6NDNFvFZSXHVk77hT7rQIefqARBLowcLtO4_z4ttY3It3JLVJ4Q/s3499/20231121_150739-2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3499" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZGhKFj3XBmO9oz4ZqB2ZuuJ7csdLT-buekY3pTndw18qc0PADQ-BS9gSwq8F62GLV7WMP4Db_lefWnvTW76Ed7X7bGuwe5fug2Ey_Q47Z19xIlJrNZQcERbpkdhRIdlhcCI1Jlzk6NDNFvFZSXHVk77hT7rQIefqARBLowcLtO4_z4ttY3It3JLVJ4Q/s320/20231121_150739-2.jpg" width="277" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVtOrWfdNnHbaUf5kGNCCYmyPnEUqYIXE_YviFrYZnVaf9NKLtfJfnya3PeUVpmuP2MxtbDInPiDN-xr33Th1PE3yVkqdX0psmWp6Agq2ieCS358T0e_wqDpiDhNaUNjnvu4WZYNSx68JZ6qU_VjK9Auefcx86yWaB6nvzn6eMJ5uhl45vz-Zi_OL5zQ/s4032/Peperomia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVtOrWfdNnHbaUf5kGNCCYmyPnEUqYIXE_YviFrYZnVaf9NKLtfJfnya3PeUVpmuP2MxtbDInPiDN-xr33Th1PE3yVkqdX0psmWp6Agq2ieCS358T0e_wqDpiDhNaUNjnvu4WZYNSx68JZ6qU_VjK9Auefcx86yWaB6nvzn6eMJ5uhl45vz-Zi_OL5zQ/s320/Peperomia.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Peperomia is a large genus of tropical plants that are native to Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean. With more than 1,500 known species, they have thick, fleshy leaves that contribute to their drought tolerance and vigor. Leaves can be in so many colours, variegation, shape and size and are easy foliage plants as long as they arent over watered. Flowers are long and thin, growing above the foliage through the year. Grow in light but not full sun as they are tropical jungle floor plants. Water to dampen the compost but not soaked. Peperomia are also good for cleaning the air in your house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6RWr8d41JjVv4hKM2jRsklhz_rWPl9enjzkQHqPErRAX0rYcVv13n4yE5ybTIH3DAdSRHURDPidpOPLeSUm5i4HyKSL1lkslekBXCSP3EXObodA1E7SqzimI6Rj2WsLzn0S2yGr6SGY/s1600/Succulents+and+cacti+give+a+good+display+all+year+round%252C+Glengarry.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1600" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6RWr8d41JjVv4hKM2jRsklhz_rWPl9enjzkQHqPErRAX0rYcVv13n4yE5ybTIH3DAdSRHURDPidpOPLeSUm5i4HyKSL1lkslekBXCSP3EXObodA1E7SqzimI6Rj2WsLzn0S2yGr6SGY/s640/Succulents+and+cacti+give+a+good+display+all+year+round%252C+Glengarry.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Cacti and succulents</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1s-4naBWqmHhVc4Q-ceJXir7YpaGzNStNhuGi2eXe0Yz2WpVwqWTuTRHri6izk5E4o5h2LFczcxttQQIEyeFuTYfiXAIa5ARftL76-RVObaUFSwlPH07chEQBzHqczO4JV4a7pm5b_to/s1600/Succulents+in+the+Greenhouse+collage%252C+final+edit%252C+Easter+Mosshat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1600" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1s-4naBWqmHhVc4Q-ceJXir7YpaGzNStNhuGi2eXe0Yz2WpVwqWTuTRHri6izk5E4o5h2LFczcxttQQIEyeFuTYfiXAIa5ARftL76-RVObaUFSwlPH07chEQBzHqczO4JV4a7pm5b_to/s640/Succulents+in+the+Greenhouse+collage%252C+final+edit%252C+Easter+Mosshat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Cacti and succulents were my first plants, taking up the whole window sill in my bedroom and now taking up a third of my big greenhouse. I love the huge range of colours, textures and flowers that they have, as you can see from a few of my collection above. Again they thrive on neglect, requiring very little water and rarely needing re-potted. Their only requirement is sun and being frost free in winter. Grow them on sunny windowsills, in a heated greenhouse (in winter) or put outside in summer for an exotic look (remember to take them in before frost though).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWQdbF-xQ750padeKBINIZbDTpOcSIiNkoF6zpOVzefsai5I3WzigQHsZJepvVydkgyb2ApY7n4Ue-ATlbQ6A2tpwAHJ18Tu-Kz7hKbu7fwZ7HDXT5QSSfQK1iqjTeUm8cP-k-wMHkB7OOSNjoYJZfDs35m1KRhvP7qUaEKKN2SHQxwDHU1KX7WNF1V4/s3239/20231121_150934-2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghNmr9jJ6yGGUxySqdti8KVT-Bgdavjy1C_PQt9Etqbw6lRQJ_I5AnoUcT-ic2MADkylH6WyWY2_Mlx6IcP93f-E3T-g1Ix5Ha5DnxsMyHNgEPtXeJhjCuDwAOuooV9HlY2HqAPIpHwrmaKsjMtO_nQlPxMTgVyYkiMdYF0CWkPgUDtSQGssVzJX2gmSs/s3525/Parlout%20palm%20and%20orchid.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3525" data-original-width="2205" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghNmr9jJ6yGGUxySqdti8KVT-Bgdavjy1C_PQt9Etqbw6lRQJ_I5AnoUcT-ic2MADkylH6WyWY2_Mlx6IcP93f-E3T-g1Ix5Ha5DnxsMyHNgEPtXeJhjCuDwAOuooV9HlY2HqAPIpHwrmaKsjMtO_nQlPxMTgVyYkiMdYF0CWkPgUDtSQGssVzJX2gmSs/s320/Parlout%20palm%20and%20orchid.jpg" width="200" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="3239" data-original-width="2556" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWQdbF-xQ750padeKBINIZbDTpOcSIiNkoF6zpOVzefsai5I3WzigQHsZJepvVydkgyb2ApY7n4Ue-ATlbQ6A2tpwAHJ18Tu-Kz7hKbu7fwZ7HDXT5QSSfQK1iqjTeUm8cP-k-wMHkB7OOSNjoYJZfDs35m1KRhvP7qUaEKKN2SHQxwDHU1KX7WNF1V4/s320/20231121_150934-2.jpg" width="253" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">You may have noticed apart from the cacti and succulents, there are no flowering plants mentioned. I'm not very good with them, give me a Poinsettya at Christmas and I'll have it dead before new Year! Although I do have great success with orchids, the standard ones you find in the supermarket or garden centre. I always go looking for the discounted ones, often picking them up at a bargain price and bringing them back to life where they will then pay me back with many flowers every year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJsiQMOAvV7J6ibu_1OWCy1_5ksSg89YwnlbkjB2GVQnj1tKGpFpzcbT0NVsiaAGjEiJnkwZ3aAFOksnC1-wtPUu0d9N1uZpoxx6uCRH8Y3CaGG9446xZHX6HgC-ErxqI3UufrF5JnyNrpPNM3_i5ED8Ji0gPcsomaAt84NJ0huZ9Qt54rWmnGCn6Hyo/s4032/Asparagus%20densiflorus%20Sprengeri.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBJsiQMOAvV7J6ibu_1OWCy1_5ksSg89YwnlbkjB2GVQnj1tKGpFpzcbT0NVsiaAGjEiJnkwZ3aAFOksnC1-wtPUu0d9N1uZpoxx6uCRH8Y3CaGG9446xZHX6HgC-ErxqI3UufrF5JnyNrpPNM3_i5ED8Ji0gPcsomaAt84NJ0huZ9Qt54rWmnGCn6Hyo/s320/Asparagus%20densiflorus%20Sprengeri.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiTCVxUJWwL52lfAX7kDPSeZ0gBBPuXiHociNWcG81QK5Fvrw8cBA2YGfYVCKpBmWoqRyYr17eM7S_bewv0y5xipE9tmep9J6Il1LuuYod-wF18VfS-7VtcQ_sSg9fHX-bex2XcqbfLHdXb9jRI62-FXrwIksGLJbO90-GH43q6jU1KKB48F5G-6xGDAk/s4032/Asparagus%20setaceus%20plumosus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2926" data-original-width="4032" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiTCVxUJWwL52lfAX7kDPSeZ0gBBPuXiHociNWcG81QK5Fvrw8cBA2YGfYVCKpBmWoqRyYr17eM7S_bewv0y5xipE9tmep9J6Il1LuuYod-wF18VfS-7VtcQ_sSg9fHX-bex2XcqbfLHdXb9jRI62-FXrwIksGLJbO90-GH43q6jU1KKB48F5G-6xGDAk/s320/Asparagus%20setaceus%20plumosus.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: inherit;">Asparagus ferns have airy and delicate foliage that looks like the leaves of asparagus but arches gracefully, like a fern. They're not ferns, but members of the lily family, and hail from the humid forests of southern Africa. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: inherit;">There are two main types of asparagus fern</span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: inherit; scroll-margin-top: 100px;"> – Asparagus setaceus plumosus </em><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: inherit; scroll-margin-top: 100px;">(right photo) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: inherit;">and</span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: inherit; scroll-margin-top: 100px;"> </em><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #303030;"><i>Asparagus densiflorus Sprengeri </i>(left photo). They look lovely </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: inherit;">tumbling from a shelf or plant stand, or in a hanging planter. Mine are on top of the kitchen wall units where they enjoy the humidity of the kitchen and the light but not full sun. They like most but not soggy compost, with less water in winter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTINl6HEVSAOYGy6HySoYRoMYo18W-Q5sQIMfNumpno5bMzH4ehVievGVsRiKr5NrEuFZj0ND9eMEHPuCrLjmqJzrMsMZ5-h4NwCnlBfAgo9XmNYjpepBNza3lGRXXzyXwn_kKdktgS-J2ndh7nw4bZRz0UCQHOeIMIpoVnfk3QS4-F3GTLMoMeMGKUzI/s3668/20231121_151024-2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheziE9akE03DbmdCSF4-P7KJf6EtpZ2fUx4ARJl73u6KEjJluSPmV2crGNPxr0jKp2ml-vMQSYRIfwir6PE79sRcZllPuCJu00IkTUFqq5i0uTUikb52NlkJhLSGDLwxbcEca6FcvnZjW7LcO6UWr8aZYmtpY-J9EYnKMymSMtVrZE592CQ5b3VMoBV18/s4032/20231121_151032-2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheziE9akE03DbmdCSF4-P7KJf6EtpZ2fUx4ARJl73u6KEjJluSPmV2crGNPxr0jKp2ml-vMQSYRIfwir6PE79sRcZllPuCJu00IkTUFqq5i0uTUikb52NlkJhLSGDLwxbcEca6FcvnZjW7LcO6UWr8aZYmtpY-J9EYnKMymSMtVrZE592CQ5b3VMoBV18/s320/20231121_151032-2.jpg" width="240" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="3668" data-original-width="2582" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTINl6HEVSAOYGy6HySoYRoMYo18W-Q5sQIMfNumpno5bMzH4ehVievGVsRiKr5NrEuFZj0ND9eMEHPuCrLjmqJzrMsMZ5-h4NwCnlBfAgo9XmNYjpepBNza3lGRXXzyXwn_kKdktgS-J2ndh7nw4bZRz0UCQHOeIMIpoVnfk3QS4-F3GTLMoMeMGKUzI/s320/20231121_151024-2.jpg" width="225" /></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="comp text-passage u-how-to-title-align mntl-sc-block lifestyle-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; counter-reset: section 0; letter-spacing: -0.00625rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">String of hearts plant (<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ceropegia woodii</em>) is an attractive houseplant with evergreen, succulent, trailing vines that look good in hanging baskets or pots on shelves or window sills. The plant care is easy, especially during the warmer months. It is long-lived and fast-growing, and the sprawling vines can cascade up to 12 feet once they are mature. I have to give my plant a hair cut every so often. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.00625rem;">The heart-shaped, fleshy, gray-green foliage has an eye-catching marbled pattern, and the thin, string-like vines are a lovely purple colour. Grow in light but not full sun, and although a succulent it doesn't like to be too dry.</span></p><p class="comp text-passage u-how-to-title-align mntl-sc-block lifestyle-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixisQc_y-Oi0bkA6bY9HtGn6U4Xi8D7_CwMW_1ubCft7eWamN7INvQGFkvgCmKi1UmR5g_0L3xZ1Ee0UTVBbkBJ-v7pUJNv1lE-JJxQTUMKkj4YG5xoyY7svL1A-s6FIO0zP19-4h-ecpX0_fGlG3S5Zig2qL_Zmm8zcn3TM3_aELZQnJRHoDnr6sFFGI/s3304/20231121_151136-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3304" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixisQc_y-Oi0bkA6bY9HtGn6U4Xi8D7_CwMW_1ubCft7eWamN7INvQGFkvgCmKi1UmR5g_0L3xZ1Ee0UTVBbkBJ-v7pUJNv1lE-JJxQTUMKkj4YG5xoyY7svL1A-s6FIO0zP19-4h-ecpX0_fGlG3S5Zig2qL_Zmm8zcn3TM3_aELZQnJRHoDnr6sFFGI/w366-h400/20231121_151136-2.jpg" width="366" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fishbone cactus</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; letter-spacing: -0.00625rem; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;">This unusual cactus </span></span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><i>Disocactus anguliger</i> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.1px;">originates from the rainforest of Mexico and has uniquely shaped long, flat stems resembling a fishbone, hence its name! The stems will begin by growing upright but as they grow longer will eventually trail down. This is an epiphytic plant meaning it grows aerial roots as in its natural environment the fishbone would anchor to a host plant. It can also flower, but none here so far. It will enjoy plenty sun and let it dry out between watering.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p></p><p class="comp text-passage u-how-to-title-align mntl-sc-block lifestyle-sc-block-html mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: section 0; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRxUYIrpktqlc9HNRhJhmz2kHo6XWxC3-PveIDWA-2neW8dsXcppp0XV5QtPOxrCBFths4P_LbtrKzoRlpqIxDcdFNPbMYuY8YiEICylywsOJ7k-hnU6hCKLpAn-Llww5r0Jx7JKzUNYspdl_5hmvQmXZIQiRE98puEzXF1kc98B97XVqv1xrRJLfcPQ/s2360/lemon%20tree%20flowers%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2353" data-original-width="2360" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRxUYIrpktqlc9HNRhJhmz2kHo6XWxC3-PveIDWA-2neW8dsXcppp0XV5QtPOxrCBFths4P_LbtrKzoRlpqIxDcdFNPbMYuY8YiEICylywsOJ7k-hnU6hCKLpAn-Llww5r0Jx7JKzUNYspdl_5hmvQmXZIQiRE98puEzXF1kc98B97XVqv1xrRJLfcPQ/s320/lemon%20tree%20flowers%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_UrNqJzGxj2QkMhlvKs4XmKQvLI6lfkY9ZrQYkpq1fCCbB1GbKAUOHcPDpTHgzZ42M3uMw_m3BJ0w2mcDP2lDU_Gz4hil0h5Q5yjCE6xMMtv2btX50ufSf87P2lRsz86ChPI8fU9bixUhIC4OkwySpwowgZBtNM9fQDaTkhk9rsxQQx4YjC7SBXnuww/s4032/Lemon%20tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_UrNqJzGxj2QkMhlvKs4XmKQvLI6lfkY9ZrQYkpq1fCCbB1GbKAUOHcPDpTHgzZ42M3uMw_m3BJ0w2mcDP2lDU_Gz4hil0h5Q5yjCE6xMMtv2btX50ufSf87P2lRsz86ChPI8fU9bixUhIC4OkwySpwowgZBtNM9fQDaTkhk9rsxQQx4YjC7SBXnuww/s320/Lemon%20tree.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tJQpqIi-bZNlAjQQAwgnQ6AgP3yjX-PAUMREVKsNzYP_6OfoT6UJuv_-VKQuiCTnQVw2HqxCth97t5SVrjiZrZ-gZCDtyBtCRvHSjAS2ZmYzXCgiH1cP9DNywZLL1BV4KFdPwtZPUZQZH0MpcyoU1HxATnsK-CKqGc7U9aMM6YoZXK1SZPtWKYytRSc/s3680/My%20new%20lemon%20tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3680" data-original-width="2659" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tJQpqIi-bZNlAjQQAwgnQ6AgP3yjX-PAUMREVKsNzYP_6OfoT6UJuv_-VKQuiCTnQVw2HqxCth97t5SVrjiZrZ-gZCDtyBtCRvHSjAS2ZmYzXCgiH1cP9DNywZLL1BV4KFdPwtZPUZQZH0MpcyoU1HxATnsK-CKqGc7U9aMM6YoZXK1SZPtWKYytRSc/s320/My%20new%20lemon%20tree.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><br /><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lemon trees can be grown inside the house provided you can give them the right conditions to ensure their happiness. Usually seen outdoors or in a greenhouse or orangery, citrus trees can actually thrive indoors. They have the ability to bring gorgeous fragrance to a space, thanks to their flowers and fruit, and, if you can give them the ideal conditions indoors, a tree is capable of producing fruit throughout the year. The most important part of citrus tree care when growing them indoors is light. Lemon trees want 10-12 hours of sunlight and not to be near any artificial heat sources such as radiators or air conditioning. An ideal location for growing lemon trees indoors is near a south-facing window with ample sunlight. In addition, the temperature should be consistently between 55-85˚F to promote healthy growth. Lemon trees like to dry out and then be watered thoroughly, less in winter though. My plant has flowers on so I am hopeful for lemons next year. The lemons it came with were amazing in flavour, so lemony! </span></span><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.00625rem;"><br /></span><p></p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvPgb2cv7RujyyXHfUqkJyyr4XzavDimoboZQSMNXtzcWQcwiHIFGn0EF4YizBUOOcRtHgCBfzYtAGQPPX9mpcFJF24sCoOYHO32klpbceP5qIb-PP5_dbJ9C3e5Ytv442R1yjz7kq9I/s1600/20181027_185801.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1347" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvPgb2cv7RujyyXHfUqkJyyr4XzavDimoboZQSMNXtzcWQcwiHIFGn0EF4YizBUOOcRtHgCBfzYtAGQPPX9mpcFJF24sCoOYHO32klpbceP5qIb-PP5_dbJ9C3e5Ytv442R1yjz7kq9I/s640/20181027_185801.jpg" width="538" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Indoor plant books</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />While writing this blog post, I had a look through my garden bookshelves to see what relevant books I had. 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text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The weather is certainly changing, and with it the tone and tempo of the gardens and nursery changes too. Growth slows and stops, plants start to die back ready for the winter cold, the fish in the pond are less active and the pace of works becomes more relaxed. The pressure is off, there's still lots to do, but there isn't the pressure of spring and summer to get all the propagation and potting done and to keep the nursery and gardens tidy.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPk_uVuQHTOk83TaacgH3h0DpWvN8sDapnRbY40cHsLaNbJMy5QzWgFA8awfiEKT5zAS7JNNqB9wdEA4csVChoeWDHYoxlofxfVcDaIxVc6jL1H2CWHeQFbt05hBPz9uiBdOvCnst-oTAWXji_dY1hL9-lwCUbUenOaMYoqAu-3f6m9sBJ7-i6VRA75U/s4032/autumn%20sun%20through%20ferns.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPk_uVuQHTOk83TaacgH3h0DpWvN8sDapnRbY40cHsLaNbJMy5QzWgFA8awfiEKT5zAS7JNNqB9wdEA4csVChoeWDHYoxlofxfVcDaIxVc6jL1H2CWHeQFbt05hBPz9uiBdOvCnst-oTAWXji_dY1hL9-lwCUbUenOaMYoqAu-3f6m9sBJ7-i6VRA75U/w300-h400/autumn%20sun%20through%20ferns.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">One more day until we finish for winter. It's been a busy crazy year again in the nursery with ups and downs along the way and more to come. David, Fiona and Isabel have been fantastic helping get all the work done, serving customers and keeping me almost sane </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙄" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta7/1.5/16/1f644.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="😆" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2d/1.5/16/1f606.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> I couldn't have done it without them </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzrQtI8y_iu3kztNUuSDjuW2WXt4oOA71TQtJlo6jDD4UGb5R9C-4glBq5QDHdqu7IZ_aihosWTcOHuAVAQdg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the last month we've been working on renovating the spare bedroom / Davids office and a home for all our books. All 30 boxes of them </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤦♀️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tdc/1.5/16/1f926_200d_2640.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙄" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta7/1.5/16/1f644.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="😆" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2d/1.5/16/1f606.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> we build a set of floor to ceiling shelves, which wasn't easy as no wall was straight in any direction </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> old houses. 5 coats of paint later here's a sneak peak of our library. The other half of the room coming soon once we've moved everything back in. Huge thanks to David for all his hard work building those awesome shelves </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzWOHv6LdLauEHnh23sEp-UUZz7O4TyGQY2Dae8zuZNiZ1uNuCZ3b4Vy46T9Eump_OG6R0ZzdTS_7lhzlv-fQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Well that's all Folks for 2023! Can you believe it’s the end of October already? I can't. Thank you so much to all our customers who visited the nursery and gardens this year, who purchased from us and all the support and positive encouragement through the year. Its all very much appreciated. We are off for a much needed break and then will be back and forward doing all the winter jobs needing done. As you know I'll be on our social media chatting about plants and gardens.</span></span><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Huge thank you's to Fiona and Isabel for all their work, enthusiasm and great company this year. We got masses more done in the nursery, so much propagation and another new garden </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'd especially like to thank Viki <span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/junkshopantiques10?__cft__[0]=AZUddfKX5NOVEBkQux9CMX5jJV4pe_X6K49t2gz2i-bJL4ZrAlYe-vm0Gz7IiLXvVCpLBzKzHaK7LGXeTu8OlSK8ExS6Wuxg2XVk6tEc0F4EN3l0rftM0_YtUL8hoLtmEyRaqxrZa6RyTtQ-w6b3MGr-3-P6jX58pKin3UsmKOqM7iuhanQo_8uD8laf_ymFXf0&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Junkshopantiques</span></a></span> for helping keep both of us sane (ish) while running our businesses, being business owners and the ups and downs of life in general.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And of course David who manages to fit in the nursery amongst his own business and flying </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Take care for now </span></div></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Big thanks from Rona and David x</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7EcLaEm43CE9ObiMSC5K5KG8IpO5Zmgswo_Qj40OOuLe1ChcCldh50gbHUAI42DVL3dZQSH1fL-6M8rjzAgW0j4IApfvmi5nL3tIkHmZzxzeWPidJ8pu6XD-BiU722MEK4Gu9ijFg0jjR446ijoH7kRbeJlfNqZQah7APN5PeVWvrn4sRstfCXsE2yM/s1080/369650371_826760502785999_8010915000719327128_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="1080" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7EcLaEm43CE9ObiMSC5K5KG8IpO5Zmgswo_Qj40OOuLe1ChcCldh50gbHUAI42DVL3dZQSH1fL-6M8rjzAgW0j4IApfvmi5nL3tIkHmZzxzeWPidJ8pu6XD-BiU722MEK4Gu9ijFg0jjR446ijoH7kRbeJlfNqZQah7APN5PeVWvrn4sRstfCXsE2yM/w400-h351/369650371_826760502785999_8010915000719327128_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What a difference a day makes. 99% of the stuff that had come out the spare "storage" bedroom sorted and dealt with. We can now move about the house without doing a side shuffle all the time <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙄" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta7/1.5/16/1f644.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And we got our most recent renovation room finished, pictures hung, blind up. So happy with this room, it was worth all the blood, sweat, tears and sweary words <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤐" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t89/1.5/16/1f910.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Video - when we moved in, the junk room and finished <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwHubdXKR8_lh85OhCKbcUZ1sZ8DmHNbBzKtGRkMTjmQsf2OmNGJg7_Bp3hKB1CK8fkOWQ7iPovH90vyYH8tA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A walk around spoon wood this afternoon. The autumn colours are incredible this year, the dull weather didn't capture them well, we have been lacking in cold crisp sunny autumn days, its just been wet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68EkMoM86llmdmQylKn_4X7z1u5dn3GrOjNe1QtR4raIODc-t05OXve0c3RImi9MnjZ0TXNTS0Nl9xcKbnc4Nln3eYi_Bv4HU26267ouAej8BzJqOAq_2yeQYwy7YIPcHvGHliBreBJfHWaqbYdWE4hTfT8WLlJrOvJujSt6y4ri7ASWzuR0CN5cT4f8/s4032/20231030_155528-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68EkMoM86llmdmQylKn_4X7z1u5dn3GrOjNe1QtR4raIODc-t05OXve0c3RImi9MnjZ0TXNTS0Nl9xcKbnc4Nln3eYi_Bv4HU26267ouAej8BzJqOAq_2yeQYwy7YIPcHvGHliBreBJfHWaqbYdWE4hTfT8WLlJrOvJujSt6y4ri7ASWzuR0CN5cT4f8/w400-h300/20231030_155528-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">No the garden isn't dressed up for halloween <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😄" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2b/1.5/16/1f604.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> but wrapped up for winter. It was great to finally get a dry day in my garden, its been a while. Tender plants wrapped for winter, grass cut (final cut hopefully), climbers tied in, my alpine troughs shuffled a bit closer together so the last one fits in now the summer house has been installed ( thanks <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/d.a.dodds?__cft__[0]=AZXq_BIN5HRAw2cCAr1LMjYr6lXBpQZ1PWSHom5QqorG5DRf0Ft6sCSVDXq4ITsVriFlXN51MQdyZLqTEOPZCD1naGW3Hyx4q_E2dNy8hbpE4HQd7bPllsyhjvepOD4omr9KGdhFhx-rTXbaPDjvHDqmkK6GkdKeawCGMWlK7frKWA&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">David</span></a> for your help moving them <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span>) I know you hate them <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙄" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta7/1.5/16/1f644.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> spent some time working out what I'm going to do landscaping wise <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>round the summer house and how I'm going to lay out the storage work area behind it. Definitely somewhere for the compost heaps to go! Our summer house got installed on Friday, it was a busy week! The final piece of the garden makeover. I can't wait to sort it out and it will give us some much needed space at our wee hoose.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #050505; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzItfZQKjTHNBhdkVuO2b3rWEoQFPEmnEQNEe-y6wX2pRa2j6HDqCd2Zg1SYYLn7Nx8okotKGkioVYVZxtXHjO-zNwZa19O55FbNae6PtrDgGVu0jVsLkrMaRYOJZbh4lcikl238n8GHnEYdiRwN-S-Un-ZMog_wWZGwqvWDvLS7vljWJ1QDX8S16cz8/s4032/Wrapping%20the%20garden%20for%20winter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzItfZQKjTHNBhdkVuO2b3rWEoQFPEmnEQNEe-y6wX2pRa2j6HDqCd2Zg1SYYLn7Nx8okotKGkioVYVZxtXHjO-zNwZa19O55FbNae6PtrDgGVu0jVsLkrMaRYOJZbh4lcikl238n8GHnEYdiRwN-S-Un-ZMog_wWZGwqvWDvLS7vljWJ1QDX8S16cz8/w400-h300/Wrapping%20the%20garden%20for%20winter.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wrapping plants for winter</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So good to get back to painting after a month and a half of not. Well not this kind of painting any how <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙄" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta7/1.5/16/1f644.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span>. It always gets a bit messy at the end lol. Good to use the new pallet and brush stand I got from <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/jamie.coupe7?__cft__[0]=AZVzdRCYxxmPvPE8m8EAmRHuUaSfaeOw11PBKMsjp13n1cSJrNnvCQ8ZPwVcc0U48i0FaoiP1wTVy1fqg-vnYS36C3UNqhAd7sO2PX8PHiJiyLMj_NuAPayiQDrLGEOKONB-zqvgxG_Ns5akIxPHwwZDyVOIpxg4LuFP5risv8_wLQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Jamie</span></a> and <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/natasha.davidson.77?__cft__[0]=AZVzdRCYxxmPvPE8m8EAmRHuUaSfaeOw11PBKMsjp13n1cSJrNnvCQ8ZPwVcc0U48i0FaoiP1wTVy1fqg-vnYS36C3UNqhAd7sO2PX8PHiJiyLMj_NuAPayiQDrLGEOKONB-zqvgxG_Ns5akIxPHwwZDyVOIpxg4LuFP5risv8_wLQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Natasha</span></a> for my birthday <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgygsqGEhPe_9cXR5gPKQA72SLxISjJUjK0sOUP71jvpeNHZ5xIcd4Hi_ByGuwx8o0xd-orG_jiaXAbrLXZot63EXl-ssT_VCKVq1WNaW8h2iFVbkmSNpd2pUn0xFISmUaCpMQ5csnZK8p9f9qjetxAJwXXc2SgC989cwXC985qs36tQ5eAveCfEkuXLa4/s4032/20231101_102056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgygsqGEhPe_9cXR5gPKQA72SLxISjJUjK0sOUP71jvpeNHZ5xIcd4Hi_ByGuwx8o0xd-orG_jiaXAbrLXZot63EXl-ssT_VCKVq1WNaW8h2iFVbkmSNpd2pUn0xFISmUaCpMQ5csnZK8p9f9qjetxAJwXXc2SgC989cwXC985qs36tQ5eAveCfEkuXLa4/s320/20231101_102056.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyeJVKUxDbcCYWCGnJuSf8vYTMFV8Dca4X6RaPi0PAgSHZ0SBtQp0Ydow7pw8bmSvz8Kx-9NSgs_QJGzxkaUpj7uv4lB31Tt7Chhgub0fGuqz5koFIs1bJ8mjIArbmLIJdP_u-TBNCHQJCqiUCZKnsdJ7aoFfOBmdBhIgMLkoxOcmsUFqxquMrwNvjf8c/s3502/20231101_110448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3502" data-original-width="2851" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyeJVKUxDbcCYWCGnJuSf8vYTMFV8Dca4X6RaPi0PAgSHZ0SBtQp0Ydow7pw8bmSvz8Kx-9NSgs_QJGzxkaUpj7uv4lB31Tt7Chhgub0fGuqz5koFIs1bJ8mjIArbmLIJdP_u-TBNCHQJCqiUCZKnsdJ7aoFfOBmdBhIgMLkoxOcmsUFqxquMrwNvjf8c/s320/20231101_110448.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After a month and half of no painting, I'm really pleased with this abstract winter river scene. Brushes, credit card and four colours </span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlS0ryTZpwJrdcnd5EkuAl_rL7zFm2o8qn6il3m-n-KTiPb0Hp_NK4VI2DFJT_CxNT3mOo9n5ZVdcGzIE-llbHXTMR8fS5d0_deYCCXRCGNj9cOedUxz77cIEIxv7G6f6waAKrPQ_UfAjwQ_BStA9CE9tTETZfHEWlQcgx90dqhVoqtLrLWx_sp2QYP2M/s4032/20231101_115914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlS0ryTZpwJrdcnd5EkuAl_rL7zFm2o8qn6il3m-n-KTiPb0Hp_NK4VI2DFJT_CxNT3mOo9n5ZVdcGzIE-llbHXTMR8fS5d0_deYCCXRCGNj9cOedUxz77cIEIxv7G6f6waAKrPQ_UfAjwQ_BStA9CE9tTETZfHEWlQcgx90dqhVoqtLrLWx_sp2QYP2M/w400-h300/20231101_115914.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Autumn, no wonder its my favourite season. 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0cm; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><br /><br />Follow us on Instagram @quirkybirdgardener and Quercus Garden Plants</span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: medium; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: collapse;"> </span></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div></div></div>The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-37785743957475445882023-11-01T11:13:00.009+00:002023-11-01T11:20:05.792+00:00"She had only to stand in the orchard, to put her hand on a little crab tree ....<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">... and look up at the apples, to make you feel the goodness of planting and tending and harvesting at last." - Willa Cather</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-A6j4gTxauO6m8qrm19-kPCNyRcSyLgcH1xNIQvD3zUSf4SpXvLVQPtRRLgu02UAgk5Z9wg75_fq74xowf36w5R8WrHQwERnokbsS3dbzpKjoTF3HudSBCNJzqPFU6HtPotC3m3l8SM5VqBD1yOtSa7zj0HH86ENHo10BIFxxD6oDYQQ7vtTNNZY8Aw/s2216/you'll%20never%20look%20at%20cornus%20berries%20the%20same%20way%20again.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2146" data-original-width="2216" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-A6j4gTxauO6m8qrm19-kPCNyRcSyLgcH1xNIQvD3zUSf4SpXvLVQPtRRLgu02UAgk5Z9wg75_fq74xowf36w5R8WrHQwERnokbsS3dbzpKjoTF3HudSBCNJzqPFU6HtPotC3m3l8SM5VqBD1yOtSa7zj0HH86ENHo10BIFxxD6oDYQQ7vtTNNZY8Aw/w400-h388/you'll%20never%20look%20at%20cornus%20berries%20the%20same%20way%20again.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You'll never look at Cornus berries the same way again </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">The predominant colours in the gardens are now yellows, browns, golds, creams, reds with highlights of late pinks, purples and more when you look closely. The grasses are in their full glory as they flower and some turn a beautiful golden yellow. The sales area is all but empty as we tuck everything away for winter and wind down.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrWJP9uj69l77Nkl4QXC_o8LMeCmwEe6Jh5f4JqlylhmjyzhUvsYH2RSSag1eWazBs0POh1kJWNo4nhK-YCDpVAkP08Y9SCW7JUhrhBoi5liqsYzyHFVxLmPHL6JXih2zWUu2RlubeCFQpG-c6xWpFVDcfyLwVPlHeUDSN3KOHZh6IIcMUpQswFKxooY/s1534/Lonicera%20henryi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="1183" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrWJP9uj69l77Nkl4QXC_o8LMeCmwEe6Jh5f4JqlylhmjyzhUvsYH2RSSag1eWazBs0POh1kJWNo4nhK-YCDpVAkP08Y9SCW7JUhrhBoi5liqsYzyHFVxLmPHL6JXih2zWUu2RlubeCFQpG-c6xWpFVDcfyLwVPlHeUDSN3KOHZh6IIcMUpQswFKxooY/w309-h400/Lonicera%20henryi.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lonicera henryi</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnn78oV6ZQySLxVV-OotWW08L6yQW4cEx-0c68_BZwVt8gpD5JTY5Uh03HAToxtctyKlLN8E_8pZeKxexCXHfiYJTICfeUuE47VwThi9-2P_25mRr33TRwyjG5FEs_XPHIKsSkSDf0yODqp_vxKnk8xetuk02s33u9cTI0ZJ5r6XYaBbv6UQNMWu0Rh_o/s3523/20231011_144401-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3523" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnn78oV6ZQySLxVV-OotWW08L6yQW4cEx-0c68_BZwVt8gpD5JTY5Uh03HAToxtctyKlLN8E_8pZeKxexCXHfiYJTICfeUuE47VwThi9-2P_25mRr33TRwyjG5FEs_XPHIKsSkSDf0yODqp_vxKnk8xetuk02s33u9cTI0ZJ5r6XYaBbv6UQNMWu0Rh_o/w344-h400/20231011_144401-2.jpg" width="344" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iris x robusta 'Gerald Darby'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRXZCrLqWbX2HM9iaMhKOw-eWU_VmixLezepFY5sQMUKaYQQdUBC8crZ9cmxYppujjoPW58rMHcihJwTVvyDU3YlT1E3q1TCN3yBDPw2R0k3ASpcBgfsfrH8HQoD0ZbomYP2Fvm_l-n_dnVpVz0hyphenhyphenygpmGJl3tYLRZWlKST2VLv8MIQ2Ljg0RZ1SM3M4c/s4032/20231011_161620-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRXZCrLqWbX2HM9iaMhKOw-eWU_VmixLezepFY5sQMUKaYQQdUBC8crZ9cmxYppujjoPW58rMHcihJwTVvyDU3YlT1E3q1TCN3yBDPw2R0k3ASpcBgfsfrH8HQoD0ZbomYP2Fvm_l-n_dnVpVz0hyphenhyphenygpmGJl3tYLRZWlKST2VLv8MIQ2Ljg0RZ1SM3M4c/w400-h300/20231011_161620-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tulbaghia violacea</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4fLpmreuAEt1GeWPNBoBmySZJ2acCbZOrKn1OaoLEcy5qUHKYdor75axQhgc8lHUgFQQlQ-d7HoJmATnObFPYInnp72g7r84NmX6Fspel1E3JmHvn_bO73EbbRYOovr0RSM1L-YEa5hrSYKJC5lx6VwaI3Q-4JfGU6CZWssPOUxnixhvJnP6jS2Dmqw/s4032/20231014_141208-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4fLpmreuAEt1GeWPNBoBmySZJ2acCbZOrKn1OaoLEcy5qUHKYdor75axQhgc8lHUgFQQlQ-d7HoJmATnObFPYInnp72g7r84NmX6Fspel1E3JmHvn_bO73EbbRYOovr0RSM1L-YEa5hrSYKJC5lx6VwaI3Q-4JfGU6CZWssPOUxnixhvJnP6jS2Dmqw/w300-h400/20231014_141208-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Malus crab apple</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5b8jTX4DWejFyN1gs9Yg3N6tc1oFEE6R00MJ9ogatQ0Moo5075vgenNMs_I5extX2byBBD3_PMOV6ehdBBDg1wAWUmUu3Rtsws6Insk_HfECsLYUizKzTFtyQgNxyegh4xZMe11gOnB0SVDpGiAKT9wO6__INGXZ7cZb02Sgfukjea7F1Wl8jc4s5oA/s3419/20231018_150937-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3419" data-original-width="2755" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5b8jTX4DWejFyN1gs9Yg3N6tc1oFEE6R00MJ9ogatQ0Moo5075vgenNMs_I5extX2byBBD3_PMOV6ehdBBDg1wAWUmUu3Rtsws6Insk_HfECsLYUizKzTFtyQgNxyegh4xZMe11gOnB0SVDpGiAKT9wO6__INGXZ7cZb02Sgfukjea7F1Wl8jc4s5oA/w323-h400/20231018_150937-2.jpg" width="323" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Viburnum carlesii</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyf7ix0XATAsDi-t9lWETsggQ7If8rc7wZp4zIxGREVtyWYm9x9eDdIRmZtwBZZfDYyOGOMLgZKyUiYCbYJZ5XKor6oBnaXq6v4y9Gk17L9gJN8y7I7tEMqpBvdGLmLuyi3hwCfpeoHetOdvGOFVwRvj6VgQ33o6HULvAcRMAwkWFyWSE4XI_bDizMNaI/s3463/20231018_150942-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3463" data-original-width="2664" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyf7ix0XATAsDi-t9lWETsggQ7If8rc7wZp4zIxGREVtyWYm9x9eDdIRmZtwBZZfDYyOGOMLgZKyUiYCbYJZ5XKor6oBnaXq6v4y9Gk17L9gJN8y7I7tEMqpBvdGLmLuyi3hwCfpeoHetOdvGOFVwRvj6VgQ33o6HULvAcRMAwkWFyWSE4XI_bDizMNaI/w308-h400/20231018_150942-2.jpg" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Viburnum carlesii</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvRW87UiqGTixQpPYeMUCR2URxyNsNIhKnnHuSRYgHdp6j0IommHGUxBcj8MrD8bpArLPg4EkpBiMe97oG6AykeTOlYpdN-hOiEgGt3JyMmR1sklpD2FpY55GiDw-zmbWgmo1E7ff9WWYWtjBQTmsPD76mh_tsUnU6YIZwDSC3yEQr_9x8yPlPaIjRL3Q/s2740/20231018_150958-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2626" data-original-width="2740" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvRW87UiqGTixQpPYeMUCR2URxyNsNIhKnnHuSRYgHdp6j0IommHGUxBcj8MrD8bpArLPg4EkpBiMe97oG6AykeTOlYpdN-hOiEgGt3JyMmR1sklpD2FpY55GiDw-zmbWgmo1E7ff9WWYWtjBQTmsPD76mh_tsUnU6YIZwDSC3yEQr_9x8yPlPaIjRL3Q/s320/20231018_150958-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cornus alba 'Sibirica'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0IaDW-9TbY_QFSxWbE7o32xL7c9sBVvWtSl3MmFkzREBR9W_I2JzWh3CWImfFKnBJRe72GTx85LI-6UTkn8kYs7TMB0X0BjWZZV-y3EmsLJnwETKpSwJwZ2KYGGKG-E1lfNBpJIrmUr5zaVonsj8DgI7JrCnRw3VXY4X_UWUU9yn0aTWTNkNTAyNrjs/s3024/20231018_151019-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2641" data-original-width="3024" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0IaDW-9TbY_QFSxWbE7o32xL7c9sBVvWtSl3MmFkzREBR9W_I2JzWh3CWImfFKnBJRe72GTx85LI-6UTkn8kYs7TMB0X0BjWZZV-y3EmsLJnwETKpSwJwZ2KYGGKG-E1lfNBpJIrmUr5zaVonsj8DgI7JrCnRw3VXY4X_UWUU9yn0aTWTNkNTAyNrjs/w400-h349/20231018_151019-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liquidambar styraciflua</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZScpSqMeX74A3ZZCUflG4RjViRBuAL2It9GxYlwATfhGVGwJESGYF-EwSQnHHgenllh2oW1Z4Q9sPKG1aiL9qz7mkmkkvVcsmqQf9rjGKBvxsBT9TEKgDGHGJn2SctssYM4sk7X6D77JC3yh1Q3ZmCQ3u8uPhwRAlshcuieGXoq2NjOSGra_kPhQ4dMs/s3449/20231018_153715-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2227" data-original-width="3449" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZScpSqMeX74A3ZZCUflG4RjViRBuAL2It9GxYlwATfhGVGwJESGYF-EwSQnHHgenllh2oW1Z4Q9sPKG1aiL9qz7mkmkkvVcsmqQf9rjGKBvxsBT9TEKgDGHGJn2SctssYM4sk7X6D77JC3yh1Q3ZmCQ3u8uPhwRAlshcuieGXoq2NjOSGra_kPhQ4dMs/w400-h259/20231018_153715-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Achillea 'Credo'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rWNY8pWjoifBIU0i1DlKj4UXRDzumRslExGb-dUbvUi74bObTnIJKoMpFevXq0QF6PGG_FEVs16NAmvp__hPMQ-7oGygxQhBaTd_lXVaRb9OQZyFm-LU_vvL1tV8GIxFvaecHeznhAHUkhx6swrRfa7xfUCU5-YqTrgpQogc2NsmfMIGME8MVxnjr8g/s2695/20231018_153730-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2686" data-original-width="2695" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rWNY8pWjoifBIU0i1DlKj4UXRDzumRslExGb-dUbvUi74bObTnIJKoMpFevXq0QF6PGG_FEVs16NAmvp__hPMQ-7oGygxQhBaTd_lXVaRb9OQZyFm-LU_vvL1tV8GIxFvaecHeznhAHUkhx6swrRfa7xfUCU5-YqTrgpQogc2NsmfMIGME8MVxnjr8g/w400-h399/20231018_153730-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colchicum 'Waterlily'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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All colours, shapes and sizes, I'm not even going to attempt to name them......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgNviBL8LsoL_lvFT837o9X8kKsH22UfGxkrJpkFf36tC3vIq6XBk336khmOuBeS8DFd_1xXKthAL9PHPkcqSErFM_bQkIrMslD_JKVq7AvSnEO9yb0Raa2JtxHFwhyphenhyphenm0lCWhFpqlLhPabCCnWDooRLwdnhpOUCqKD42umscC_xh26_8UtzLtiqjz3GU/s3651/20231013_110409-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2766" data-original-width="3651" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgNviBL8LsoL_lvFT837o9X8kKsH22UfGxkrJpkFf36tC3vIq6XBk336khmOuBeS8DFd_1xXKthAL9PHPkcqSErFM_bQkIrMslD_JKVq7AvSnEO9yb0Raa2JtxHFwhyphenhyphenm0lCWhFpqlLhPabCCnWDooRLwdnhpOUCqKD42umscC_xh26_8UtzLtiqjz3GU/w400-h303/20231013_110409-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I think I prefer the frost <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤦" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2e/1.5/16/1f926.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> its certainly more picturesque! Here are some frosty photos i took last week, finally getting around to sharing them.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope no one has suffered too much damage in the last coupe of days of storms x</span></div></div></div></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iZ0RdFNvsDRXSdzp0UmiaN0J8MhY37Us1pNcxtU2y_Lf4vAZAtpkMKBi0YOhyphenhyphenX_afgFKVwYQwlKz9at43C13hsP0CLL2NID9fQgmJkSimA0nXr_7iom1XvdC-u1yA3KGRSZpVETmLRr4bdGx79N6kPj8QwF6BH-091O6VCPA-Z_EjFdk00eApyrB_TI/s4032/20231015_101522-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iZ0RdFNvsDRXSdzp0UmiaN0J8MhY37Us1pNcxtU2y_Lf4vAZAtpkMKBi0YOhyphenhyphenX_afgFKVwYQwlKz9at43C13hsP0CLL2NID9fQgmJkSimA0nXr_7iom1XvdC-u1yA3KGRSZpVETmLRr4bdGx79N6kPj8QwF6BH-091O6VCPA-Z_EjFdk00eApyrB_TI/w300-h400/20231015_101522-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sunday mornings before going to work
look like this, 24 shelves, 2nd coat of paint </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤦♀️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tdc/1.5/16/1f926_200d_2640.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" />
</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Another autumn task done, emptying the leaf mould onto one of the woodland borders. This leaf mould has been on the go for four years, and as its beech leaves, they take a while to break down. All the woodland borders will need a top up of compost as they are still new and have settled over the summer so this was a good start as we needed to remove the current leaf bin. The border looks really good and plants who's roots had been exposed are now at a good depth again.</span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-Wwi2znEir-2XOmhSUAfuXyZ6U6Ach1SuGPbLM7VSuapEJmHaX3agcFvbtPJMW1urK1Js5i3DjvBbUqF2W7GQo64klnYZJTY90M8AZqAL2lp6-D36BFSvlTZtyLbFjnAdaT37dmHQ2Z-NpCK2ExRn2gngLzmiQmNxWzuqeGhegulcE-MbU4QkLKbw7o/s4032/20231022_125420.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-Wwi2znEir-2XOmhSUAfuXyZ6U6Ach1SuGPbLM7VSuapEJmHaX3agcFvbtPJMW1urK1Js5i3DjvBbUqF2W7GQo64klnYZJTY90M8AZqAL2lp6-D36BFSvlTZtyLbFjnAdaT37dmHQ2Z-NpCK2ExRn2gngLzmiQmNxWzuqeGhegulcE-MbU4QkLKbw7o/w400-h300/20231022_125420.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKjGZXRtxNH3jg5S0pE9_Naf0gryjefy0gB5OsckcNbV_Jnrcf2NryJDV86Wydrv3fnkuxHZJiiukOfr2AT1jFWjbK70QQU96rLTjtfnNIyUluNxgF-__FNaZiBFL6ee3znFA-ZYIGg5_Zo1TuSyj4BAF4VO36bmtcM8IuQMJ2y6_tbPeEXBJSo_FO070/s4032/20231022_125426.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKjGZXRtxNH3jg5S0pE9_Naf0gryjefy0gB5OsckcNbV_Jnrcf2NryJDV86Wydrv3fnkuxHZJiiukOfr2AT1jFWjbK70QQU96rLTjtfnNIyUluNxgF-__FNaZiBFL6ee3znFA-ZYIGg5_Zo1TuSyj4BAF4VO36bmtcM8IuQMJ2y6_tbPeEXBJSo_FO070/w300-h400/20231022_125426.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">After spending my two days off finishing the painting of the current room renovation, I'm going back to work for a rest! But it is now ready for the carpets getting laid tomorrow and then we can get everything back in the room and reclaim the rest of the house where we've spent a month shuffling round furnature and a cardboard box mountain. In a small house that's challenging! Nipped out for a Maisie walk this afternoon along the river and some autumn colour.</span></span></span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_3pqVZeogGtadYMyLTl8koKWKZWJMawnwk0DHTxoaYhyDwf_PfMSCagKv663dvjPQ6otzTXtFQQs9WLoO3zML_9l1pnAfWADAHlAFYg92qlD_Ehzb6okflnYCrp51e6V8n2XeMF2oQKymTsniw8x0BwbokqN4J7i9K9BfJcI4baH73S6aCxxW-e9H7Y/s3516/20231024_152326-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2452" data-original-width="3516" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_3pqVZeogGtadYMyLTl8koKWKZWJMawnwk0DHTxoaYhyDwf_PfMSCagKv663dvjPQ6otzTXtFQQs9WLoO3zML_9l1pnAfWADAHlAFYg92qlD_Ehzb6okflnYCrp51e6V8n2XeMF2oQKymTsniw8x0BwbokqN4J7i9K9BfJcI4baH73S6aCxxW-e9H7Y/w400-h279/20231024_152326-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0cm; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span><br /><br />Follow us on Instagram @quirkybirdgardener and Quercus Garden Plants</span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></span></span> <p></p></div>The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-24832667525947556422023-10-19T11:34:00.000+01:002023-10-19T11:34:15.698+01:00"There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots....<p> ....... may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October." - Nathaniel Hawthorne</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3jVN-wmhouTICnSHKAyiHS-5lMdYWztfrnwE6M_xN6TizsMFzWtUXEn4svUvQvQ0vfRFUMoKn-Vk91B2RqxN26hfznxUUEIJM6Q92cieCWNQ_5kqpHkw5ve7FHgvkTr75FOG284zTL4pC8i0TWmRza4k7T7S_zISmsvSnY-OU3KJ5cpOud4__Ow5lU5o/s2760/Aster%20(Symphyotrichum)%20novae-angliae%20'Septemberrubin'%20(2).jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2760" data-original-width="2485" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3jVN-wmhouTICnSHKAyiHS-5lMdYWztfrnwE6M_xN6TizsMFzWtUXEn4svUvQvQ0vfRFUMoKn-Vk91B2RqxN26hfznxUUEIJM6Q92cieCWNQ_5kqpHkw5ve7FHgvkTr75FOG284zTL4pC8i0TWmRza4k7T7S_zISmsvSnY-OU3KJ5cpOud4__Ow5lU5o/s320/Aster%20(Symphyotrichum)%20novae-angliae%20'Septemberrubin'%20(2).jpg" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aster (Symphyotrichum) novae-angliae 'Septemberrubin'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Behind the scenes - With the temperatures forecast to get down to 0C at the weekend it's definitely time to get the bubblewrap on the greenhouse and the last of the tender plants under cover for winter. </span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With the last of the broken glass from the tree incident 2 years ago replaced and brand new bubble wrap my green house is looking very snappy for winter.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The last lot of bubble wrap was finally beyond its best in the spring. But it's lasted 30 years, so absolutely no shame to <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>it. That's value for money <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😊" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td8/1.5/16/1f60a.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; 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font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hubble bubble, its annual apple chutney time - despite a lack of apples from our own trees in the nursery this year, we got some cracking apples from Jamie and Natasha when we were visiting a couple of weeks ago. 3 large kilner jars of apple chutney for the coming year to share, makes great christmas presents <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Glorious colours in the nursery gardens this week. The Silphium laciniatum was glowing in the sun and contrasting perfectly with the Euonymus behind it. The Silphium isn't big enough to propagate yet, but I've been enjoying its fabulous leaf shape through summer and now the glowing yellow autumn colour. Butterflies are still about enjoying the asters, these were on Aster 'Coombe Fishacre' <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxsYE5xFohjQ2dNIJR_jyQyxV692wNWOO21-gpmJ5chxDPFVkborYbMBRUIbFpmKWRIUG3namr21yXw9_UDUABy0lkv6lf2eAv9U7ikDZrcvbTKR5Snj9QEMrhniHgphIoj_XH4FKj6-YX9VVp2QHpmMAVJj9CoAkn0GTcihFpVEjCp_9gY0nC4r7IxA/s4032/Butterfly%20on%20Aster%20(Symphyotrichum)%20novi-belgii%20'Coombe%20Fishacre'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxsYE5xFohjQ2dNIJR_jyQyxV692wNWOO21-gpmJ5chxDPFVkborYbMBRUIbFpmKWRIUG3namr21yXw9_UDUABy0lkv6lf2eAv9U7ikDZrcvbTKR5Snj9QEMrhniHgphIoj_XH4FKj6-YX9VVp2QHpmMAVJj9CoAkn0GTcihFpVEjCp_9gY0nC4r7IxA/w300-h400/Butterfly%20on%20Aster%20(Symphyotrichum)%20novi-belgii%20'Coombe%20Fishacre'.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Butterfly on Aster (Symphyotrichum) <br />novi-belgii 'Coombe Fishacre'</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFGAask74DuRlNzyPsZrlwpevk6WtthrvCzzl33ytYS0EiYEXCuVCduJB5UkMxc29xSSaml92z9bUvgwUKJTmT0DkNEtWOnXKc5B_tlyccXgZ6lAWzNRg77Yo3xyFsXMB3W5q_4kynU8d_qv2gl_uEKE1Qd4UHffEdc9ZkebwsLOp5G1P-OX4hg_33zE/s3703/Silphium%20laciniatum.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3703" data-original-width="2575" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFGAask74DuRlNzyPsZrlwpevk6WtthrvCzzl33ytYS0EiYEXCuVCduJB5UkMxc29xSSaml92z9bUvgwUKJTmT0DkNEtWOnXKc5B_tlyccXgZ6lAWzNRg77Yo3xyFsXMB3W5q_4kynU8d_qv2gl_uEKE1Qd4UHffEdc9ZkebwsLOp5G1P-OX4hg_33zE/w279-h400/Silphium%20laciniatum.jpg" width="279" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silphium laciniatum</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Behind the scenes - another autumn task done today. Team effort thanks to David and Fiona strimming and raking up the grass in the orchard <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🍎" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t95/1.5/16/1f34e.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🍏" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t16/1.5/16/1f34f.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🍎" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t95/1.5/16/1f34e.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> I then ran over it with the lawn mower and weeded the boxes around the base of the trees. Looks so much better now and ready for winter <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="👍" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t55/1.5/16/1f44d.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikR9XrV6uimG66yzFT9fl2x3VNoaH1o91luSN_EyHHyUvYzYMu144BU-PFDV5W6DpCyQguShZ3x1Jq0QSrMzDHBH6cVCqY6SGk_dBgaWpSJB1mOiEJPt5U6eU-sU2SEZJ79i72ml2_YOsfGaID3UhXMhw-8jsM32_2uRAcIq6zwzIhuibhKqvux5pGMW8/s3092/20231014_112548.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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From late summer into autumn and on into winter grasses provide interest as they flower, the movement in the breeze and autumn colour as they change with the seasons. The flowers of taller varieties of Miscanthus, Molinia and calamagrostis are particularly noticeable and you will see many in the nursery at the moment! So many <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>to choose from. Here are some of the the Miscanthus in the autumn late afternoon sun!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSN8i9efaXQuuOeL43A2d7FyXTkX3bhqmEjz3S9aHo9IdNqOpH2i2ldBFpXRt9mau6dGMA-ibFFMtn9fpBLGy2itT_wqB9n7HrNx74azO5CPWjPGgUCIfmV_wIPMfGjnWBZ3wA72G5064in4GFV_RVRciAb4QVRRGbal5WOL6wMP6ZQdk_NYtDiqX5leE/s4032/Miscanthus%20sinensis%20'Kleine%20Font%C3%A4ne'%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSN8i9efaXQuuOeL43A2d7FyXTkX3bhqmEjz3S9aHo9IdNqOpH2i2ldBFpXRt9mau6dGMA-ibFFMtn9fpBLGy2itT_wqB9n7HrNx74azO5CPWjPGgUCIfmV_wIPMfGjnWBZ3wA72G5064in4GFV_RVRciAb4QVRRGbal5WOL6wMP6ZQdk_NYtDiqX5leE/w300-h400/Miscanthus%20sinensis%20'Kleine%20Font%C3%A4ne'%20(2).jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpHYheeljcqJR5PZ0wF6OJ7t5VMoNXGaqPi0uoNCALzxr-uqRYBDbvq1ZV9timx-wEPLfeQ4udWBoIbV2kW1mALfgGVgRZv0CVJkgiaT40wbDB1edWrATKlkoa0vK_Y61fwmpL9AJGNq1kire1ER2cuT6__0vnsSqkaqMpUTFlYYRW-VLMC0HARD7TiU/s4032/Miscanthus%20sinensis%20'Kleine%20Font%C3%A4ne'%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpHYheeljcqJR5PZ0wF6OJ7t5VMoNXGaqPi0uoNCALzxr-uqRYBDbvq1ZV9timx-wEPLfeQ4udWBoIbV2kW1mALfgGVgRZv0CVJkgiaT40wbDB1edWrATKlkoa0vK_Y61fwmpL9AJGNq1kire1ER2cuT6__0vnsSqkaqMpUTFlYYRW-VLMC0HARD7TiU/w300-h400/Miscanthus%20sinensis%20'Kleine%20Font%C3%A4ne'%20(3).jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUq0SA0HDqfsM5RJZYwUi_cqcVmO81dhHxAjqg4m-Dkf7YdwXgx9qBM9B8a6AbknqUMYLY-fTKHE0SS4osQ-8AURcePn7jCPjkjOojt6sBLPn5l0HK_Fqvm3Zm3WvKQ0RhI0hJR-bhg5T4AlqwK2jfJJGHVYwoxREoIkWTVgplJSU2nln0EJT460Bb8I/s4032/Miscanthus%20sinensis%20'Kleine%20Font%C3%A4ne'.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUq0SA0HDqfsM5RJZYwUi_cqcVmO81dhHxAjqg4m-Dkf7YdwXgx9qBM9B8a6AbknqUMYLY-fTKHE0SS4osQ-8AURcePn7jCPjkjOojt6sBLPn5l0HK_Fqvm3Zm3WvKQ0RhI0hJR-bhg5T4AlqwK2jfJJGHVYwoxREoIkWTVgplJSU2nln0EJT460Bb8I/w300-h400/Miscanthus%20sinensis%20'Kleine%20Font%C3%A4ne'.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWt6VXLPmOMYXtCHsY9VWWsyyfqfhzVI10ptrbk6MGGlCpbEZ1XEenVju3fLvCRoUYxwqEtvucyyi1Ij6_dxcbkiFq4HW5JJRdx14W2OsAiBHya2jAsTbMAx_CQlMcHzvzXfT5kTq4WzID94QRryIpZg1WnNSJVFDhUetPwVGyEk3D4YRxzBpFVN2Nqo/s4032/Miscanthus%20sinensis%20'Silberfedder'.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWt6VXLPmOMYXtCHsY9VWWsyyfqfhzVI10ptrbk6MGGlCpbEZ1XEenVju3fLvCRoUYxwqEtvucyyi1Ij6_dxcbkiFq4HW5JJRdx14W2OsAiBHya2jAsTbMAx_CQlMcHzvzXfT5kTq4WzID94QRryIpZg1WnNSJVFDhUetPwVGyEk3D4YRxzBpFVN2Nqo/w300-h400/Miscanthus%20sinensis%20'Silberfedder'.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What a glorious first year its been in our garden. But with the first frost this morning the nasturtiums have had their last hurrah and plants will start to retreat into their winter hibernation. A bit like me <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😊" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td8/1.5/16/1f60a.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4JT2L2Th9E3TqG3JC_xO_H3MoEpM2VnKTyujptUWjoMYW89NRXETKGY6q5dLe13w5M1CKkQkB7YlE0I6fn2l__i4aUCQZeWNQoHw0k3izjIB6tON7SyhQWDAfRxUfgZ_yBpEMdz8tqr1WhM2-HJhiBf9-NfVLR6X4zJZkc5AKJESanFQHiXaZbzPC0mg/s3888/20231015_092354.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Monday Maisie and I had a walk along the river, across the viaduct and up through the woods, one of my favourite walks. Enjoying the dry weather before the rain and wind come in later in the week. An afternoon spent in my garden tidying up the last of the summer colour, the frosted nasurtiums and annuals that have gone over, bulb planting and getting ready for autumn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVRE1dcxgMkTMv1U9RKXynd2rzwCGv_LwBSBh_Umr98_F4DwWLIEzYLzo0WkYgQ-r5S5bKK3hglS0XtX8pQuOhzhK5V7NNCQdePu-ahqzs-FG8hG2Cn20_z86E-rh9YcijVBtyDkyjE2rNmNhnTQ_K7jE8Uv_0vw9EoOfsVY6iwFEx3gfDWbX2SkKF84/s4032/20231017_102922-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVRE1dcxgMkTMv1U9RKXynd2rzwCGv_LwBSBh_Umr98_F4DwWLIEzYLzo0WkYgQ-r5S5bKK3hglS0XtX8pQuOhzhK5V7NNCQdePu-ahqzs-FG8hG2Cn20_z86E-rh9YcijVBtyDkyjE2rNmNhnTQ_K7jE8Uv_0vw9EoOfsVY6iwFEx3gfDWbX2SkKF84/w400-h300/20231017_102922-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm3spXlLSqpH7oajjjI5SpEKGCJCbWS1J593MuvNsrmR7s8WCuBo015qEmgRsGt58wE8ui4GkKHPfLID8KyxkmjDFLb0-uI1Fnm36KLBJuiAF-lgVvm9FHUzHsUQRCwPV2MDvHUMMhiaqnwoGjSsOym6viYECotD84deDYvsw3urS_i46bhunPUF7znGs/w300-h400/20231017_142620-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Cornflowers</span><span data-offset-key="ag3rs-1-0" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEickeL70Psaz0LTgLI_rSk911jIrKgKgPiWO9-q_oxsXHyu4C0htYPWb1HGKWoW6MnH7_4AnROlZTTxaU1gLwCET7RFpsvmPUtmD9Dk64NISnToW4bjPMAB-fRFqCvDJPeoaOQvgwBCg-aqr-u3E2qj_R61pbfk0AdJQCNKqALew85lS6VWp-6PnwYD6tw/s3463/20231017_143220-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div></div>The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-37595177110578216552023-10-19T10:58:00.005+01:002023-10-19T11:03:56.731+01:00"Corn and grain, corn and grain, All that falls shall rise again."<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The weather is certainly changing, and with it the tone and tempo of the gardens and nursery changes too. Growth slows and stops, plants start to die back ready for the winter cold, the fish in the pond are less active and the pace of works becomes more relaxed. The pressure is off, there's still lots to do, but there isnt the pressure of spring and summer to get all the propagation and potting done and to keep the nursery and gardens tidy.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXDLE9I1T1jDR80gFNHOLfYGF9kWAWSOXAW7YUvV8Z_PxgVcmamUpVrI90K4RrT5h0zqhJ7nqR4-owN-dzVmuoT9PtZOgHXqxnHKutBXR0zd_6UvIvg37iU6SakcXEuAHcS0p_mEFvd-oRIoiUpi0-5kivF8z5XM9z2SfXsUf5Seal1Lw8xVJf8hWu4c/s3494/Acer%20platanoides%20(2).jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2744" data-original-width="3494" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXDLE9I1T1jDR80gFNHOLfYGF9kWAWSOXAW7YUvV8Z_PxgVcmamUpVrI90K4RrT5h0zqhJ7nqR4-owN-dzVmuoT9PtZOgHXqxnHKutBXR0zd_6UvIvg37iU6SakcXEuAHcS0p_mEFvd-oRIoiUpi0-5kivF8z5XM9z2SfXsUf5Seal1Lw8xVJf8hWu4c/w400-h314/Acer%20platanoides%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">One of the main jobs over the next week or so is to get all the seasonal plants and tenders under cover for winter. It is still mild but the weather can change so quickly. First to go in is our auricula primula collection, although hardy these plants are in pots, so more vulnerable to the wet and cold of our winters up here. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rW57E-S2EMbSFhP920jWzCMXjxW5LQYw5aNMkyYCZfNhuSSNrblfdfN52lajbyVx-T8hymFVg4uoe9pSeGwA-8Q0lutFTYvGuZkaz35-lNW0_PSisdpZ0phiVJJCkQFHmUymQrl9MGKets9Fq4Zx1dJaMxsBUVkhrAiLqNT3NIvyPzTSXeY5P9wbuFM/s4032/20231004_092828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rW57E-S2EMbSFhP920jWzCMXjxW5LQYw5aNMkyYCZfNhuSSNrblfdfN52lajbyVx-T8hymFVg4uoe9pSeGwA-8Q0lutFTYvGuZkaz35-lNW0_PSisdpZ0phiVJJCkQFHmUymQrl9MGKets9Fq4Zx1dJaMxsBUVkhrAiLqNT3NIvyPzTSXeY5P9wbuFM/w400-h300/20231004_092828.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Autumn colour in our back garden at home, the freeby sunflower from the birdies has stood up to all that wind and rain and still looks great. The nasturtiums are taking over the world and the shade pots have been very successful. Its been a great first year in this garden and we've got so much done. I am absolutly loving having my own garden garden where I can do different ideas from the nursery and be surrounded by my favourite plants </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /> </span></span></div><div><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; 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Parsnip and ginger soup with a perfect cheese scone. The cafe is open 10am to 4pm, with the fire on and great food and coffee.</span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgra5Z3tRX7Cm7TUXPBK4GQix4S-BysLXUD0QuEPDVg9kiPGVhXBioVbwtLbAS_1GVlwDjW9W0Gkaq4zaAH7l67BLy00NrSmtDXVVhmYZ6-u_hBl7G3V6ywDdEO0NYuYJf_rOSmOoe7xC8UoUmUssg2C6n3yYDDirexz2w0bFyrlQvIkhtbskQvCbKW92c/s3258/20231007_125932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2654" data-original-width="3258" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgra5Z3tRX7Cm7TUXPBK4GQix4S-BysLXUD0QuEPDVg9kiPGVhXBioVbwtLbAS_1GVlwDjW9W0Gkaq4zaAH7l67BLy00NrSmtDXVVhmYZ6-u_hBl7G3V6ywDdEO0NYuYJf_rOSmOoe7xC8UoUmUssg2C6n3yYDDirexz2w0bFyrlQvIkhtbskQvCbKW92c/w400-h326/20231007_125932.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Behind the scenes - getting all the autumn jobs done in the next week or so ready for closing for winter with Isabel and David. Display plants to the polytunnel or greenhouse depending on hardiness - Digging out plants that aren’t doing well where they are in the nursery gardens and replanting them elsewhere and propagating them and planting new plants in their place - Netting the ponds to keep the leaves out - cutting the hedge behind the stock beds - printing out the stock list to do </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the stock take - Bringing in the point of sale labels and putting them alphabetical order - Finally fixing the last of the greenhouse in time for winter after the tree disaster 2 years ago – getting the last of the propagation done.</span></span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; 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font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">My day off was spent having a lovely day with Betty, coffee and a catch up at home then up to Peebles high street for a wander and a lovely lunch in The Crown. Home for another coffee out in the garden as it was so warm. Lots of Maisie cuddles too </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div>The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-10543564731230086712023-10-11T20:24:00.005+01:002023-10-11T20:24:46.830+01:00"October's the month When the smallest breeze Gives us a shower....<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">..... Of autumn leaves. Bonfires and pumpkins, Leaves sailing down - October is red And golden and brown."</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Beautiful autumn in the nursery this week. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The mornings are cool, the days still quite warm but the days are shortening and the gardens are sliding into their disheveled, relaxed autumn look.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLF9aGLw2Mt3kprI4eLThQFECKqHX4Imu30xStEQhUZuMK7sKLhQashGkpahIuzNPFQE5CWU_uMVqv8EXmzzOyjraEvwruJeqHgL2Aq9JmCOrYTxVLYWryhNoQKoIni8dCglSAjQf5z1MRXojR_Mvz7MIFMl1R6BFgoDxdJt4A01WWYeBp3XGHgE36FY/s3194/Aster%20(Symphyotrichum)%20'Little%20Carlow'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3194" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLF9aGLw2Mt3kprI4eLThQFECKqHX4Imu30xStEQhUZuMK7sKLhQashGkpahIuzNPFQE5CWU_uMVqv8EXmzzOyjraEvwruJeqHgL2Aq9JmCOrYTxVLYWryhNoQKoIni8dCglSAjQf5z1MRXojR_Mvz7MIFMl1R6BFgoDxdJt4A01WWYeBp3XGHgE36FY/w379-h400/Aster%20(Symphyotrichum)%20'Little%20Carlow'.jpg" width="379" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNIUcZ2xWsYbDmnjrjqh2-LNtJnS31zw4RXbyQu6w3DXncW7WarvqBDJb5oQvNQFGMqp2i_daA53BLbC_itumlCfzYC8VaivnmYWLpS0nUhX4OmJNz3yzkcaD5x0Zv2VShppgUQE02VDfroa-RlPiRWu63UUr6WF0qw9GVf8IYdmmwMih94V6cb8Hld0/s3024/Aster%20(Symphyotrichum)%20pilosum%20var.%20Pringlei%20'Monte%20Cassino'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3024" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRNIUcZ2xWsYbDmnjrjqh2-LNtJnS31zw4RXbyQu6w3DXncW7WarvqBDJb5oQvNQFGMqp2i_daA53BLbC_itumlCfzYC8VaivnmYWLpS0nUhX4OmJNz3yzkcaD5x0Zv2VShppgUQE02VDfroa-RlPiRWu63UUr6WF0qw9GVf8IYdmmwMih94V6cb8Hld0/w400-h396/Aster%20(Symphyotrichum)%20pilosum%20var.%20Pringlei%20'Monte%20Cassino'.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aster (Symphyotrichum) pilosum var. <br />Pringlei 'Monte Cassino'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyG_BBRnm8jQ0-RzScqNaWjO6iTHq0ecCN_P7x-Px6leJswOwzYduP3xiDDZsi7hqlA_TJ8scu7y1rZK9F-4B5PcmJQou7DanJh1J6tqxYo-9gZVGcxlDexiCh6pHlZrJgt_gNtDTXpNu7R4vIAvq2ISOSntxLa6BVhfROCuiQZL3m0uuaudGuDPMl4Y/s3538/Euonymus%20alatus.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3538" data-original-width="2679" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIyG_BBRnm8jQ0-RzScqNaWjO6iTHq0ecCN_P7x-Px6leJswOwzYduP3xiDDZsi7hqlA_TJ8scu7y1rZK9F-4B5PcmJQou7DanJh1J6tqxYo-9gZVGcxlDexiCh6pHlZrJgt_gNtDTXpNu7R4vIAvq2ISOSntxLa6BVhfROCuiQZL3m0uuaudGuDPMl4Y/w303-h400/Euonymus%20alatus.jpg" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Euonymus alatus 'Compactus'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPuDiQ__k8sM69Jl3UYUo2E6jTyyZqb02ZnbYXDCIM-qebsZEOhZvAMT65YIVF4dgVXm0jjKQIsjVjBPmRh3M3s8pct_y420BhYHfmV6klgI2eOu9GE0XAvZ9QIP5afppMXbORgX11k45TU4sDT1NfEJIwpyBfK37-D_ckKgLq8MsCjUX5YUoVTPnkyA/s3428/Euonymus%20hamiltonianus%20subsp%20sieboldianus.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2425" data-original-width="3428" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPuDiQ__k8sM69Jl3UYUo2E6jTyyZqb02ZnbYXDCIM-qebsZEOhZvAMT65YIVF4dgVXm0jjKQIsjVjBPmRh3M3s8pct_y420BhYHfmV6klgI2eOu9GE0XAvZ9QIP5afppMXbORgX11k45TU4sDT1NfEJIwpyBfK37-D_ckKgLq8MsCjUX5YUoVTPnkyA/w400-h283/Euonymus%20hamiltonianus%20subsp%20sieboldianus.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Euonymus sp </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2wHm8dUuu3xX_EEaKkVnmn_l-OZYZ0p_HUFJPObU99YUlNz3lOWa-NDMug3Q-1KDAWZXwitKsLR3087zxY23b_0It6dKJ0TsSRVrAbufyU5OWoz27eDTduZSeOfao9hPaCyPG-mhe4gAWN53TFgHx_vCeUE59rFBZxYRZAeLakOH0etpTiUu1MyPTOfo/s3748/Euphorbia%20griffithii.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3748" data-original-width="2665" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2wHm8dUuu3xX_EEaKkVnmn_l-OZYZ0p_HUFJPObU99YUlNz3lOWa-NDMug3Q-1KDAWZXwitKsLR3087zxY23b_0It6dKJ0TsSRVrAbufyU5OWoz27eDTduZSeOfao9hPaCyPG-mhe4gAWN53TFgHx_vCeUE59rFBZxYRZAeLakOH0etpTiUu1MyPTOfo/w285-h400/Euphorbia%20griffithii.jpg" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Euphorbia griffithii</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiaU8c_AAEl9bOarnIa988jpXh6kXGeTCJ0a6-6IfJamHD6GbfxZ0q3QIVXvpCI6aUpwqs6Pv24N7FWHJN8hQ7Nd_96GAt_kyJnSF3DVe0wOldx1mYgMgs2ax_B2xNYQi95PSDnl-r8tpOdYNm963DSipfYEgRFui2kSVWU-o7_UA7i4ikCA8i_LL4NQ/s4032/Ginko%20biloba.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiaU8c_AAEl9bOarnIa988jpXh6kXGeTCJ0a6-6IfJamHD6GbfxZ0q3QIVXvpCI6aUpwqs6Pv24N7FWHJN8hQ7Nd_96GAt_kyJnSF3DVe0wOldx1mYgMgs2ax_B2xNYQi95PSDnl-r8tpOdYNm963DSipfYEgRFui2kSVWU-o7_UA7i4ikCA8i_LL4NQ/w300-h400/Ginko%20biloba.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ginko biloba</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUr-hNirUcAyeYCCJZCqveNyICmvnjV6w94GCe7rjWbWVhnabA-tqDADStKWSYdTLcZfgPki-A029lwzFEj9De2eZfAFJ3uig9N9MD_95HXLjGVM0T7ArCRVG4iAQxORUqGv19QlHymwnRr4M9VGa0_08rDLH9H98u8ts58kAAeoiUAUQ-8INXYCttnhU/s3523/Helianthus%20'Lemon%20Queen'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3523" data-original-width="2769" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUr-hNirUcAyeYCCJZCqveNyICmvnjV6w94GCe7rjWbWVhnabA-tqDADStKWSYdTLcZfgPki-A029lwzFEj9De2eZfAFJ3uig9N9MD_95HXLjGVM0T7ArCRVG4iAQxORUqGv19QlHymwnRr4M9VGa0_08rDLH9H98u8ts58kAAeoiUAUQ-8INXYCttnhU/w315-h400/Helianthus%20'Lemon%20Queen'.jpg" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helianthus 'Lemon Queen'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1cf5yY-fBB-w_lbGdfqpbyCmHaMVPTDIW0rxJuOidI_WBGH6r9oLyWhJ10FCZMS9e04pDRGrvWerLyyjHWKS2xSeesXMv4iYATd_Llu3t3XrdmcPlvoklqEShaUD42HU8arm-OBiaw_vGEDROYENsb4VkKDz973127DPyALVy6ANPr4XLoVTDuP7jlk/s2596/Liquidambar%20styraciflua.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2596" data-original-width="2096" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1cf5yY-fBB-w_lbGdfqpbyCmHaMVPTDIW0rxJuOidI_WBGH6r9oLyWhJ10FCZMS9e04pDRGrvWerLyyjHWKS2xSeesXMv4iYATd_Llu3t3XrdmcPlvoklqEShaUD42HU8arm-OBiaw_vGEDROYENsb4VkKDz973127DPyALVy6ANPr4XLoVTDuP7jlk/w323-h400/Liquidambar%20styraciflua.jpg" width="323" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liquidambar styraciflua</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhli_KppJlv9bgqZtFFzZyFJ7OEJfXfDcejSSydT0lfasqcnEmE4gv22VFY0Ili8Tbjv0aKMncpeOfKtWBXg82ZN1fewcfEGJpiMCBf24lW-r-9U7wvN0xui20ZpR3ADV7UoPNjC4r1e7nceebAB9VSJPem2dELsJl0TeyhCT1rTGJwH1r65R9o5qt2GW4/s3718/Paeonia%20anomala.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3718" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhli_KppJlv9bgqZtFFzZyFJ7OEJfXfDcejSSydT0lfasqcnEmE4gv22VFY0Ili8Tbjv0aKMncpeOfKtWBXg82ZN1fewcfEGJpiMCBf24lW-r-9U7wvN0xui20ZpR3ADV7UoPNjC4r1e7nceebAB9VSJPem2dELsJl0TeyhCT1rTGJwH1r65R9o5qt2GW4/w325-h400/Paeonia%20anomala.jpg" width="325" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paeonia anomala</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHVH09fRnmxyNrPcVyjNAdw-3rL8qM-1PLDscMJMZRdQHziiMEjMTLMbklAgQfWZ-VrqCfsjluLOXyD44ljjk3LyXTBq1b5a3N0EgZhJWX-9FRM8eD1ZwlDrxyMIYOq2hn7_7TbKwCUomfAwaPW8vcbuuK_-gYgGumUmWNBV-90NZaPJ6RAUOrc-EL_E/s4032/Persicaria%20amplexicaulis%20'Firetail'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHVH09fRnmxyNrPcVyjNAdw-3rL8qM-1PLDscMJMZRdQHziiMEjMTLMbklAgQfWZ-VrqCfsjluLOXyD44ljjk3LyXTBq1b5a3N0EgZhJWX-9FRM8eD1ZwlDrxyMIYOq2hn7_7TbKwCUomfAwaPW8vcbuuK_-gYgGumUmWNBV-90NZaPJ6RAUOrc-EL_E/w400-h300/Persicaria%20amplexicaulis%20'Firetail'.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXK30feoxn2sxORI_d3fyb8P0RiTalHRom5tabr7ROeUD8stzUcCpLZgnAzgOOBT1XCwlNklDB0mU20XGMGuMIy9MSA9Js9BtoXLvLf4F1-CV6LPQba436tM_tyfW5z9dIqENmJ_0sZ1S19EABAExVIiF2Sl0JbbKxUEws0-ctmJo8yHfXD_WTWbaKKUQ/s3278/Persicaria,%20rodgersia%20and%20Dalmera,%20an%20autumn%20tapestry.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2319" data-original-width="3278" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXK30feoxn2sxORI_d3fyb8P0RiTalHRom5tabr7ROeUD8stzUcCpLZgnAzgOOBT1XCwlNklDB0mU20XGMGuMIy9MSA9Js9BtoXLvLf4F1-CV6LPQba436tM_tyfW5z9dIqENmJ_0sZ1S19EABAExVIiF2Sl0JbbKxUEws0-ctmJo8yHfXD_WTWbaKKUQ/w400-h283/Persicaria,%20rodgersia%20and%20Dalmera,%20an%20autumn%20tapestry.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tapestry of colours</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzcRY9-jVj6ZFf6lw9cU3aLk_G1Bd0yZ2VxHrB8a-e4VOmQ5xEoGJ_gS3w6rTrCB6Bc7G_qQ3WcMN4_0Ivz4ur_2_nAT7Ts_uGV3K28flijn8MiTB7KK_RXhi6Jn5hSPRkKwWSGEBZEc5EZDj_qPhoe7tFGJDczBAIBiE8eoR7n9pl6Yhdv5AvYC842ZU/s4032/Rodgersia%20podophylla.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzcRY9-jVj6ZFf6lw9cU3aLk_G1Bd0yZ2VxHrB8a-e4VOmQ5xEoGJ_gS3w6rTrCB6Bc7G_qQ3WcMN4_0Ivz4ur_2_nAT7Ts_uGV3K28flijn8MiTB7KK_RXhi6Jn5hSPRkKwWSGEBZEc5EZDj_qPhoe7tFGJDczBAIBiE8eoR7n9pl6Yhdv5AvYC842ZU/w300-h400/Rodgersia%20podophylla.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darmera peltata</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDrJ_A5xTosTNHabudEns12XPiMUZGVlhPnONEWCREZjCgAZgwIZw2dt7Lncz0JbJWOQ3K2PESsvywImHRh_91A3CFI244LGYm8VuxcKZecoNugI4GHplaJLCzTXHaxqS7LP3cWQy4cb-grH7MLRo6UCeoK_O-85-2vKxES1n_OLIGkPyHei78Rjuxpw/s3247/Rosa%20rugosa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2317" data-original-width="3247" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDrJ_A5xTosTNHabudEns12XPiMUZGVlhPnONEWCREZjCgAZgwIZw2dt7Lncz0JbJWOQ3K2PESsvywImHRh_91A3CFI244LGYm8VuxcKZecoNugI4GHplaJLCzTXHaxqS7LP3cWQy4cb-grH7MLRo6UCeoK_O-85-2vKxES1n_OLIGkPyHei78Rjuxpw/w400-h285/Rosa%20rugosa.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosa rugosa</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJcPNIOrFRnqjKamdj2JLHb3YKK-xsUFdG5Zdfe-6fr5fjBx0cpxvoeVHtIzhtkHAtTHWFplolaeKU0lOsy_bPCTWQcjM8Oh1vDlxJRAuvtSpIcwz2SfYRQQMGwIIOKXAqnGo73MTbcAsfir97pxICXSim5K-pY5uOnMbfuNw3mGFz6enCfEBNQnhH8C0/s4032/Viburnum%20opulus.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJcPNIOrFRnqjKamdj2JLHb3YKK-xsUFdG5Zdfe-6fr5fjBx0cpxvoeVHtIzhtkHAtTHWFplolaeKU0lOsy_bPCTWQcjM8Oh1vDlxJRAuvtSpIcwz2SfYRQQMGwIIOKXAqnGo73MTbcAsfir97pxICXSim5K-pY5uOnMbfuNw3mGFz6enCfEBNQnhH8C0/w300-h400/Viburnum%20opulus.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Viburnum opulus</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When your plant is literally climbing out the pot trying to tell you it needs repotted </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; 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color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Can you believe its that time of year already? Yes its time for our autumn sale!!!</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">SALE! SALE! SALE! We are having an autumn sale again this year starting this Saturday 30th September while sale plants last until we close for winter at the end of October. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">SELECTED plants are half price or more. This includes a selection of trees, conifers, perennials, climbers and shrubs and ALL the roses and water plants.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>can find the plants on SALE with COLOURED LABELS on the front 4 tables in the sales area, marked SALE. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Come along and grab yourself a bargain. It's still a great time to plant while the soil is warm and plants have time to settle in before winter.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some wee shop items are also half price and ALL OUTDOOR pots are half price.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We're open Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 5pm. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/junkshopantiques10?__cft__[0]=AZXpm8aBdx3_njcKod0qydrAW4RsrkFTGgTON-UeueJxNWSButkxq4UqEaVebW3_Y8y5Z5NrvTpsSnXcX28G71hDMUwZdCfjB9dAjtMkyowwDerRVwAlvaS6jPcDrBB4fthRzcbpoPzgvEUnVtg2vXiGz-GW42a8-osNj_VMlh6oUDWPEzzguO4_4F5SRsgCB4s&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Whitmuir</span></a></span> café is also open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Look forward to seeing you</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvH6_b2hQBy1axYPo7f5xRbmpKE-vtmdk1WR6QtE3x_MZ0uupDijJMtwiA3l_GC-DJV7aZBKAGRbMOUJPSzheUoFICuqERlkk4W1zRn9PTb7Py5sEBeicu12N3j1Fso7siT8ODowYbn5-P9yXuLpLgUlCZPmAhwsNfXvtkuGIECHz9GS0O89gKLSpV2w/s5120/Autumn%20sale%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5120" data-original-width="5120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvH6_b2hQBy1axYPo7f5xRbmpKE-vtmdk1WR6QtE3x_MZ0uupDijJMtwiA3l_GC-DJV7aZBKAGRbMOUJPSzheUoFICuqERlkk4W1zRn9PTb7Py5sEBeicu12N3j1Fso7siT8ODowYbn5-P9yXuLpLgUlCZPmAhwsNfXvtkuGIECHz9GS0O89gKLSpV2w/w400-h400/Autumn%20sale%20(5).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Autumn sale highlights - here's Maisie to show you all the pots we have reduced in our sale starting tomorrow, Saturday 30th September <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A weekend in the life of Maisie the nursery dog </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Keeping warm</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Enjoying a takeaway</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Inspecting the nursery gardens</span></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirl62V8klReHJIJDu4XtkNddvpb8hiz3-5CcD9exyjuGGRftP64Mx8GRcRP2AGNCeFy1kYLabwQ3GMMi0uOGVtaSWYIHgvgH6Za1RyteC8uzrK02zS5RgBPyrfrsAg8Dl27pocSam5JxKG1qoLPH0Gjq1RcYcSlH9FoOBIDzth2ezJ2ecI1nDEFIFhzKM/s3652/David%20and%20Maisie,%20Quercus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3652" data-original-width="2609" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirl62V8klReHJIJDu4XtkNddvpb8hiz3-5CcD9exyjuGGRftP64Mx8GRcRP2AGNCeFy1kYLabwQ3GMMi0uOGVtaSWYIHgvgH6Za1RyteC8uzrK02zS5RgBPyrfrsAg8Dl27pocSam5JxKG1qoLPH0Gjq1RcYcSlH9FoOBIDzth2ezJ2ecI1nDEFIFhzKM/w286-h400/David%20and%20Maisie,%20Quercus.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The middle terrace in the nursery gardens i still full of colour, especially the grasses, Miscanthus and Molinia are the stars of the show.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvHSAzTJfheP3LMETI047Twn1Bi8TY-ZvrEjVKEJtRQukfVdCfSgmNEg9iN9FvGu8yDqHYxakj9E2_OHm0Z2dh9SEq8Hqed5pCllsUL3ugOKV34OyMLuxkkW36lMpMs9lV_WB5eqoIftjxeWF5kUmodTxI7FiF3vFF7EPgvoZjSekyhXEY7YBNd71CIo/s4032/20230917_143132-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvHSAzTJfheP3LMETI047Twn1Bi8TY-ZvrEjVKEJtRQukfVdCfSgmNEg9iN9FvGu8yDqHYxakj9E2_OHm0Z2dh9SEq8Hqed5pCllsUL3ugOKV34OyMLuxkkW36lMpMs9lV_WB5eqoIftjxeWF5kUmodTxI7FiF3vFF7EPgvoZjSekyhXEY7YBNd71CIo/w400-h300/20230917_143132-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div></div>The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-6770108021848643512023-10-05T13:29:00.007+01:002023-10-05T13:36:16.642+01:00"There comes a time when autumn asks, "What have you been doing all summer?"<p>Last week saw us getting the sales area ready for our sale in October and a last weed of the gardens before winter. Propagation continues though we are running out, no have run out of space in the tunnels.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaMs7LdJOb3Kd2z3W9IhYWSW-eS2V2gxaAc_x06DIMfOGYptTYY-gM-VZpfE2AzoRTsDXIj9eIMp9oMdYijkMU6Kx13QPq9U7-D45V3VuLTsdipm3BJNUmHKNAU14C9DXZH6rWuFU2eIy9f-OMzDa0QiOG2JUxfct-d8-T_3BwNOE6F__hlReaOYtmtc/s4904/Allium%20'Purple%20Sensation',%20Quercus.JPG" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4904" data-original-width="3459" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaMs7LdJOb3Kd2z3W9IhYWSW-eS2V2gxaAc_x06DIMfOGYptTYY-gM-VZpfE2AzoRTsDXIj9eIMp9oMdYijkMU6Kx13QPq9U7-D45V3VuLTsdipm3BJNUmHKNAU14C9DXZH6rWuFU2eIy9f-OMzDa0QiOG2JUxfct-d8-T_3BwNOE6F__hlReaOYtmtc/w283-h400/Allium%20'Purple%20Sensation',%20Quercus.JPG" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Spring bulb highlights - available to buy from the nursery now - </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Allium hollandicum ‘Purple Sensation’ AGM </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the most popular bulbs to buy in autumn, these large deep purple balls appear to float and hover above the surrounding foliage in early summer. Well suited to gravel or prairie plantings and also good in pots. Good with a multitude of perennials where the foliage can be used to disguise the foliage as it dies off when in flower. Sun or light shade and well-drained <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>soil. H 80cm or more.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioc8bPivITGENW05RzvW-NpsYiGvPyzQoxhu02Q_o_gV8TnOTF6vpVQRo7QLKVwJyXt6PtjdvyRibp0rUD0SLMoCyiXsIZ0HzFNOdmk7QgFOS-E8aj8YaawnfaFGFgEsMXrHH_-k12SvoqSUhDxAy9grV0qk9yU-6ZnosY7uQ2NBTzysr9qNs4M0ADHoc/s4000/Allium%20hollandicum%20'Purple%20Sensation'%20and%20Ranunculus%20aconitifolius%20'Flore%20Pleno'.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3732" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioc8bPivITGENW05RzvW-NpsYiGvPyzQoxhu02Q_o_gV8TnOTF6vpVQRo7QLKVwJyXt6PtjdvyRibp0rUD0SLMoCyiXsIZ0HzFNOdmk7QgFOS-E8aj8YaawnfaFGFgEsMXrHH_-k12SvoqSUhDxAy9grV0qk9yU-6ZnosY7uQ2NBTzysr9qNs4M0ADHoc/w374-h400/Allium%20hollandicum%20'Purple%20Sensation'%20and%20Ranunculus%20aconitifolius%20'Flore%20Pleno'.jpg" width="374" /></a></div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju84IfHtTll1DG6G_iJwzDeOMr1aSD-RgO8lFSIlsljqQUJ8JKgARDS1FEvmyiZqqNq-vKrSDcKfKcORJxcZsipXFEiMrQuDx3NEH-JrpJSHP_Pk5suId9rykuM3d3jdtbP_z4e_mO6SpU6VK0vWaametP2WeQmw5zmBBZUUpeYv0qi8XGYIfQtXNXTNY/s4023/Ranunculus%20aconitifolius%20'Flore%20Pleno'%20and%20Allium%20hollandicum%20'Purple%20Sensation'.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4023" data-original-width="2846" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju84IfHtTll1DG6G_iJwzDeOMr1aSD-RgO8lFSIlsljqQUJ8JKgARDS1FEvmyiZqqNq-vKrSDcKfKcORJxcZsipXFEiMrQuDx3NEH-JrpJSHP_Pk5suId9rykuM3d3jdtbP_z4e_mO6SpU6VK0vWaametP2WeQmw5zmBBZUUpeYv0qi8XGYIfQtXNXTNY/w283-h400/Ranunculus%20aconitifolius%20'Flore%20Pleno'%20and%20Allium%20hollandicum%20'Purple%20Sensation'.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxTiAkuwBGvd49wZrn0WXyUodRZ6IW1ujxfDO25tpDJz6xBRycXqg3BD-owZYBg6TqpQu-bWknUEJRvtVXDDw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now that the weather has turned and the nights are darker its time to come back indoors after a summer of garden renovation. Next room to tackle is this room where everything has been dumped since we moved in</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, its also Davids office, where he works from home. So this room has to have 3 functions, a guest bedroom, an office for David and a library to house our huge collection of books! Watch this space to see if we can do it </span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">These pieces of wall paper were down the back <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>if the radiator along with the wall paper that was on the walls, all gone now, ready to prep for painting <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😊" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td8/1.5/16/1f60a.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht24NOIVvyzJWeMZkltPXyI_4b0jY4FbwMaGkcSu1pfAQ5XntIsVmBfCIh0GbBnbctqvM7fxW4egfyDF9KsezAEkaaol3zMvn_-M0gOlmuZRIVOI13X2oB2dAfxydhFEBvGe5EUfcVOo3LJotPeL8N7w5WdTeBr-MAV6AyKPuKxFGdHc7Zm2BBUHwQq2s/s3583/wall%20paper%20found%20down%20the%20back%20of%20the%20radiator%20in%20the%20spare%20room%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3583" data-original-width="2425" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht24NOIVvyzJWeMZkltPXyI_4b0jY4FbwMaGkcSu1pfAQ5XntIsVmBfCIh0GbBnbctqvM7fxW4egfyDF9KsezAEkaaol3zMvn_-M0gOlmuZRIVOI13X2oB2dAfxydhFEBvGe5EUfcVOo3LJotPeL8N7w5WdTeBr-MAV6AyKPuKxFGdHc7Zm2BBUHwQq2s/w271-h400/wall%20paper%20found%20down%20the%20back%20of%20the%20radiator%20in%20the%20spare%20room%20(2).jpg" width="271" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPCUUAJ98O07NlkPl0qLSEBveIWo8-eq1eTEpz1_Ro5wGNHshjDNJXLaj37VwSLrbOo7TgnK8bcIn77ZeTtS4XVgg3l_Ryl2b8sjd0JuAG0eAq7DiucWyDiYukm99ck8uTqlsBnMDCWw4d-f5GTo0wamAGnBLPOui4iQpWsZBi7KtrsDFeWBUfR7tcM8/s3119/wall%20paper%20found%20down%20the%20back%20of%20the%20radiator%20in%20the%20spare%20room.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3119" data-original-width="2380" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPCUUAJ98O07NlkPl0qLSEBveIWo8-eq1eTEpz1_Ro5wGNHshjDNJXLaj37VwSLrbOo7TgnK8bcIn77ZeTtS4XVgg3l_Ryl2b8sjd0JuAG0eAq7DiucWyDiYukm99ck8uTqlsBnMDCWw4d-f5GTo0wamAGnBLPOui4iQpWsZBi7KtrsDFeWBUfR7tcM8/w305-h400/wall%20paper%20found%20down%20the%20back%20of%20the%20radiator%20in%20the%20spare%20room.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today saw our most recent involvement in conservation projects in the Scottish borders resulting in135 Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, the bearberry plant going off to their new homes in <span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/BordersForestTrust?__cft__[0]=AZUryRINtsW5s7GVhmUpbqchmbO4cSY3Ffiwr51qjK7scUJpWfen8-w55R7lApS-Vd9-vuT4NvZ93G8ZcEvyL9m3PQZngC6ZngC2dqTrPIigRicgtaflYrhly13lr4jUQiWa5u_MLYo5na-a0nAH9RXTqy0siCorOpkcLClpaLW38UqCaGPhzLV41UEQ8Jm51i0&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Borders Forest Trust</span></a></span> projects in the Scottish borders. These plants were grown from cuttings brought to us in 2020 and are the most successful batch yet (bearberry are notoriously hard to propagate) These are not so willing to root, but we are persevering using different types of cuttings. It's all <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>a learning process. So off to hill sides in Carrifran, Gameshope and other BFT projects they go.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's another fascinating dimension to the work we do here at Quercus and great to be able to help in plant and natural habitat conservation.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrm1tU4ag1frQk-ujIgEU5Sn5kQB5Hwu2tf2kKTv3k6ih3MVN1_3oxE8T9K62pZbT4rCSGgPM98bHwsqDE1Ah_eC-E85OBdt1vupaibXgiamNgT98dmIUHDtQSy8uFiMYsAGHiGZhl6deZdedhc3wHuMCyE89BseAI-DpMYWT59HtXrd58iRGovq3J_Xs/s577/382722220_801498835312166_3049015402858823343_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="433" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrm1tU4ag1frQk-ujIgEU5Sn5kQB5Hwu2tf2kKTv3k6ih3MVN1_3oxE8T9K62pZbT4rCSGgPM98bHwsqDE1Ah_eC-E85OBdt1vupaibXgiamNgT98dmIUHDtQSy8uFiMYsAGHiGZhl6deZdedhc3wHuMCyE89BseAI-DpMYWT59HtXrd58iRGovq3J_Xs/w300-h400/382722220_801498835312166_3049015402858823343_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6S_6YSKtucmWy9mjQqVNd1xnxKlDy9rD0_5rKEVu-Bn9bNO1sLeXhUIvtf_1S3P1zLoWFUQwXtQ8sGcGHgIK_xPraXEz9Gq_gRfonfRJEV6PlM6fC8jiYB0UrHNW4g72zFmPVMJGIDKgT6crrjnmoc-CWP4PlDMx-cnlngAZsy5dSG9-z3WbkViVbsQ/s960/382773806_801498841978832_1123266599233534936_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="857" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6S_6YSKtucmWy9mjQqVNd1xnxKlDy9rD0_5rKEVu-Bn9bNO1sLeXhUIvtf_1S3P1zLoWFUQwXtQ8sGcGHgIK_xPraXEz9Gq_gRfonfRJEV6PlM6fC8jiYB0UrHNW4g72zFmPVMJGIDKgT6crrjnmoc-CWP4PlDMx-cnlngAZsy5dSG9-z3WbkViVbsQ/w358-h400/382773806_801498841978832_1123266599233534936_n.jpg" width="358" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFgaakBoayaYsA8zihduoa2xA9ABs2dPFdN-jNB90rQxOAN7-02b-evCRxdDIFhWfsvnscr20eFGzSDekEcBaPj8L0AwFUoJSkLV8LPbQ0-kkKYNXGuptAWh9vYfxzZTuWH_8qCPtPVBHuDXOlrSTB9a-qC6rfC3TrvHIDWol1UGHKoGrUW6YD_A-yIc/s960/381070810_801500698645313_1668296136964137424_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFgaakBoayaYsA8zihduoa2xA9ABs2dPFdN-jNB90rQxOAN7-02b-evCRxdDIFhWfsvnscr20eFGzSDekEcBaPj8L0AwFUoJSkLV8LPbQ0-kkKYNXGuptAWh9vYfxzZTuWH_8qCPtPVBHuDXOlrSTB9a-qC6rfC3TrvHIDWol1UGHKoGrUW6YD_A-yIc/w400-h300/381070810_801500698645313_1668296136964137424_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Isabel had the company of a wee robin in the herb garden today as she gave the garden a final weed for the season. Can't believe we're at that time of year.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks for the video and photo and weeding the gardens this week <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😊" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td8/1.5/16/1f60a.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKK8uqHvT4EZLD-JuRSKdxi2kVhow1WBMEl3RXajJ2L9mldl2N5ymXx7t_JJLby_nKysgTL64UMcFQNSGaqXXJv6RApAH66B3STz7dha1SpnnowwML-WDMvo3Yj5yWuwajTJx0gBd834Zn4N-OZv1A-1w5QZaTqePKPRkrc7fsbgWUNGhkQa_hpzcrXsg/s2016/Isabels%20robin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKK8uqHvT4EZLD-JuRSKdxi2kVhow1WBMEl3RXajJ2L9mldl2N5ymXx7t_JJLby_nKysgTL64UMcFQNSGaqXXJv6RApAH66B3STz7dha1SpnnowwML-WDMvo3Yj5yWuwajTJx0gBd834Zn4N-OZv1A-1w5QZaTqePKPRkrc7fsbgWUNGhkQa_hpzcrXsg/w300-h400/Isabels%20robin.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzF6w7maqQca0Qm6vAXG2WTPruetdIja-ardKHTo2Kk4DsYbE-fJ0qduulMV6VD9fg3fz3C_rHfMKgCjPGjOg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There's nothing like a day off gardening in someone else's garden <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😄" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2b/1.5/16/1f604.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> Great to spend the day with <span><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Natasha</span></span> and <span><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Jamie</span></span>. In the front garden again and then removing all the dead wood out the trees in the back garden and then we'll go back in winter and thin them out and reduce the height. Lovely meal in the Coach house in Bridge of Wier to finish off.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks to <span><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Fiona</span></span> for being in the nursery today <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😍" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t5b/1.5/16/1f60d.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkH7MunkXFrn6b1tqo6cPRvqtbDIJ4JB6vpGekzuKDa7XuVE7zt8g49ZrZ9HQHmWZi5biVLIgYO3na2lPPlNSqju9d6gYb_RKmK4aXdL3ASl7c21svp_Xkqjh5zUOB9oKEttsBcEPkDu_DuMzjlRScl8q0qnS4AfjdsLKWl0i3hnRJbw1QwnucjrTcOBg/s4032/20230923_135711.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkH7MunkXFrn6b1tqo6cPRvqtbDIJ4JB6vpGekzuKDa7XuVE7zt8g49ZrZ9HQHmWZi5biVLIgYO3na2lPPlNSqju9d6gYb_RKmK4aXdL3ASl7c21svp_Xkqjh5zUOB9oKEttsBcEPkDu_DuMzjlRScl8q0qnS4AfjdsLKWl0i3hnRJbw1QwnucjrTcOBg/w300-h400/20230923_135711.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smoke bush envy</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhE9AYej3FpMaBpndJroBrVXiHCuwNPV0qqlFVOSSZw95x7JkWeCN6IOqjRdrgRt1xoeomiUfTQ4iyu20sju6fbJKlyoP-EkzKvAES_MpkqWLfstB2sq4hST-XfOj7_aDpMrhpOx9M-F8IdO7xFXb6-EzpO5EtdxeCoOwD3zDwdskypI3Q6-WCktfd0o/s4032/20230923_150827.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhE9AYej3FpMaBpndJroBrVXiHCuwNPV0qqlFVOSSZw95x7JkWeCN6IOqjRdrgRt1xoeomiUfTQ4iyu20sju6fbJKlyoP-EkzKvAES_MpkqWLfstB2sq4hST-XfOj7_aDpMrhpOx9M-F8IdO7xFXb6-EzpO5EtdxeCoOwD3zDwdskypI3Q6-WCktfd0o/w400-h300/20230923_150827.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting dead wood out the fruit trees</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigoUunr9fGsR2BCZ0PWStYu67qfY_-6sI-guFNfuDoh95N865rd6EFqHZf51N3WZ1Ge0VSL1OCJPSSoIDHWYd2omvuGsO2waB3QlAeJyssFCLU_E2-ZnXAUI_JA0Ss5eHbvwPOFnIZrQjEh0SpISDEfz3Ap0e6NYS1-ytdGYKiR1EjFbppsdlaxZbiL0/s4032/20230923_161738.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigoUunr9fGsR2BCZ0PWStYu67qfY_-6sI-guFNfuDoh95N865rd6EFqHZf51N3WZ1Ge0VSL1OCJPSSoIDHWYd2omvuGsO2waB3QlAeJyssFCLU_E2-ZnXAUI_JA0Ss5eHbvwPOFnIZrQjEh0SpISDEfz3Ap0e6NYS1-ytdGYKiR1EjFbppsdlaxZbiL0/w400-h300/20230923_161738.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apples to take home</td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2WPY3eZp43x7wN5k02P42p0D7EUVAKo2D1wGSTjZ7N8vxtLtHqoCRn3u3fZsl4xeNb2hDzV6Lt76SsLqg2gDZHCC9WZy-MiOG0nbj1KUyylzdXBoTXIwRcUiviWHxB3U1BZpI86AOMe-4DkmnMOPvMFR_u-YJvo2ATrCp9qYjJHmwHzhbWepWj5NK9Y/s4032/20230923_191759.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2WPY3eZp43x7wN5k02P42p0D7EUVAKo2D1wGSTjZ7N8vxtLtHqoCRn3u3fZsl4xeNb2hDzV6Lt76SsLqg2gDZHCC9WZy-MiOG0nbj1KUyylzdXBoTXIwRcUiviWHxB3U1BZpI86AOMe-4DkmnMOPvMFR_u-YJvo2ATrCp9qYjJHmwHzhbWepWj5NK9Y/w400-h300/20230923_191759.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely dinner to finish off the day</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">11 years ago on this day, him and I met in person for the first time. We talked so much we had to move to another cafe <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤣" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tab/1.5/16/1f923.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> and the rest as they say is history <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="♥️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t33/1.5/16/2665.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> Together we've been through the best and worst life can throw at us, 2 Jack Russell's, 5 kids, a wedding, 3 challenging house moves, running 2 busy businesses, the deaths of 5 close family members but we've got each other through it all, side by side <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="♥️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t33/1.5/16/2665.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbo9sc8NAjuCM5hCQNl5gYNyeexOcirsaUJ3E7EHVI0k90StpIBl9jYaIGsPN5RwScr2tIqJvYnGqJ1CDieEmFj54RDcgGES1ebnxUmVfBUvK9-1UBOjeGVeIiqdcsbnc0JRF6MM8bColxnTLEQnEYvEyMjGMXg-iuWzxzTsyyGlrxtnRGd7Ol0bp-z5U/s2048/382230581_10230658581437709_5541757017504899673_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1594" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbo9sc8NAjuCM5hCQNl5gYNyeexOcirsaUJ3E7EHVI0k90StpIBl9jYaIGsPN5RwScr2tIqJvYnGqJ1CDieEmFj54RDcgGES1ebnxUmVfBUvK9-1UBOjeGVeIiqdcsbnc0JRF6MM8bColxnTLEQnEYvEyMjGMXg-iuWzxzTsyyGlrxtnRGd7Ol0bp-z5U/w311-h400/382230581_10230658581437709_5541757017504899673_n.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's that time of year when the shaggy meadows and wildflower areas get their autumn haircut. Thanks David for helping get the first area done, especially before the rain started.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0Y_OA1gNLpjEKvPQqzV3PX_V_JFSqlAyC0-YyaG0RF9e_qcNeLD2qjO9omA7bqbwnIiEySymUpn4_tDKdBBfJQq8Ji9yLwzEFTRp4nNlG2g-SDgQv0xHQBYF0FLg8wGbl1JypcOmn7ln9eDBBSdzheKPom3oraZFOABBOqDk219-JVOxP5Vcf6nBJ8U/s4032/20230924_102544.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0Y_OA1gNLpjEKvPQqzV3PX_V_JFSqlAyC0-YyaG0RF9e_qcNeLD2qjO9omA7bqbwnIiEySymUpn4_tDKdBBfJQq8Ji9yLwzEFTRp4nNlG2g-SDgQv0xHQBYF0FLg8wGbl1JypcOmn7ln9eDBBSdzheKPom3oraZFOABBOqDk219-JVOxP5Vcf6nBJ8U/w300-h400/20230924_102544.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1ASvoHcSp1yQ1mslHkKE10ad1g_G5MYYu2yEFCra1sbcgUCmoYdwm97f_iISViTaMAKce3HAfGIoTmsXZf4L5Mpl8MB52NtxuxrxriORGIc_Kou8tIV7EjjNw-LF5_SNc8sfYUlaVnQ4N5yj0PfKazboxk57oogpEQiwG3c1f5QkP47RhxWM3C-QQXA/s4032/20230924_102551.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1ASvoHcSp1yQ1mslHkKE10ad1g_G5MYYu2yEFCra1sbcgUCmoYdwm97f_iISViTaMAKce3HAfGIoTmsXZf4L5Mpl8MB52NtxuxrxriORGIc_Kou8tIV7EjjNw-LF5_SNc8sfYUlaVnQ4N5yj0PfKazboxk57oogpEQiwG3c1f5QkP47RhxWM3C-QQXA/w400-h300/20230924_102551.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgf72VI6lImBJwQnDKQnpR5e6XALNluKtffr6p_eAnChy4MEwAeSkzx4dTLvY_3aN57tPGJPNx74-gmCMuS96vokjjIIqn1T_rvI61F-3PzI0T7QgYAfNYI4WAD82mBexC52iZDRBrYzeUaIMaEKa6CnRdd_Kv3fShHNjBIZurHOa8BOEN8tylkB1Rqw/s4032/20230924_141758.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgf72VI6lImBJwQnDKQnpR5e6XALNluKtffr6p_eAnChy4MEwAeSkzx4dTLvY_3aN57tPGJPNx74-gmCMuS96vokjjIIqn1T_rvI61F-3PzI0T7QgYAfNYI4WAD82mBexC52iZDRBrYzeUaIMaEKa6CnRdd_Kv3fShHNjBIZurHOa8BOEN8tylkB1Rqw/w400-h300/20230924_141758.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyUBievd5ZtP9UKcgbzj-CB9QDsJDh9G0TrPO6jKNmQKsaqUNXLs4bA_0abV2bqATSIMyDNJUrxhHPomr1y-Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;">Look what I found hiding in amongst the vine leaves. Little juicy pops of sweetness.</div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JEAT6_HSdihc57E0jZxUcScRk92cTMAfUqfprasyaAkAES4h5nilI1pPbv8EQWMOBJShE9gUnYG0RY-cGkIl0Zv4S6lguxjfEcg2b12ntxOT1fdG0-pG1irYWHx4gnwwO9CgTlpGVkkFNjwhMiJzr6zxBsCwn8MtyfSMKrc8Sgdow58JlWzhYlqixRI/s4032/20230924_151624.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JEAT6_HSdihc57E0jZxUcScRk92cTMAfUqfprasyaAkAES4h5nilI1pPbv8EQWMOBJShE9gUnYG0RY-cGkIl0Zv4S6lguxjfEcg2b12ntxOT1fdG0-pG1irYWHx4gnwwO9CgTlpGVkkFNjwhMiJzr6zxBsCwn8MtyfSMKrc8Sgdow58JlWzhYlqixRI/w300-h400/20230924_151624.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A busy day off today, a domestic morning then off to Mclarens Nursery to have a look around and meet up with Adam and get a wee tour of the nursery and talk all things plants and running a nursery. Of course they are on a whole other scale than me. Their new greenhouse is an acre in size! The same size as the whole of my nursery occupies at Whitmuir!!! Photos to follow.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then down to Kilmarnock to see Ben and Cheryl. Great to catch up with them and meet Coco the cat, a cheeky <span><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>wee thing that seemed to like me, so all is well <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😃" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/taa/1.5/16/1f603.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> A chinese buffet dinner together before the long journey home. Tired but a good day. Always great to spend time with my boys and Cheryl and Natasha <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1QMePhB78ktassvyQuM9lnyULVOiWRky-guiS1juwNAnNLmsBYJORtMtXzAs4oT51sDRNrgw5Q4iks5ILrFf_J6eYW3vC9ZUYYYIDaizUamr9GIXy6PixRQXjFJHNo6t_Op8V9NvLthXCZZnvtcJ6U0CFSOErPJU2zxpyYLpDfEwr0WU4hE6DxSSsa-A/s3447/20230926_193753-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3447" data-original-width="2194" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1QMePhB78ktassvyQuM9lnyULVOiWRky-guiS1juwNAnNLmsBYJORtMtXzAs4oT51sDRNrgw5Q4iks5ILrFf_J6eYW3vC9ZUYYYIDaizUamr9GIXy6PixRQXjFJHNo6t_Op8V9NvLthXCZZnvtcJ6U0CFSOErPJU2zxpyYLpDfEwr0WU4hE6DxSSsa-A/w255-h400/20230926_193753-5.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now things are slowing down a bit as we slide into autumn, I took the chance to head west yesterday to visit <a href="https://www.mclarensnurseriesltd.co.uk/">McLarens Nurseries Ltd</a> near Barrhead. It was great to chat to Adam about all things plants and nursery although they are on an altogether much larger scale than Quercus. In fact the whole area of Quercus would fit inside Mclarens new 1 acre sized greenhouse! Fortunately I managed to dodge all the showers and we had some sun while I got a wee tour of the potting area, <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>new greenhouses and compost making shed <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; 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Work continues in the nursery to get all the propagation done before winter and start to get ready for closing at the end of October for Winter.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFW0WiuORMa1uBG2dIKJrm6Yrc6JF4OGBC1l8vH3tvcPenLiNcOL2ZmTSQZvS2BS44ZZHbsGwzPQEtKhDKxD2foOZvjvQztePruhvhSE0fdJUsIvY1tskhCaNjj69dyTd4yCjU3PZ4N6PFhLOAHvYvOZroj9g_wM3qgLbQ7w-zbv4bYqrsBX25oCeobs/s3942/Helianthus%20sunflower%20'Claret'.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3942" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFW0WiuORMa1uBG2dIKJrm6Yrc6JF4OGBC1l8vH3tvcPenLiNcOL2ZmTSQZvS2BS44ZZHbsGwzPQEtKhDKxD2foOZvjvQztePruhvhSE0fdJUsIvY1tskhCaNjj69dyTd4yCjU3PZ4N6PFhLOAHvYvOZroj9g_wM3qgLbQ7w-zbv4bYqrsBX25oCeobs/s320/Helianthus%20sunflower%20'Claret'.jpg" width="245" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="⭐️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t3b/1.5/16/2b50.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="⭐️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t3b/1.5/16/2b50.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="⭐️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t3b/1.5/16/2b50.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> Our Spring bulbs have arrived <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="⭐️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t3b/1.5/16/2b50.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="⭐️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t3b/1.5/16/2b50.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="⭐️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t3b/1.5/16/2b50.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Maisie is so excited to show you all the fab bulbs we have in stock this autumn, lots of new varieties and some old favs! We are doing our very popular pick and mix bulbs again this autumn. Buy as many or as few of each variety as you need. Enough to fill a small pot or a whole collection of pots or your borders. We have a selection of Narcissus, Tulips, Alliums, Crocus, Scilla, Iris, Camassia and so much more. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">We still have a <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>selection of plants with autumn colour, Asters just about to flower for autumn interest, dwarf conifers for evergreen winter interest and some lovely items in our wee shop, ideal as a gift for some one of yourself.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Whitmuir</span></a></span> cafe Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm and their take away is open 7 days, 10am to 4pm.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">See you soon <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">How much is that doggy in the window? ........ she's priceless <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😂" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t29/1.5/16/1f602.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwsUUHYpCl3FlRGBQVsic1x5IiUUWvLcJd0GxcEMfFWGfN3NWl6kUn8qbzPpkZd3Lzjw7DCkN_AstnSIf_NvOVcjfdhDvYiyqYqFN9-rFme0f1Brc8Z8V1FD_2eHeqUX9Lz5KK6dNv3sydGu0k8KOGbl-k9udIT7iPYcq0zYK6r91dYyLAknt8bU6728/s3024/Bean%20runner%20'Scarlet%20Emperor'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2042" data-original-width="3024" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwsUUHYpCl3FlRGBQVsic1x5IiUUWvLcJd0GxcEMfFWGfN3NWl6kUn8qbzPpkZd3Lzjw7DCkN_AstnSIf_NvOVcjfdhDvYiyqYqFN9-rFme0f1Brc8Z8V1FD_2eHeqUX9Lz5KK6dNv3sydGu0k8KOGbl-k9udIT7iPYcq0zYK6r91dYyLAknt8bU6728/w400-h270/Bean%20runner%20'Scarlet%20Emperor'.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Runner beans</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; 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font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQDf6O8wJhiwH2SaRuALuirWHYYdLIDp41fTQyOKzZ1lNPIf79IZRyaGJHIvA6CH5qY5_mlBDzB95v2KSefrw8BWSqvVsQdNKTEIdphGK9J7F26qh7v230KgW3iRS7TuQSgK9-z583z-oVa7OZNDE9ALpV1JzHvyOIj5018fBY16sMiV7BK68-X_I9Mc/s4032/Euonymus%20alatus%20'Compactus'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQDf6O8wJhiwH2SaRuALuirWHYYdLIDp41fTQyOKzZ1lNPIf79IZRyaGJHIvA6CH5qY5_mlBDzB95v2KSefrw8BWSqvVsQdNKTEIdphGK9J7F26qh7v230KgW3iRS7TuQSgK9-z583z-oVa7OZNDE9ALpV1JzHvyOIj5018fBY16sMiV7BK68-X_I9Mc/w300-h400/Euonymus%20alatus%20'Compactus'.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Euonymus alatus 'Compactus'</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5svRLA9oGzK6sfV1Pm-7NoIP8ssLw0Ujboda-5LtsbcMVnDAhdEq9KH5m8XU1VIC28Ze5SoXWuobffugALykSZw-LsbMPw2d5wEz_K3Ol0HFgIrdeoOWYdxxVDC6uyuTzveVyaS11gH05-yqcEQ_NwbPn7LHCHPmBuktS3OEs6u9TvQZiE89HIfcf1OE/s4032/Helenium%20'Chelsey'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5svRLA9oGzK6sfV1Pm-7NoIP8ssLw0Ujboda-5LtsbcMVnDAhdEq9KH5m8XU1VIC28Ze5SoXWuobffugALykSZw-LsbMPw2d5wEz_K3Ol0HFgIrdeoOWYdxxVDC6uyuTzveVyaS11gH05-yqcEQ_NwbPn7LHCHPmBuktS3OEs6u9TvQZiE89HIfcf1OE/w300-h400/Helenium%20'Chelsey'.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty'</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdwNk7p0AwUIs49AX4VA9cMRPWOYxaqos9TJFdMddWEbOi3e2ZmHHoYgEdoa2o9g43fPyEXdqgAzMKt8j_XQkw7o-G_g5M2KZVaObJEIMC0lH028Y4L4wKRJ3z0t9dyoGL3o94mkt__I3YdnwzoQkebAu01GbmPclMAqtc4WmZrO_F7GVtnmqvYtFj0Po/s3024/Tagetes%20'Honeycomb'.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2566" data-original-width="3024" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdwNk7p0AwUIs49AX4VA9cMRPWOYxaqos9TJFdMddWEbOi3e2ZmHHoYgEdoa2o9g43fPyEXdqgAzMKt8j_XQkw7o-G_g5M2KZVaObJEIMC0lH028Y4L4wKRJ3z0t9dyoGL3o94mkt__I3YdnwzoQkebAu01GbmPclMAqtc4WmZrO_F7GVtnmqvYtFj0Po/w400-h340/Tagetes%20'Honeycomb'.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tagetes </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In our front garden, where the colour keeps on going, I am so pleased with how this garden has come together over the past few months, especially as it was only planted up in March this year! The Nasturtiums are taking over the world, lol. I've planted some Bellis in the pots for autumn colour replacing the tired old bedding that did well through summer.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYSQhSBrKGX58qFqBqNUXkMcH3o7YvvBDfhqvPLGHg8cZZv0V-nT552j4gMcON0zuUrilxHfkM69bE6rXx2E1uFxtEXzCmSo3RlvssBktG19JMQi7htWu18GljQsjQCxLNMiFemDQC8bKG45HDZBy7QJF1-_T6jOTqTc_bIxtbXFWgLsk0EEvOxE-UE8/s3460/20230828_123053-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2788" data-original-width="3460" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYSQhSBrKGX58qFqBqNUXkMcH3o7YvvBDfhqvPLGHg8cZZv0V-nT552j4gMcON0zuUrilxHfkM69bE6rXx2E1uFxtEXzCmSo3RlvssBktG19JMQi7htWu18GljQsjQCxLNMiFemDQC8bKG45HDZBy7QJF1-_T6jOTqTc_bIxtbXFWgLsk0EEvOxE-UE8/w400-h323/20230828_123053-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HVBQNUu4BbOAxifHmkO_mr-4YYspqhucHN6z6nYDyvk73f8d0EZbZ7ZNjnZl2hXstE4XjLbki8_wLh3YtlSid4aNMFhOU-1L62wduUPRYkhyEqV4bSlQJJqQaR12mNjGr_dB1jjtIhzlhpl8DaG78NzlKM60ZDHI7C-uVUMUSH6feSpHhfUjRDoXxXc/s4032/20230828_123243-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HVBQNUu4BbOAxifHmkO_mr-4YYspqhucHN6z6nYDyvk73f8d0EZbZ7ZNjnZl2hXstE4XjLbki8_wLh3YtlSid4aNMFhOU-1L62wduUPRYkhyEqV4bSlQJJqQaR12mNjGr_dB1jjtIhzlhpl8DaG78NzlKM60ZDHI7C-uVUMUSH6feSpHhfUjRDoXxXc/w300-h400/20230828_123243-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCye7BwX4J-mG908tD4al312jn9COprfPpVUzw77yMVug5sD6hUyeAztat8MEyXgLY-1ODEes29136tk-jUpJ8YuJg-pWBNRmqloHVBdNXBmfV5vdDa1nH3OM7P8fJH_0nc8VACVHsBhn9ikuCml27U8pLoJ69zc8dYGhH10WbwwMP-qU9hhcU6Xo6mI/s4032/20230828_125047-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCye7BwX4J-mG908tD4al312jn9COprfPpVUzw77yMVug5sD6hUyeAztat8MEyXgLY-1ODEes29136tk-jUpJ8YuJg-pWBNRmqloHVBdNXBmfV5vdDa1nH3OM7P8fJH_0nc8VACVHsBhn9ikuCml27U8pLoJ69zc8dYGhH10WbwwMP-qU9hhcU6Xo6mI/w300-h400/20230828_125047-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stipa tenuissima</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAEwpCqaGXPSPEYywLOK2f4r_qw6uuNAl_YzqutJgIeyFknXRMcc-nlroHaR9J-vuF8nDgLPx_X2DNt2J0O8fcHP2oaLv_W0aA5h-f12-J30ksoZTxrhbtmjJCNdzBRW9F2m7WiN86-gQDg9oa8WNczxYr-2TGp0WthFMRiHszwiTsi73DmzPfOjnnZc/s4032/20230828_125100-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDAEwpCqaGXPSPEYywLOK2f4r_qw6uuNAl_YzqutJgIeyFknXRMcc-nlroHaR9J-vuF8nDgLPx_X2DNt2J0O8fcHP2oaLv_W0aA5h-f12-J30ksoZTxrhbtmjJCNdzBRW9F2m7WiN86-gQDg9oa8WNczxYr-2TGp0WthFMRiHszwiTsi73DmzPfOjnnZc/w400-h300/20230828_125100-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nasturtiums taking over the world</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrxB-RTtWddzaiOwKGglg4YCIEN1OyNX8w2hLnSttsWtUcSb1nvjIcKmL8c97sOgPw1StswEstfJT08_y7FMx4u1TnC4T-bg4Th-KBEN2IgvySdfjeasD5pMJrRWqU5uNRMxj8JpxZtyym8AduBxpcSEu0_1-01dy1dEVGvVmuLyPgt5WTPFKoe2kuWo/s3112/20230828_131058-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2642" data-original-width="3112" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrxB-RTtWddzaiOwKGglg4YCIEN1OyNX8w2hLnSttsWtUcSb1nvjIcKmL8c97sOgPw1StswEstfJT08_y7FMx4u1TnC4T-bg4Th-KBEN2IgvySdfjeasD5pMJrRWqU5uNRMxj8JpxZtyym8AduBxpcSEu0_1-01dy1dEVGvVmuLyPgt5WTPFKoe2kuWo/w400-h340/20230828_131058-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Viola hederacae</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREw0DprYneZ2cPrddWsVWxE8lfWUfVMyB1i7fij6uXliaP_MJWh9dHpLR1BhwRPHs3B2wwhQOz09myb79Zj9l4JAC8hJLiwDtQ64zqOwy8lMUB346xKGB-xadFm0IzCHDjvBTlqors0hRJP9Zlbmxo59at3R0pUTzS8OwfCwErchhGBpRRmcP5JJ7Qx4/s4032/20230828_131508-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2740" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREw0DprYneZ2cPrddWsVWxE8lfWUfVMyB1i7fij6uXliaP_MJWh9dHpLR1BhwRPHs3B2wwhQOz09myb79Zj9l4JAC8hJLiwDtQ64zqOwy8lMUB346xKGB-xadFm0IzCHDjvBTlqors0hRJP9Zlbmxo59at3R0pUTzS8OwfCwErchhGBpRRmcP5JJ7Qx4/w271-h400/20230828_131508-2.jpg" width="271" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Acidanthera Gladiolus Callianthus</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlTGxGybu77YQGqEYHP0LpSh4lzRWXK4yj_elCQeTDmCHjWuk1aibWFWezGqdUGOMQJQ94G6WjUVZMzm-lraY9jTCvhsyfyYdQNpstGPGto4E07h_D8PncoH0kAqyqVuiRJh0eDyYcMMqvSuA9vV7QPKEjFchUiYvwSkZMDZc0QpbCTdmtwNTOoPJBRM/s3303/20230910_092536-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2441" data-original-width="3303" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlTGxGybu77YQGqEYHP0LpSh4lzRWXK4yj_elCQeTDmCHjWuk1aibWFWezGqdUGOMQJQ94G6WjUVZMzm-lraY9jTCvhsyfyYdQNpstGPGto4E07h_D8PncoH0kAqyqVuiRJh0eDyYcMMqvSuA9vV7QPKEjFchUiYvwSkZMDZc0QpbCTdmtwNTOoPJBRM/w400-h295/20230910_092536-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crinum Powelli</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV4cKPzW6BMwODcUNu3gSHtO14WCgRnuUQ3WcNZEQczEDCBmrjGGJhOO08ggomzMepPpgr71sJQpQHZlbpg2tozGDy83BHmaWazTzGuL3nezLgD3AsOhcxMkrE0IeBk6zF5PkipkENr9aevx9Ef2uN-G-JFQ5HPz-4QIH8zffgDd8IfMi-BaAv_Wvegfg/s4032/20230911_165728.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV4cKPzW6BMwODcUNu3gSHtO14WCgRnuUQ3WcNZEQczEDCBmrjGGJhOO08ggomzMepPpgr71sJQpQHZlbpg2tozGDy83BHmaWazTzGuL3nezLgD3AsOhcxMkrE0IeBk6zF5PkipkENr9aevx9Ef2uN-G-JFQ5HPz-4QIH8zffgDd8IfMi-BaAv_Wvegfg/w300-h400/20230911_165728.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front garden pots</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbSR52xEf8gsM9hcPCI1P0vM4k1c7KPqqEWy75b6fNcW3agWI3BKbrvYQNFYOOMyIiD3_55z63YZs-J27Th4gHilRCiB0dcOMmTtN89VPNDG4updIlzFlOcR97FFBfegC8elgQweKpoc735iLLk3zsCymkxUT7k8VoPy7F8idC_Q-3n-absM2Sk-XaIU/s4032/20230912_101345.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbSR52xEf8gsM9hcPCI1P0vM4k1c7KPqqEWy75b6fNcW3agWI3BKbrvYQNFYOOMyIiD3_55z63YZs-J27Th4gHilRCiB0dcOMmTtN89VPNDG4updIlzFlOcR97FFBfegC8elgQweKpoc735iLLk3zsCymkxUT7k8VoPy7F8idC_Q-3n-absM2Sk-XaIU/w300-h400/20230912_101345.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The end of the summer in our back garden, again so pleased with all we have achieved in the back garden this year too, like the front garden sooooo many changes <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXv5OqmTZhuftJgY1QgoXwNedta_FapEhP0iLGqHzFOQv2QMpTi1FfrMu0TY4EJeTCjcEw0kBq7eyhBHknmL-wMVNi-LTXIOEt5OWDPTkzGSBCYLNOAgX3BrdegNsOFDctgTkOv6mg7y7OdXgOP-dLHMXGlBL7x3gVHWnI6ah2bUQi9lxp0EYJHK0zE7o/s4032/20230828_140649-2-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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First appearing like a small yellow egg amongst wood chippings it soon develops a white stalk. When wet the cap is slimy, gills are pale yellow to white. Its inedible.</span></div><span style="font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWf6NkBw_PaVxnL968Id8gQ5JrOKEXxqTKHUeMcSM9Vui2P5X8KQSfbEkw4j_zYqpLyo4OArU8CVv5OpFhYxz_j50d6B_0F4XSJ20_oC79pZaFlO3PhH1I8Emn0UGrG9QumVt5fh8_wBxGPzXVKDEOd_oZ10fquW59JSE_cjNLBd1-vffGZjWvow6srHg/s3134/20230908_133444-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3134" data-original-width="2560" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWf6NkBw_PaVxnL968Id8gQ5JrOKEXxqTKHUeMcSM9Vui2P5X8KQSfbEkw4j_zYqpLyo4OArU8CVv5OpFhYxz_j50d6B_0F4XSJ20_oC79pZaFlO3PhH1I8Emn0UGrG9QumVt5fh8_wBxGPzXVKDEOd_oZ10fquW59JSE_cjNLBd1-vffGZjWvow6srHg/w326-h400/20230908_133444-2.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the bottom terrace gardens today. I was trimming back some of the willow so I and out customers dont get whacked in the face as we walk along, especially when its been raining! All the hedges got a trim too today. Now that the bulk of the stock managment, potting and moving about is done for the season I can get on with all the outstanding tasks that need done before winter <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A lovely afternoon spent with <span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/andrew.rennie.374?__cft__[0]=AZW5LgiH8LK8a3L5h9CruBSGru2EaeFwNh87Mm9AKkWun_ua8v_ppuu-bUcqkeB2xigzJ8NlYeVYit1raTW0Daz9k2uTS6SG6dg-RuEc6i7467QQSB70-axzmK1E_vlHtXYeQXamUjctPCldDaimdSz0&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Andrew</span></a></span> and <span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/linda.rennie.90?__cft__[0]=AZW5LgiH8LK8a3L5h9CruBSGru2EaeFwNh87Mm9AKkWun_ua8v_ppuu-bUcqkeB2xigzJ8NlYeVYit1raTW0Daz9k2uTS6SG6dg-RuEc6i7467QQSB70-axzmK1E_vlHtXYeQXamUjctPCldDaimdSz0&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #050505; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 15px;">#rural #countrylife #countryliving #cottagelife #antiquecottagescenes #interiors #scottishborders #independantretailer #smallbusiness #localbusiness #independantplantnursery #uniqueplantnursery #hardyscottishplants #scottishgarden #gardeningontheedge #scottishborders</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; 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font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div></div></div>The Quirky Bird Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13857611654337366532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6533471127373251966.post-74473388266918362772023-09-17T21:55:00.008+01:002023-09-17T21:55:51.646+01:00Into September we go, autumn and a chance to slow down a teeny bit<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">Well, September already and the weather has as in the rest of the year, been unseasonal and varied. September started hot and sunny and it was back to running around like a mad thing wielding hoses and trying to keep all the plants watered. It was lovely to have some late summer, early autumn heat before going into autumn and then winter (tho I love autumn, so no complaints). The colours are certainly changing on the trees and plants, the asters are starting to flower and the grasses are in full flower. </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbLaau55MN7NyuVWSJlgz63YTgQGyIIPzcKflcppIf6xuxGpyZAGVX_6tv3VXu3RcgsDn6jaS7jBb3uBMDyRGj8WLJWGh3-Ztlb8-Z6vw88AKWo99g5VR5pk04wtQsxsq9CSI5-_icSJi-AoK89GqB0BV96Gq7dpMufUdRbM5u2o0PBW6vNVgi-tlKXU/s3000/20230906_205932-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1891" data-original-width="3000" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbLaau55MN7NyuVWSJlgz63YTgQGyIIPzcKflcppIf6xuxGpyZAGVX_6tv3VXu3RcgsDn6jaS7jBb3uBMDyRGj8WLJWGh3-Ztlb8-Z6vw88AKWo99g5VR5pk04wtQsxsq9CSI5-_icSJi-AoK89GqB0BV96Gq7dpMufUdRbM5u2o0PBW6vNVgi-tlKXU/w400-h253/20230906_205932-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">Ink and wash cottage garden .......... Just gonna say...... I'm really pleased with this, didn't think I'd manage it, but here we are.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDvfeOzyGUmS4_l14QY4HQzOrBJMNyLv8rIK6ZUSsTW0G8EHc16obN4OVyQqDHV-XgVyl6OX0jSLI3b-R78BH7mfSi7-4OBdnG7u0LIKtB2ESqo4nBSuMptqXxuDVb4gBnY5vvgMt4YEGKXJbEgUcr5k_55qCtD-RLJ39RfuWOmz1HFFzqdA-94kp2t3Q/s3673/20230906_090201-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3673" data-original-width="2410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDvfeOzyGUmS4_l14QY4HQzOrBJMNyLv8rIK6ZUSsTW0G8EHc16obN4OVyQqDHV-XgVyl6OX0jSLI3b-R78BH7mfSi7-4OBdnG7u0LIKtB2ESqo4nBSuMptqXxuDVb4gBnY5vvgMt4YEGKXJbEgUcr5k_55qCtD-RLJ39RfuWOmz1HFFzqdA-94kp2t3Q/s320/20230906_090201-2.jpg" width="210" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">No Mum I'm not stealing the cuttings to chew </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: start; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😃" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/taa/1.5/16/1f603.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span><div><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Maisie takes her job as nursery dog very seriously ......... as you can read in the photo captions ...... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUBTZ-UsajlFyQP-SHiFgtNs-QLzYFy9lICTiNKQk6gmAPkjXSP0BXdx9w4OPSOnk0kG7Cyu1kLik8bMjwol-KFzP05RoF7xfuXFmW07XqpmhRw3y7ekfcf-EkQuRc4ACbbh3DhSWX1uzyRvMhfKYECwTGAo1ZOdHQL3a3rKJHLU4kqiSbrJ6fTm1dtA/s3406/20230906_090207-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3406" data-original-width="2555" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUBTZ-UsajlFyQP-SHiFgtNs-QLzYFy9lICTiNKQk6gmAPkjXSP0BXdx9w4OPSOnk0kG7Cyu1kLik8bMjwol-KFzP05RoF7xfuXFmW07XqpmhRw3y7ekfcf-EkQuRc4ACbbh3DhSWX1uzyRvMhfKYECwTGAo1ZOdHQL3a3rKJHLU4kqiSbrJ6fTm1dtA/w300-h400/20230906_090207-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">What was that, its that cheeky vole again</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkL9__DK2KMPYehgRMtheeu9BKvT1XBcQMEDZxkumw3t044hYkCabcdp2iXxZ9FMHAcJYO4eGRx541cImmjX6E-I2xgKfjgzZ6bpVLqdapalcQWGo6JlXdj0F4mDnYWtDJ_8tUrgM7m_DDtTnoXjUUZan0VjT-DpnKbCdOG2BkGAFKZl73lsU8MCQj-hU/s3774/20230906_092415-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2654" data-original-width="3774" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkL9__DK2KMPYehgRMtheeu9BKvT1XBcQMEDZxkumw3t044hYkCabcdp2iXxZ9FMHAcJYO4eGRx541cImmjX6E-I2xgKfjgzZ6bpVLqdapalcQWGo6JlXdj0F4mDnYWtDJ_8tUrgM7m_DDtTnoXjUUZan0VjT-DpnKbCdOG2BkGAFKZl73lsU8MCQj-hU/w400-h281/20230906_092415-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Right that's the tunnel inspection done, whats next?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9r-XE9FkqF8VDELnUNBJeus8owvh4sjW-psmfzKQw6zD3y7oR0VPSCt-DevtE0B7YWDmWTA-Hbh5xLU-St8i5ZwgSb68ZO5PLhQWJOYBpqeBDJ8Jaox85onCnjJkDjqGQmsFxQ3LvYPOZURZVYDs8FP-LFcRb0P1QzP1oDpdnjjKNWF3LFOWSuPAtq0/s4032/20230906_092859-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9r-XE9FkqF8VDELnUNBJeus8owvh4sjW-psmfzKQw6zD3y7oR0VPSCt-DevtE0B7YWDmWTA-Hbh5xLU-St8i5ZwgSb68ZO5PLhQWJOYBpqeBDJ8Jaox85onCnjJkDjqGQmsFxQ3LvYPOZURZVYDs8FP-LFcRb0P1QzP1oDpdnjjKNWF3LFOWSuPAtq0/w300-h400/20230906_092859-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Mum the bucket needs emptied .....</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnHL53EtJu23AVYjeWmp5bsT1xyt5ssyoX8kp3yO_8tuhgsD-Uc7qLNLz_lB92koLXhFwsePbe3TqqzXYRZ1LZhSeBMMHLwnu0Ocr6rbBLfA5k7C5CAIkUNIrVAietn2IGJZiwat9zrlY7AY2NancCaSQmO1nGDJtvZg8oQB4ijJtzdKhp8E9qK6s0Nc/s4032/20230906_092904-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnHL53EtJu23AVYjeWmp5bsT1xyt5ssyoX8kp3yO_8tuhgsD-Uc7qLNLz_lB92koLXhFwsePbe3TqqzXYRZ1LZhSeBMMHLwnu0Ocr6rbBLfA5k7C5CAIkUNIrVAietn2IGJZiwat9zrlY7AY2NancCaSQmO1nGDJtvZg8oQB4ijJtzdKhp8E9qK6s0Nc/w300-h400/20230906_092904-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">I'll just sunbath while you do the work Mum</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyLVcP7UyCaXkn7717KfLMDt1QK3dwtfOHhFXRuhMXLPbv5IumRb05zl-fbXl0enzpmv_bWJ5_YqXKZSasM6wzfpdw7w81LlNanUtBXjxqWIplanQuuHOcM6dGVjI1n_eAKWJiZR7EK1CEf32Iyavkhj4ZNPdjL9bNRM5jimHwG2qoJfkTlDksIAFQxc/s3359/20230906_133449-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3359" data-original-width="2889" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyLVcP7UyCaXkn7717KfLMDt1QK3dwtfOHhFXRuhMXLPbv5IumRb05zl-fbXl0enzpmv_bWJ5_YqXKZSasM6wzfpdw7w81LlNanUtBXjxqWIplanQuuHOcM6dGVjI1n_eAKWJiZR7EK1CEf32Iyavkhj4ZNPdjL9bNRM5jimHwG2qoJfkTlDksIAFQxc/s320/20230906_133449-2.jpg" width="275" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">I'll have a triple expresso, the hell you will, you are bad enough without caffine </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; text-align: start; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😃" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/taa/1.5/16/1f603.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7T7h8qDzpcHJ3IbGBq5XQuZpcUORZcrLydmMkokXWN2xRwoBlufSZVU4eSYI_9Ic2TkgoWbBl6OY9-0LoYVd6Kcc0bRbXlEMzHI-YrOpTNzEcVmrUpV9WVrmZF09gtIEbhKmzhniL2XI0wnQVtZ-dApkDMiQqcdAhrqd0k-PhWW6UZVumTXyVefGN-wk/s1080/September%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="1080" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7T7h8qDzpcHJ3IbGBq5XQuZpcUORZcrLydmMkokXWN2xRwoBlufSZVU4eSYI_9Ic2TkgoWbBl6OY9-0LoYVd6Kcc0bRbXlEMzHI-YrOpTNzEcVmrUpV9WVrmZF09gtIEbhKmzhniL2XI0wnQVtZ-dApkDMiQqcdAhrqd0k-PhWW6UZVumTXyVefGN-wk/w400-h299/September%202022.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">What a difference a year makes. The back garden is almost complete, just one corner to finish.</span></div><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-x0p7gqkRwxCwd8Q_4S-8Jh8DIDEArcyouUnzUmRT9IJ3PmdJVWx6ytSQwWICkbFfF8bHEqssPXnzbFJ9wfaFpt8PbP-lZR5XrO1pZhyfZMJTCaj4nX3EuuPHy9Anbj197P5ARpH76MghyIuaUqlzwxbCiERaYkx4L1A3TZFYKvo2W1OC2Gd2WHfUHHU/s4032/September%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-x0p7gqkRwxCwd8Q_4S-8Jh8DIDEArcyouUnzUmRT9IJ3PmdJVWx6ytSQwWICkbFfF8bHEqssPXnzbFJ9wfaFpt8PbP-lZR5XrO1pZhyfZMJTCaj4nX3EuuPHy9Anbj197P5ARpH76MghyIuaUqlzwxbCiERaYkx4L1A3TZFYKvo2W1OC2Gd2WHfUHHU/w400-h300/September%202023.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I love these cool mornings, all that dew, turning spiders webs into diamond encrusted works of art, autumn is a moment away and then the warmth of the day burning off the mist.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2Q-ttqU95kcaN77KVh3srVbH4EVFWp7SEVNN3k-O1h-5etxJtyKeHL_S774n6dY7DnQ7CIaKf_GBoOR2WyJ16-FW9vWufTT2fv70sNBkgjniie7SFDE713akXSmoSyHYYAfPYFjK2CsausynMDgt3agGmh0CRxvnJQd3-RmMcINrJShnHxlaI3sl-8k/s4032/20230908_095746-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I've tidied up our seasonal display pots with some autumn coloured chrysanths. The Violas are still going strong after nearly 8 months and the primroses are bulking up with lots of new leaves. They were also planted back in early spring. Its worth leaving these "bedding" plants in as you get so much more out of them year on year.</span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUgh84NJJCGzLYAMS_dqPeHxc8BacdK7ejtZrc20gv4ehpkk307wRsFWUaV7Lg-JZ-9a2l6lKzTYk2dsK9n-JDrfcIa0YkpxMX34JEA6pa72Q-1lelObztgzZkHuy03QxPkGUEFiTTYqdcFiaErrsLsz9huSqH1AcSvSawzuZS6xZKKvsC_5Cd299ToE/s3651/Tidying%20up%20the%20seasonal%20planters%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2676" data-original-width="3651" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUgh84NJJCGzLYAMS_dqPeHxc8BacdK7ejtZrc20gv4ehpkk307wRsFWUaV7Lg-JZ-9a2l6lKzTYk2dsK9n-JDrfcIa0YkpxMX34JEA6pa72Q-1lelObztgzZkHuy03QxPkGUEFiTTYqdcFiaErrsLsz9huSqH1AcSvSawzuZS6xZKKvsC_5Cd299ToE/w400-h294/Tidying%20up%20the%20seasonal%20planters%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Pretty in pink, it might be the beginning of autumn but there are still plenty pinks in the garden, softening the fiery oranges, yellows and reds and adding highlights amongst the airy grasses.</span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywIZ5Vw9NQR45vN-M0A7jcT5Vy0c2BnVUnHs1GMTalv4p7wPX9X6o9MhsxRtbV11zmQALpnhSlEclf763hrlCiW4RWZyRXB_7dYMcSUB14pVwYxmxTEz2H_dw48fmWkT1Q-AqxQfO8oxXgnflRvWYidQAI6Mv4Z7MKd4izajXbXPmfhpMTiEMqZDgYTs/s3024/Colchicum%20autumnale.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A day in the life of an overworked, underslept, over stressed, over whelmed gardener. Car into the garage to get a spring fixed </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="😕" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4b/1.5/16/1f615.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> flu jag </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="😕" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4b/1.5/16/1f615.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> off to order our summer house at last, decision made </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="🙂" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> a sunflower - a gift from the birdies </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, Crinums flowering in my front garden, I hope they survive the winter, I love them </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; 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Last walked with the kids in 2005! Our dog Sam walked the whole way in the mill lade, typical black lab lol.</span></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAtuuYtDeUQo_q63w0h9Qoq-v0OtCj_7-RUtprZhfHpByNa4rAHZgBlYrUuwITgJcghmuw4CPn8SiEQ5TFsCR04Va5KxME4umR-j6sD7g0wOkfbiT8DKLuTirk4-HWNWTCoZHf7T838Dr4kpIqHGgbxllfGXhaZdyDdz8AwZ9B4z1BYspUHu3hEEI_10/s4032/20230912_131558.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAtuuYtDeUQo_q63w0h9Qoq-v0OtCj_7-RUtprZhfHpByNa4rAHZgBlYrUuwITgJcghmuw4CPn8SiEQ5TFsCR04Va5KxME4umR-j6sD7g0wOkfbiT8DKLuTirk4-HWNWTCoZHf7T838Dr4kpIqHGgbxllfGXhaZdyDdz8AwZ9B4z1BYspUHu3hEEI_10/w400-h300/20230912_131558.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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