It’s a quick six from me this week. Unexpected and most welcome visitors have claimed some time: a very enjoyable visit to the local growers’ market was a lovely way to spend the morning. Locally grown olives and bottles of olive oil, wine for which the town and its environs are famous, delicious baked goods,…
Month: November 2022
Time for Roses. SoS November 5 2022.
Altogether there is a baker’s dozen of roses in the back garden. Most of them are positioned amongst other plants as I prefer that to putting them in special rose beds with almost bare soli around them. The latter is probably good gardening practice and no doubt better in terms of rose health, but mine…
Happy Industry.
For the last few weeks photinias have been full of blossom. They’re very common around here and we have an inherited photinia hedge at the back of our garden. It is becoming a bit overgrown and there are two opinions about how it should be cut, and so it is not being cut at all….