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Pretty!

Why have traditional flowers in the home when you can have…. Parsley and Leeks!! We pulled out some leeks and parsley that had gone to seed. Seemed a shame to waste the pretty flowers.

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Foliage

Rather than just buying flowers for the house this year, I wanted something more.. festive: I found some fabulous berries in the florist and teamed them with some branches from the garden and  ...

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Seedlings!

Wow- I am so many posts behind after having such a frantic December. We planted seeds a few months ago and for nearly two months – nothing happened! After a good soak in the December rains,  ...

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Hydrangea

A week and a half ago my new hydrangea looked like this. Mainly green flowers with a hint of blue. Less than two weeks later it looks like this: We’ve been watering it with our grey water,  ...

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Roses

My roses are out! Hooray. Today would have been a great day to grab some snaps, but some unexpected rain foiled my plans. Until I take some more, let me share a few I took on Monday.  ...

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through the lavender

Back in May a friend was getting rid of some lavender bushes. “We’ll take them!”, dear hubby and I cried! Unfortunately to get them home we had to pretty much butcher them.  ...

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Freesia

Took this one on a rainy day during the week. I love the way the water drops reflect the lattice. Blogtoberfest – Post 15

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Weekend Gardening

I didn’t get out in the garden this weekend – cleaning the house had my name on it instead. My husband got out there and started to put the new veggie beds in! Very exciting. Here he  ...

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