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Winter has arrived!
A cold week in garden with flurries of snow, some lying for a while, and many sub-zero overnights herald the arrival of winter here in the garden. Daylight hours are fewer now with leisurely dawns and...
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Icing on the cake
So there I was last week, quite content. Content because I was actually up to date with things in the garden. This is very rare as the Good Lady will tell you. The ‘to do’ list stuck to the fridge...
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End of the ice age?
It’s been a challenging week in this part of the world with blizzards on Monday and Friday nights and temperatures hanging around 0 Celsius. We’ve been very reliant on the Estate tractor ploughing its...
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A weekend of contrast
Saturday proved the ideal day to get on with the final phase of cutting back the borders and the herb garden – cold, dry, no wind with a bit of sun thrown in. We’ve been cutting back the borders in...
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Preparing for spring
A calm, dry weekend allowed us to finish off the herbaceous border work for the winter. All stems have now been cut down to ground level, allowing the new growth to come through unimpeded. Some plants...
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It’s back!
The blizzards return…the lion has no intention of leaving us yet…taken this morning 7.30am.
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The miracle of the ice house
Well, the blizzards continue here at the Scottish Country Garden. The snow that arrived on Tuesday morning is still here, and the high winds tonight are blowing it and some new stuff off the fields...
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Easter Greetings!
After a week of almost nightly snowfalls, the garden has been slow to shed its white mantle, very different from late March last year when we enjoyed temperatures in the low 20’s C. Much of the garden...
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A calm, dry weekend allowed us to finish off the herbaceous border work for the winter. All stems have now been cut down to ground level, allowing the new growth to come through unimpeded. Some plants...
View ArticleIt’s back!
The blizzards return…the lion has no intention of leaving us yet…taken this morning 7.30am.
View ArticleFrom snow to snowdrop…
While the snow has more or less gone here – and we only got a light dusting here compared with much of Scotland, it’s been a cold week with temperatures sitting around 0 degrees C. And yet, despite...
View ArticleIn like a lion…
So there I was, last weekend, spurred on by Scotland’s rugby success, thinking spring is here. Time to do some shrub pruning. I had finally got to the end of the apples and pears, and it was time to...
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