As we look back at April I wanted to share this photo of one of our yuccas in bloom. They have a rather large flower spike that is covered in lots of smaller white flowers. They’re a bit hard to get a good photo of because they are right on top of the plant. Most of the yuccas we have a quite tall (probably over 2 metres) so I’d have to get onto a ladder to take a really good photo! I like this one though because it shows the yucca leaves, the white flowers, and it has the beautiful blue … [Read more...]
Links I Love from April
It was the first really cold autumn night we have had last night! It got down to around 1 °C, so it was almost a frost! April was rather mild really considering it’s the second month of autumn. The photo that I am sharing this month is of one of our ornamental pear trees. It’s about the only tree in our yard that has given us some autumn colour so far! The others will have to get a wriggle on because we only have a month to go and we will be into winter! Today I’m having a look back at the … [Read more...]
Links I Love from April
The end of April and start of May have finally bought good rain – hooray! You could just about hear our garden breathing a huge sigh of relief last Friday when the first rain started. It has been very dry for such a long time! The rains have meant that the temperature has dropped quite a bit too. We haven’t had any frosts yet but it is cool enough that we are keeping the fire stoked up. I love the warmer weather but there is something so comforting about curling up in front of a warm fire! In … [Read more...]
Links I Love (April and May)
We are well and truly into winter now and the days seem to be so short at the moment. I miss the long days of summer! I find it quite fun to browse other blogs online and see what people in different parts of the world are up to. However it makes me very jealous of bloggers in the northern hemisphere right now as they are just starting summer! I’ll just have to be content with sitting by the fire looking at some of the great spring and summer blog posts that others are writing! As you know I … [Read more...]
April Gardening 2014: What’s Going on in My Garden!
Well we have just said goodbye to March and it is now time to start thinking about the April gardening jobs that need doing. I can’t believe that April is here already – I still haven’t done some of the jobs that I planned to do in March! Despite being well into autumn we have still been having some nice weather over the last few weeks. Earlier this week we even got up into the thirties, which is quite hot for this time of year. It is starting to feel a bit more like autumn these last couple … [Read more...]