Showing posts with label "flower garden". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "flower garden". Show all posts

Five Happy Things In June






  1. First flush of summer flowers appearing, despite the near-constant downpours!
  2. Purchasing my first ever proper BBQ and having a super Sunday cookout!
  3. Experiencing the rush of snail racing at the Chiddingfold village fete (only in Blighty!)
  4. Watching David&Mia becoming firm friends, she hasn't got jealous yet!
  5. Mega cocktail blowout night at The Botanist with two of my favourite girls

Late Spring In The Garden



For those who are regular visitors to this blog it is no surprise to read how much I enjoy spending time outdoors and in my own garden. May is the special time I always look forward too, with the Bank Holidays promising so much potential for topping up the tan whilst getting jobs done in the garden (too much pressure, never quite works out!). There is so much growing all at once I thank the longer days allow me to get around to all the watering and weeding, let alone all those seeds I still have to sow! This year seems to be zooming past at an alarming rate, as I write this it is actually June which does make me panic slightly - but then I remember that brings even more chances to pad about outside barefoot, and I'm happy again. Simple pleasures. Mia very much appreciates the sunshine too and would spend all day snoozing in the daisies.










Walking in the woods has also brought much pleasure in May as the beautiful Rhododendrons are out in force, despite not being a native plant for our woods I still think they bring a beautiful tropical splash of colour. I felt like I was in the jungle book walking through the alley of purple flowers.

Hope you have been seeing plenty of the great outdoors too! What are the garden projects on the list for June?

Thanks for reading,

Katie

Never Look At The Sun, Look At The Sunflower.




"I don't think there's anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that's because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A satellite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that's such an admirable thing. And such a lesson in life."

Helen Mirren




Beginning of July - UK Heatwave!


Have we all cooled down from the heatwave yet? July has so far proved to be a scorcher with some impressive thunder storms, which has luckily brought some rain to quench the garden! On the 36 degree day (which I luckily had off from work!) I just sheltered in front of the fan during the day, eating as many ice lollies as I could get away with! These marigolds from Sarah Raven come back stronger year after year, they smell amazing and work well as a cut flower too. My Richard Jackson strawberries are cropping brilliantly considering I completely ignored them last autumn and didn't peg them down - whoops! I've been feeding them to perk them up, and we've been having them whilst watching Wimbledon, you can't get more British summertime that that!





And I couldn't resist a little Mia update, thank you for all your kind comments on my last post about her! She has been coming on leaps and bounds, and still the soppiest dog I've met! I guess I'm not used to having a young bouncy dog around yet, so she always has me in hysterics when she has her 'funny five minutes' after she's eaten - running full pelt around the garden making a lot of noise! When it's been so hot we went dog walking in the evening instead, to spare Mia overheating and burning her paws on the pavement! It's also the best way to make the most of these longer evenings, I never take them for granted but they've been gorgeous!





Hope you've been enjoying the sunshine whoever you are! Any tips for dog friendly summer days out would be fantastic, Mia fancies an adventure! Thanks for reading!

Katie