Summer Time Blues...
Jul. 17th, 2010 03:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
endlessraritiesWe're not navigating our way up Goat Fell today. The weather's not that bad, I suppose - it's just not very nice. Instead, we've spent an hour planning our autumn holiday. We'll be curbing our wanderlust and spending a week or so in Nidderdale, Yorks.
In the meantime, work on the back garden's progressing nicely. The area around the patio is just about how I like it - trouble is, the weather's too bad for me to sit out and enjoy it. What's even more frustrating is that the 2010 hayfever season is now virtually over.
My chosen plant of the day is an Old English rose named 'Charlotte'. It's a David Austin rose and it's rather lovely. It smells nice, too.
Unfortunately, my flower bed is so crowded that I can't get a decent shot of the rose without the hangers-on jostling for attention!
Here's a view of this flower bed in its entirety. It fronts the pavement, so passers-by can get a noseful of the roses as they pass. We were walking up the road today and we could smell the flowers on the wind, which was rather nice:-
In the meantime, work on the back garden's progressing nicely. The area around the patio is just about how I like it - trouble is, the weather's too bad for me to sit out and enjoy it. What's even more frustrating is that the 2010 hayfever season is now virtually over.
My chosen plant of the day is an Old English rose named 'Charlotte'. It's a David Austin rose and it's rather lovely. It smells nice, too.
Unfortunately, my flower bed is so crowded that I can't get a decent shot of the rose without the hangers-on jostling for attention!
Here's a view of this flower bed in its entirety. It fronts the pavement, so passers-by can get a noseful of the roses as they pass. We were walking up the road today and we could smell the flowers on the wind, which was rather nice:-
The viola have been an absolute revelation this year. Planted back in April/May, they've just kept on going. I don't know if they'll still be viable plants next spring - they'll have to cut hard back to stop them getting absurdly leggy. I'll try it and see, anyway.
The weather is not nice. It's damp, and not quite cold/not quite hot. The Busy Lizzies hate it. They have ceased to grow and are looking quite disgruntled. And my prized Rosa Mundi has got a serious attack of mildew. If any organic gardeners out there have any tips about combating mildew by non-chemical means, please let me know. I'm seriously worried about my plant.
The sad truth is: WE NEED THE SUN!!! (Come back, sun god! All is forgiven!!)
And if I was to select an image which encapsulated progress in the garden this month, this would be it. An iris, flattened by the wind:-
The weather is not nice. It's damp, and not quite cold/not quite hot. The Busy Lizzies hate it. They have ceased to grow and are looking quite disgruntled. And my prized Rosa Mundi has got a serious attack of mildew. If any organic gardeners out there have any tips about combating mildew by non-chemical means, please let me know. I'm seriously worried about my plant.
The sad truth is: WE NEED THE SUN!!! (Come back, sun god! All is forgiven!!)
And if I was to select an image which encapsulated progress in the garden this month, this would be it. An iris, flattened by the wind:-
Ah well. At least I'm not spending an hour every night watering everything...
