Six on Saturday: 2 December
Well here we are again. Another Saturday. And it’s damned cold. But Semper Sursum* as my old school motto used to say. Another Saturday means another opportunity to rack my brains for a six of s... Read More
Inconsistency
Pay attention in class, please! I’m talking about inconsistence, not incontinence. The former isn’t a real word; the latter is what poor Gill Heavens may be suffering after a couple of wee... Read More
What is Who is Sylvia? Or Silvia?
There are several answers to this question. There’s the poem by Shakespeare, the play by Edward Albee, the song by Schubert and the TV sitcom starring Charlie Drake to name but a few (+1 for the... Read More
No Bougainvill ‘ere!
Sometimes I make mistakes. Quite often actually! This was one of them. I can’t remember what I intended to order but somehow I ended up with a Bougainvillea. I did check the order and I did orde... Read More
Pretty Flamingo
When Manfred Mann released Pretty Flamingo I was 12. I’m a bit older now but I still have a pretty flamingo. This is thanks to Gill Heavens, who sent her to live with me after I jokingly commen... Read More
Forward Planning
I have decided that enough is enough and that my “Plants I Want” list for next year is now complete. I will resist all attempts to increase this list by those who blog about Plants of the ... Read More
It Must Be Autumn
Or late autumn, to be exact. We have all planted hundreds of bulbs and borders are full. At this time of year you can tell by looking at lawns that neighbours have just had plants delivered. Because e... Read More
Six on Saturday: 25 November
Well I’ve done a history six, introduced naked gardening and had an ornamental six. I have racked my brain (took me a while to find it though) again and this week have come up with a new six ide... Read More
Preparation
Gill Heavens, curator of Off the Edge Gardening has gone AWOL. She did tell us but she asked no-one’s permission. I’m told I have to fill the gap. I will at least make a valiant effort. Es... Read More
A Vacancy Looms
The difference between rupture and rapture is but one character. That character represents the difference between carrying a case of wine into the house and drinking a glass of it. It also represents ... Read More
Six on Saturday: 18 November
I should’ve kept my mouth shut! On Thursday night we had the earliest frost here in 25 years! Well the car roofs (seems it’s “roofs” now and not “rooves”) were look... Read More
Six on Saturday: 11 November
He who must be obeyed has thrown down the gauntlet. Can we mere mortals come up with a “Six” week after week through the winter? Will sex* fall by the wayside? But being Welsh and, therefo... Read More
Six on Saturday: 4 November
There are two problems with this Six on Saturday thing. The first is finding six things to feature every week without (a) appearing to copy everyone else’s choice and (b) repeatedly featuring th... Read More
Book Review: Natural Selection by Dan Pearson
I’ll start, as I start any review of anything, by mentioning that I do not accept freebies or discounted products to review. This includes so-called “review copies” of books. I buy s... Read More
Reflections on Life, Part 1
For some strange reason, I have a lot less spare time these days than I did before I retired completely. In working days, I had an excuse of limited time to do things. This, in my head, justified brin... Read More
Six on Saturday: 28: October
Here we are again! It’s Saturday. Brianless. Dry, sunnyish, fairly warm (around here) for the time of year. Which means no photos of frosty leaves or icy waters. Brian did for all the spiders la... Read More
Six on Saturday: 21 October
It’s Saturday again and time for another Six on Saturday. I missed last week thanks to a misbehaving stomach; I took some time in lieu. But I’m back this week, despite having a computer th... Read More
Six on Saturday: 7 October
As usual, thanks, praise and a little bit of grovelling go to our Head Wally, The Propagator, for coming up with the original idea for this meme and hosting it ever since, dashing back to the UK for a... Read More
Six on Saturday: 30 September
I’ve been accused elsewhere of being creative. In the spirit of creativity I offer my six for today. I’m going to be like the BBC – a few repeats. But then others have done that alre... Read More
Product Review: Wilkinson Sword Ultralight Branch and Shrub Cutter
It’s been a long time since I wrote a product review. I’ll start by saying that I don’t accept anything as a freebie in return for reviewing it. A review will be an honest appra... Read More
Six on Saturday: 23 September
I’ve mitched off for a couple of weeks. But I’m back now with another Six on Saturday. Whichever way you look at it, we’re now in autumn; the days are shorter than the nights; the cl... Read More
Six on Saturday: 2 September
Here we are again. Another Saturday and another Six on Saturday. I’m going to start with a couple of “recaps”; progress reports if you like. I have a few large clumps of varie... Read More
Six on Saturday: 19 August
Will I make it on Saturday, I wonder? Damned broadband connection seems incapable of staying up for more than a few minutes. Yesterday, BT couldn’t find any fault. Today, they can see somethin... Read More
Six on Saturday: 12 August
I missed last week. Well Him upstairs decided to deliver a deluge of rain and I wasn’t going to risk committing the camera to an inundation episode. A broken pair of glasses added to the general con... Read More
Six on Saturday: 29 July
What a week. Rain, wind and more rain. I was wondering whether I’d make it here this week as I wasn’t going to risk destroying an expensive camera in the deluge. The Propagator, who hosts ... Read More
Six on Saturday: 22 July
Saturday’s come round again with its usual vigour. It only seems like a week ago that I was sending my last update to the interwebs. The number of bloggers joining in is growing. You’ll ... Read More
Six on Saturday: 15 July
Another week has flown by and it’s time to join ThePropagator‘s weekly meme thing where we present, for your delectation, six things that are in our gardens on a Saturday. I’ve spent... Read More