Creating a garden starts as an interest and soon becomes a lifetime’s obsession and one that can be engaged at a moment’s notice by simply stepping outside.

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Magic In the Garden


And I will stroll the merry way
And jump the hedges first
And I will drink the clear
Clean water for to quench my thirst
And I shall watch the ferry-boats
And they'll get high
On a bluer ocean
Against tomorrow's sky
And I will never grow so old again
And I will walk and talk
In gardens all wet with rain
-Van Morrison
This big handsome guy is eating all the goldfish in our pond.


amazing, isn't it?


gardening for bees
Mr. Frog's cottage under the hedgerow.
Lady of Shalott
Future peaches.....
Future almonds
Olivia Rose...early bloomer



misty morning




The hardiest, draught tolerant lily imaginable.
Fortnight lily
the garden fairies will come out and dance if you play the right music





Love these.....and gophers won't touch them.


Old English roses..perfect for a cottage garden.









 The poppies love it. Who knew?























Abraham Darby






baby persimmon


Lovely...and smelly. 











 Monarchs





Homegrown plumeria




Reseed themselves year after year.


The weeping mulberry behind the birdbath has delicious fruit.

Some palms we planted...and some the birds planted.


A magnificent elkhorn over six feet across.
We have been growing this one for around 25 years.
The elkhorn has thinner, wispier leaves and multiple “eyes” or rosettes of foliage whereas the staghorn  has a single eye and larger leaves.

 place to sit 
Gifts from the persimmon tree


The last rose of the season. 

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