At this time of year the greenhouses are crammed with plants as I wait for the weather to warm up enough for me to put them outside. Some of them are getting rather leggy. Like the seedlings, I'm happy to be tucked up under glass to enjoy the sun without any accompanying chilling wind. We haven't had rain for quite a while and the fruit trees are all in blossom. We had yet another delivery of wood this week and the woodman described it as 'blackthorn weather'. I'd not heard this expression before. He told me that when the blackthorn is absolutely full of white blossom, as it is just now, it is the result of a wet winter followed by a cold spring.
There is an electric pump in the greenhouse water trough that makes a pleasant tinkling sound as I sit and soak up the warmth.
just love auriculas and every time I see pots of them in someone else's garden I vow I will start a collection.
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DeleteDear Weaver, I shall bring you a 'Dusty Miller' auricula when I finally make it back to the Dales. Sixteen months now since I have been there. Luckily I have kind friends in the village who have attacked my small garden and told me that it is now possible to get to the front door!
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DeleteAuriculas are beautiful, I like them for their lovely old-fashioned charm.
ReplyDeleteYour greenhouse looks so inviting! I guess I wouldn't mind spending a sunny afternoon in there.
They are, indeed, an old-fashioned flower, many of them with very old-fashioned names! Although the days are now dry and sunny we are experiencing a very chill wind and it makes the greenhouse the most inviting place to be.
DeleteTinkling sounds generated by water can be unexpectedly beneficial.
ReplyDeleteWhen we lived in Kingston-upon-Thames we had a titchy little garden at the back, hardly worth the effort. Foolishly we yearned for a fountain even though this was demonstrably impractical. A compromise was arrived at by mounting a miniature mill-wheel in a structure surrounded by pebbles; a tiny pump caused water to plink-plunk over these rugosities. Occasionally we would find a frog there, a long long way from home.
Years later visitors arrived to inspect the house which we'd put up for sale. It was a sunny day, the French windows were open and our younger daughter was lolling in an easy chair exposed to the sun. The mill-wheel was doing its thing.
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Dear Mr R, don't hold back, write the song! Good to read that your male purchaser bought with both his heart and his head.
DeleteThat is a beautiful greenhouse.
ReplyDeletePlants are sitting in my greenhouse too, waiting for the weather to behave in a more friendly manner!
It's a happy place, gz, but I'm itching to plant my seedlings out!
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