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Join me as I blog my way through the year with reflections from a gardening life...

Signs of spring at Rode Hall

The pink blossom of Prunus x blireana

A spell of cold but sunny weather prompted me to make my annual trip to see the snowdrops at Rode Hall.

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Winter, what winter?

Witch Hazel

This time last year we awoke to snow. Quite a lot of it for Didsbury, so I set off for a walk, child-like in my excitement.

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Late autumn bounty

Marigold 13 11

A mild, frost-free autumn has allowed me to carry on cutting flowers and harvesting crops that would normally have succumbed to low temperatures by now.

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A busy, sociable week of gardening

A trug of rosemary

Last week turned out to be a very sociable one, full of variety and community spirit.

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Collecting seeds

Seed heads spilling out their harvest. Papaver somniferum and Verbascum olympicum.

I’m taking advantage of this dry spell in autumn to collect seeds for sowing next year.

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Plant of the month

August
A bumble bee settles on a lilac blue Agastache

Agastache ‘Black Adder’

his giant hyssop has fluffy, lilac blue flower spikes on straight stems that grow to about 90cm high.

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