Wednesday 7 February 2018

Time.

 What a delight, to walk a garden you have planted.    It still surprises me.    That is part of the enchantment.
 I often wonder what will happen to it, further down the line.      Who will take care of it.   Perhaps they will change it completely.    I have seen it happen to other gardeners.
 But for now it is in my hands and I hope for many years to come :)
 Of course, the best thing about a garden is sharing it, with like minded friends or relatives.
 Mum and Dad were my biggest fans, I miss strolling with them.    I miss their input.  
 So today I share it with you, my gardening friends.
I truly appreciate your company.


20 comments:

  1. Beautiful dreamy pictures! I am always surprised by the garden too, nature amazes me on a daily basis. I often wonder what would happen to this garden if we moved, I think a builder would knock the house down and build lots of houses on the land, I've seen that happen so many times, so sad how the land is being lost. xxx

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    1. It is sad Dina.
      There was a beautiful house in the village with the most stunning garden. Bought by a builder, house knocked down, garden dug up and houses built on it.
      Broke my heart.

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  2. Hi Cheryl
    I was just passing through Blogland and spotted your post - thought I would drop in and say hello and congratulate you on your beautiful photographs - hope you are keeping well - I can see you are still enjoying your winter garden - I am awaiting Spring impatiently and to see all the spring flowers blooming - although I can't remember what I planted where - as usual. Life without blogging still seems strange and I do miss all my old blogging friends terribly - but I had to make a choice of how I used my time wisely and blogging came off worst I'm afraid - still I had a good few years and met some lovely people along the way - take care
    Elaine

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    1. How lovely to hear from you Elaine. I understand. I drift in and out of blogland and that seems to suit me.
      I have made lifelong friends here, so need to keep in touch with them. Lisa at Greenbow being one of them.
      I loved your posts. Always like reading a chapter from a novel.
      I hope you are well and happy, and that life is treating you kindly?

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    2. Thank you for your kind words Cheryl - yes I am fine thanks achieving lots of things that I wanted to do now I don't spend so much time at the computer:) I shall pop by occasionally and see how you are getting on - bye for now

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    3. Good to hear Elaine....enjoy.

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  3. I enjoyed your wonderful garden photos so much. Yes, I also often think what should happen to my home and garden when I'm not here anymore. I hope to be able to live here as long as I can, but afterwards I really think they knock down my old house from 1930. Everybody who visit me say they love the house but living in it is something different.
    Wish you happy gardening!

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    1. Oh yes Janneke I understand. Garden for as long as we can.
      A positive attitude helps. Living in an old house is not for the feint hearted....I know that from experience. Ours is late medieval so you can imagine I am sure.

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    2. I love the real old houses in England, you have such a wonderful heritage.

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  4. Your garden looks so alive. Just seeing all of those blooms makes me happy. There is still snow at the base of our big Maple and the Ash tree. We have had a bit of sunshine but it hasn't warmed up much. I am trying to be patient here. I am reading a book about Mosses. It is whetting my appetite for a moss garden. If it didn't get so darned dry and hot here during summer I would be tempted to make one. All of those cyclamen...drooling...

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    1. I love moss gardens Lisa. I am attempting a moss lawn this year. I have decided no more raking....let nature take its course. There is also moss along the woodland walk.
      It is damp and shady so it grows there quite happily.
      Sometimes it is good to go with what you've got.
      We had light snow this morning, thankfully it did not amount to much.

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    2. I will be so happy for you if you get a moss garden going. I hope you document the process.

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  5. P.S. Are your ferns popping up now?

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    1. A lot of my ferns are evergreen so they stay during the Winter months too. I shall cut them back at the beginning of March when the new growth should start to appear.

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    2. I forget your winters aren't as severe as ours. I have one fern that stays above ground for the winter, Autumn Fern. It will look horrible by spring and I will cut it back too.

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  6. "Sometimes it's good to go with what you've got", your comment to Lisa and you are so right. When I first moved here I was fighting with my garden, planting all kinds of flowers that were totally unsuitable for my soil and with all the trees, there was not much sunlight, particularly in the back yard.

    I've had to learn that lesson and plant for my conditions. I like that you are not raking anymore. Much better for the land anyway. I have so many trees in my backyard that it's a mossy lawn all on its own. But I'd love to hear how you do with planting one, if you decide to go that route.

    I wanted to plant thyme for lawn cover and started with a small plot in the side yard. Will see what happens this spring.

    So very nice that you find such pleasure in your garden Cheryl. It shows and your blooms are lovely - a welcome sight for us winter-weary (but still happy to see sunshine) souls!

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  7. Like you Wendy the moss lawn is already there. I shall add (hopefully) large pieces of wood, ferns etc to enhance it.
    Not quite sure how it will turn out but it will be fun trying.
    I visited the lost gardens of helligan a few years back. Its natural beauty left me breathless.

    Have a good week Wendy. Spring is not too far away.

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  8. thank you for sharing your beautiful garden... it is full of magic...

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  9. Looks like spring has arrived for you, Cheryl! You know spring is my favorite season, so all these little blooms are such a delight; thanks for sharing.

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