tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post4080267005436279714..comments2024-03-28T18:25:54.816+00:00Comments on Corners of my Mind: August GardenRosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-87820700241280746622018-08-11T22:45:39.416+01:002018-08-11T22:45:39.416+01:00Oh thank you for altering your font! My cataracts...Oh thank you for altering your font! My cataracts are long since taken care of, but I still have difficulty reading, small fonts. I even enlarged mine some, because of how wonderful it looks here.<br /><br />A question? Why don't people tend to say something, when a blog, has too small print, for easy reading??? Why? I often do. In a nice way. <br /><br />But see, I didn't here, to you. Why not? <br /><br />Because we are brought up to be "nice." To not question. To not try to put our comfort, ahead of another person's wishes. Bahhhh-humbug... And as I grow older, I am dropping more and more, of that inbred "niceness." ,-)<br /><br />Myself, I want to _know_ how my blog "looks," to Dear Readers. Every now and then, I ask. In fact, I think I will ask again. Because I just did enlarge the font size. But I need to see, if it is large enough...<br /><br />Hugs.....wisps of wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995057494013633705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-20356524898799078312018-08-09T14:44:23.168+01:002018-08-09T14:44:23.168+01:00Thank you Simone. Thank goodness we've had a b...Thank you Simone. Thank goodness we've had a bit of rain to top up the water butts and make the pond look a bit healthier. We haven't any plums this year either as the cold weather came just as the blossom came out and killed it off. I think we are getting more rain this weekend which will be good for the gardens:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-54266341927236647082018-08-09T14:41:38.656+01:002018-08-09T14:41:38.656+01:00A few cans of your rain would be lovely especially...A few cans of your rain would be lovely especially to top up the pond! The hedge is a chore but we like to keep it for the birds:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-30803609198733484902018-08-09T14:40:00.200+01:002018-08-09T14:40:00.200+01:00Thank you, Linda. Our first planting of the herbs ...Thank you, Linda. Our first planting of the herbs and flowers from our free seed packets (it was Gardener's World Magazine) didn't bear anything. Second sowings have produced the zinnias and some salvias but the cosmos and poppies never germinated. We have ben topping bird baths up each morning and the little birds have loved it - saw about five blue tits in the one in the photo yesterday really enjoying splashing around. I think we are getting heavier rain this weekend. the gardens will love it:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-66790401560987156902018-08-09T14:36:05.258+01:002018-08-09T14:36:05.258+01:00The hedge is a bit of a chore, but we do it bit by...The hedge is a bit of a chore, but we do it bit by bit. It's a great haven for all the little birds. We still have quite a few areas of brown in the grass mostly those areas that didnt get any shade at all - the lawns look like old carpets with worn patches:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-91948825025936964952018-08-09T14:33:50.151+01:002018-08-09T14:33:50.151+01:00Thank you William, I'm not sure I could keep ...Thank you William, I'm not sure I could keep a cacti going as I always forget the inside plants:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-37275331708755994952018-08-09T14:32:49.134+01:002018-08-09T14:32:49.134+01:00Thank you RR. I nearly got rid of the echinacea p...Thank you RR. I nearly got rid of the echinacea plant last year because it hadn't flowered and looked as if it was on its way out but it was obviously waiting for a hotter and drier summer. We've had lots and lots of bees especially on the lavender plants and they like the Zinnias too. We lost our Buddleia tree this year it was dead and dry and had hardly any root when we took it up it hadn't flowered for a couple of years but the birds loved it as they could perch in it on their way to the birdfeeders:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-14623036974811941552018-08-09T14:28:27.500+01:002018-08-09T14:28:27.500+01:00Thank you, glad you like the larger font. I did a...Thank you, glad you like the larger font. I did alter the font deliberately because I have such trouble reading other blogs with smaller print, I often have to visit some blogs a few times to read all the post bit by bit if it is mostly text. I have cataracts so find I have to have large print books from the library or e books where I can enlarge the print:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-26889368582128170502018-08-09T14:25:00.312+01:002018-08-09T14:25:00.312+01:00I love marigolds so bright and cheerful. Our daisi...I love marigolds so bright and cheerful. Our daisies have faded early this year too. Have seen many auntimnal signs in the hedgerows already:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-56447827133947489842018-08-09T14:23:29.359+01:002018-08-09T14:23:29.359+01:00They are wonderful aren't they? So colourful ...They are wonderful aren't they? So colourful and cheerful. We'll grow them again next year:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-4517121071427816672018-08-09T10:34:19.338+01:002018-08-09T10:34:19.338+01:00Your flowers have done well despite the hot weathe...Your flowers have done well despite the hot weather Rosie. I really like the zinnias and don't believe that I have grown them before. Alas! I don't have any flowers in my garden! The plum tree was covered in plums earlier in the year and I had to thin them out. Now not a plum remains. They dried up and got diseased due to lack of water. Water has become a precious commodity to us as we are now on a water meter and every drop has to be paid for. Thank goodness for the water butt and for today's rain! Hurrah! :)Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02766240849932971541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-1820936620354702112018-08-09T09:39:39.859+01:002018-08-09T09:39:39.859+01:00I will send you some rain over we seem to be havin...I will send you some rain over we seem to be having plenty of short but very heavy downpours. I don't envy you the hard work of the hedge but it is beautiful.mamasmercantilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011278973985658118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-67235657335222310952018-08-09T08:13:34.891+01:002018-08-09T08:13:34.891+01:00All that essential watering has helped keep plants...All that essential watering has helped keep plants happy. The packet of seed attached to a magazine was a good way to grow something different and the zinnias look lovely. I'm always trying to add to the garden. I've sown some wild flower seeds in a tub. So far I've got two or three seedlings! A second sowing of sweetpeas has been more successful. I bought some small chrysanthemums to replace violas that had died when a bird uprooted some plants in a pot. Maybe the petals tasted good? We replenish the bird bath with fresh water which often dries up in the sunshine. We're waiting longingly for the rain that has been forecast! Linda Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634839688042592781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-67032388848425687832018-08-09T08:05:33.026+01:002018-08-09T08:05:33.026+01:00It's all so colourful and your grass is so gre...It's all so colourful and your grass is so green. Whi'd have thought that green grass would be so joyful. I don't envy you cutting that hedge. 😊Crimson Kettlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701829170555353323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-77598704489006648562018-08-08T22:19:20.339+01:002018-08-08T22:19:20.339+01:00Beautiful shots!
My gardening skills would end up...Beautiful shots!<br /><br />My gardening skills would end up killing pretty much anything but cacti! William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-30233334418924619782018-08-08T16:05:42.792+01:002018-08-08T16:05:42.792+01:00Your garden looks so full of colour Rosie. I just ...Your garden looks so full of colour Rosie. I just love the Zinnias - they brought back memories for me as my paternal grandfather always used to grow them.<br /><br />Lovely to see your pink echinacea - I used to have one exactly the same but sadly it appears to have disappeared but I do remember the bees loved it.<br /><br />So lovely a little viola has self-seeded. I like their little faces :)<br /><br />Lots of Golden Rod flowering at the moment in our garden along with echinops - all loved by insects. This year the buddleias are putting on a good show too. Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-49411147992593209412018-08-08T15:55:49.992+01:002018-08-08T15:55:49.992+01:00Like another blog, which used to have quite small ...Like another blog, which used to have quite small print, yours now has delightfully large print! And the photos are also delightfully large. I love it!<br /><br />You may not have done anything, to make this happen. The other lady did not. But it is wonderful! For my "old" eyes. :-)))) And I just wanted to tell you.<br /><br />Wonder if this happens, for any other readers here...?wisps of wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995057494013633705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-62563233100502889962018-08-08T15:52:40.305+01:002018-08-08T15:52:40.305+01:00Zinnias are new to you. :-) They are an old stap...Zinnias are new to you. :-) They are an old staple, here. But ours this year, are struggling. <br /><br />Our Marigolds are super happy! They are simply bursting out of their container. :-) These are in the back patio pots, which I see.<br /><br />Out front in his perennial garden, all the later flowers are coming into their own. The Daisies have faded, but the Echinaceas are happy. Soon the Black Eyed Susans will burst forth. <br /><br />I'm thinking I will be really welcoming the flowers of Autumn, this year. Welcoming Autumn, even more than I usually do. :-) <br /> wisps of wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995057494013633705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-38476180225387658362018-08-08T14:23:21.695+01:002018-08-08T14:23:21.695+01:00Our Zinnias are doing well too and I love how they...Our Zinnias are doing well too and I love how they seed themselves and start new flowers.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.com