The light changes in August, and so does the feel of the garden. The days have begun to shorten and the sun is lower in the sky. The light still brings heat, but there is a softening, especially in late afternoon.
Archive for August, 2017
Some of Britain’s rarest butterflies are booming at National Trust sites, a new report has found. The study, led by charity Butterfly Conservation, revealed that rare species like Marsh Fritillary are bucking nationwide declines, with these ‘habitat specialist’ butterflies seeing their numbers grow by a tenth at National Trust sites since 1992. It follows decades […]
Three Reasons to Garden with Your Children: It’s so important to spend time outside in the garden with your children. Whether it’s structured time or exploring on their own, your child will find ways to connect with nature. 1.Physical exercise: Getting outside means your child will be enjoying the fresh air and have plenty of…
via Three Reasons to Garden with your Children — That Bloomin’ Garden
I’ve always been fascinated by the Home Front, the enlistment of every man, woman and child in the British Isles in an effort to beat Hitler through food rationing, making do and mending, salvage, growing your own and basically making the most of scarce resources with elbow grease and endless ingenuity. I’ve just read Eggs…
via How well would we cope with rationing? — The Unconventional Gardener
Pollinators love Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia).
via If You Plant Just One Annual for Pollinators … — gardeninacity
An early start at Blickling this week, and the first hour was spent harvesting some second early potatoes; variety ‘Nicola’. I don’t know these but have been told they are pretty tasty…’Charlotte’ is my favourite and I’ve just harvested a good crop in Old School Garden (I gather our neighbours enjoyed them too while we were away in Australia).
After that and reconnecting with some of the garden volunateers I missed last week, I went with them to the Parterre, which is looking splendid at present. The two Peters were continuing to paint the metal tunnel in the Walled Garden, with just the top half to do..involving painting from a platform.
The jobs in the Parterre were edging the grass and weeding. A fan of edging (it’s second to hoeing of the garden jobs in my book), I found some reasonably sharp edging shears and managed to complete the set of four borders (new volunteer Tim had done one already) before departing home…to continue to get the home garden back to some semblance of order…
Progress is being made!
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In the early 19th century, Portugal’s royal family and nobility served their meals on expensive porcelain imported from China. José Pinto Bastos, an entrepreneur, saw in this fashion a business opportunity: he decided to produce porcelain in Portugal. It was a risky venture because the process for porcelain production was a closely guarded secret. So, […]
As Autumn is fast approaching now is the ideal time to start to plan your Autumn bedding plants, new in this week we have Irish grown 1.5ltr Heather. Garden Mums (Chrysanthemums) are great for adding a splash of instant colour, water from beneath as these plants do not enjoy getting their heads wet! For Geraniums…
via Get Your Garden Ready for Autumn — Powerscourt Garden Pavilion
What progress has been made by the UK street play movement, and could it hold the key to building long-term support for more sustainable, livable cities?
via Could street play hold the key to creating more sustainable, livable cities? — Rethinking Childhood
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