Showing posts with label Trees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trees. Show all posts

Thursday, 14 November 2019

Tree Trimming Thursday

Fortunately today stayed dry all day and for that we are very grateful considering the amount of greenery that had to be traipsed through our conservatory, garage and out the front to go into the tree stump grinder machine.  The guys who did our trees are great workers and did a fantastic job.  They had a lot of trees to lower!  Hard to photograph just how much they did, especially as I forgot to take before photos out the back.  Needless to say we had them lowered significantly and hopefully it will let some more light into the back garden. I will have quite a bit of floor mopping to do tomorrow though!


I did some hand sewing yesterday.  I have been making a mini-quilt.  I thought I'd lost a diamond for a while which was proving frustrating.  I removed the cushions from the settee and eventually found it underneath the actual settee, so that was a relief.



This is what it is looking like so far.  Still have the six double diamonds to sew on the ends, and then some more single diamonds and then I will have to decide just how I want to finish off the top. I am not sure if I am going to sew it on as a block to a background, or piece individual pieces to make up a square shape.  I'll decide once I have got to that stage. 

The end bedroom was prepared for DIL to stay the night ready for picking up the Sailor tomorrow morning.  

Monday, 16 April 2018

Plants in and out of the house

I have three new indoor house plants.  


I have wanted an African Violet for ages, and when I saw this pretty Saintpaulia ionantha in Bunnings for £2.49, I figured that was a pretty good deal.


Such pretty flowers. 

The next couple of plants are supposed to be good for Oxygen levels in the house...


First is a Nephrolepis exaltata otherwise known as a Boston Fern.


Next is an Asplenium nidus (Crispy Wave) otherwise known as a Bird's-Nest Fern.  


My £1 bunch of daffodils are still flowering beautifully.


The orchids are looking lovely.  I also have a pink and a purple orchid and they too look beautiful.



Out and about in the garden are definitely signs of spring...


The Camellia is looking really lovely and so full of flowers.



Our Maple is flowering and has lots of leaf buds on it.


Rhubarb is starting to grow



Apple blossom is forming



Pretty yellow flowers.


It won't be long now and our Cherry trees will be in full display.




Gorgeous Magnolia.


A touch of purple.

It is so lovely to see the garden coming back to life.  I lost a couple of my favourite potted shrubs in March (while I was away and the weather was terrible, unfortunately the didn't get wrapped up in frost protection).  

Saturday I managed to get out in the garden and do some weeding which was good.  Hopefully I will get some more chances this week.