Category Archives: Flighty’s plot

Yellow and white

Yellow, along with white, is a favourite flower colour as shown by these Flighty’s flowers – nasturtium, sunflower and pot marigold. Last weekend I bought some dwarf white narcissi for two containers. One is the variety Petrel, and the other … Continue reading

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Plotting as usual

I spent most mornings last week plotting as usual. Jake, who plot neighbour John looks after most weekdays,  often surprises me as he pads up from behind to sit down by my feet waiting to be petted. I’ve been picking … Continue reading

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Tree following – September 2014

This month I’m looking at the willow from under it’s capacious canopy. The trunk is at least six feet in diameter at ground level and the surprisingly rough bark is variously coloured including shades of green, grey and a light brownish-pink. … Continue reading

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Plotting pleasurably…

is what I enjoyed doing both yesterday morning and this morning. The weather was ideal to collect seed, dead-head, dig, harvest, hoe, prune, tidy and weed.  As I worked I was tentatively thinking about what to grow and where next … Continue reading

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Red and yellow

I did some plotting on Saturday and Sunday mornings but since then it’s been mostly wet so apart from picking some blackberries, runner beans and tomatoes yesterday I’ve been mooching and reading. I received an advance copy of Of Cabbages … Continue reading

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It’s been cooler…

and fresher this week so I’ve been plotting every morning. It’s been mostly dry and sunny, but still breezy at times. There has been plenty to do such as forking over the area where I grew the potatoes where I’ve been … Continue reading

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Still standing

Prior to Tuesday I was last on the plot last Thursday since when there had been some heavy rain and high winds, although it wasn’t as bad here as had been originally forecast. I was relieved to see that everything … Continue reading

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