Spruance
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Post by Spruance on Mar 4, 2008 19:25:16 GMT -6
We are fortunate here in the UK to have much milder winters than you folks in the US, and indeed locally we have had no snow at all so far this winter although it has been trying to snow today. Consequently the garden is beginning to awaken from its slumber with the first signs of spring beginning to show... This photo of my front garden was taken last Saturday, 1st March:  Whilst this is the rear garden (taken through the kitchen window):  |
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Post by douglas on Mar 5, 2008 7:23:14 GMT -6
Really a site for soar eyes, thanks for the pics  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2008 7:30:38 GMT -6
Beautiful pics.........thanks for sharein  |
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Post by abirdseyeview on Mar 5, 2008 8:23:27 GMT -6
Spruance, very nice. Thanks for sharing.  |
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Post by Christy on Mar 5, 2008 9:22:57 GMT -6
o man you realy got me wantin spring!!! beauitful gardens ya got |
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Spruance
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Post by Spruance on Mar 5, 2008 19:14:27 GMT -6
Thanks for the kind comments. Actually I think it looks a little drab at the moment, and it will be nice to cut the lawn again although I might leave that till next week. It will look a lot better once the forget-me-nots begin to flower, as on this shot from 15th April last year...  |
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Post by nmlalba on Mar 5, 2008 21:57:19 GMT -6
Wow Spruance...wish i could run about in your garden n touch d flowers...! Beauuutiful...!
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Post by Christy on Mar 6, 2008 5:47:01 GMT -6
aint it sumthin how a few pretty flowers can make a bid diffrence, thats sooooo pretty! nice garden to walk around in or sittin on your bench i tried to get my gardens to look like that n always end up with a more formal yet messy look  |
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Post by Tonnymonk on Mar 6, 2008 6:18:14 GMT -6
LOVE your gardens Spruance!! Can't wait to get mine going this year!! Thanks for sharing!
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Spruance
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Post by Spruance on Mar 6, 2008 10:15:39 GMT -6
You're all very kind.  Of course I have carefully excluded the clutter around the other greenhouse and the chaotic mess that passes for a vegetable plot, but a little poetic licence never hurt anyone.  I like forget-me-nots. They are all self-sown and are no trouble at all. All we tend to do is to transplant the wayward ones, usually around this time of year and then they fill the garden with colour for around six to eight weeks. They are also a very good weed suppressant. The rear garden is 43ft wide by around 60ft long, and westerly facing. It is fairly private and the mature trees at the bottom effectively cut off the view of the rearward neighbours from around April to November. We still have a degree of privacy though year round, even when the trees aren't in leaf. In some respects I would quite like a bigger garden, but I suppose that could be easily and cheaply achieved by sacrificing part - or all - of the lawn. Then again it is nice to have a large lawn for relaxing in the summer. There is a high proportion of shrubbery and perennial plants in the garden but I also like the diversity of summer bedding, the majority of which we grow on site in the two greenhouses. These are then turned over to growing tomatoes and peppers but space can be at a premium in May as the new tomato/pepper plants vie for space with the soon to go out bedding plants. Space tends to be at a premium anyway as I always seem to grow too many tomatoes. It was 55 plants last year,  and ten sweet peppers and two varieties of chili pepper. Fortunately some of the tomatoes were happy to be accommodated outside. I'll post more updates as the season progresses, and will be looking forward to seeing your own garden photos. |
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Mar 6, 2008 12:13:26 GMT -6
Justa pic out our back door for Contrast Spruance, wish we had your kinda winter! Beautiful yard, our's don't look too bad, once the snow melts! second pic is me after I was outside for an hour removing snow!!    |
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Post by Tonnymonk on Mar 6, 2008 13:03:17 GMT -6
Holy cow!! Ya scared me Phil!!  Now that's COLD!!
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Post by jacobtowne on Mar 6, 2008 13:57:05 GMT -6
It certainly is refreshing to see some greenery this time of year, even if it is in photo from Britain.
On the right of the back yard photo - there is what looks to be a bird feeder (?). What are the corn-cob-looking things hanging from it?
Thanks for those photos, Spruance.
JT
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Post by abirdseyeview on Mar 6, 2008 15:27:53 GMT -6
Good look Phil.  |
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Spruance
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Post by Spruance on Mar 6, 2008 17:43:15 GMT -6
there is what looks to be a bird feeder (?). What are the corn-cob-looking things hanging from it? JT Not corn-cobs but peanut feeders JT. For some reason the birds don't seem to like the latest batch of peanuts which is why the feeders are still full. The ones to the right are seed feeders. Phil, if it was ever as cold as that here I don't think anyone would venture out, snow clearing or not. The very worst I have experienced here is -12C overnight in January 1987. At the time the town was virtually cut off by snow drifts for three days and everyone was walking to work as the roads were virtually impassable. Fortunately we don't see a lot of snow these days. |
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Post by nmlalba on Mar 7, 2008 9:39:47 GMT -6
Ohh wow...Pharmer Phil...i'd certainly freeze to death in your situation!!! i went to England once...ahh sooo very long time ago...in April 1985...it was early Spring...OOO d daffodils were SIMPLY LOVELY...d first time i saw 'em...i rushed out to touch 'em...n i remembered Walter de la Mare's Daffodils..!! yet i found it ever soo cold..!! Yup think i'd freeze to death in your situation....
Spruance...where is Boston in England...? i have a couple of friends from Surrey coming over to visit me in April.... they've been here several times.... they r like my foster parents... in '85 i stayed with 'em at Tudor Close, Surrey...actually they sent me d plane ticket to visit 'em!!
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Spruance
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Post by Spruance on Mar 7, 2008 10:45:27 GMT -6
Spruance...where is Boston in England...? i have a couple of friends from Surrey coming over to visit me in April.... they've been here several times.... they r like my foster parents... in '85 i stayed with 'em at Tudor Close, Surrey...actually they sent me d plane ticket to visit 'em!! You haven't said which part of Surrey but the county of Surrey is located just south of London, and roughly 130 miles south of Boston, which is in the county of Lincolnshire. This Google map should give you a better idea.  |
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Post by nmlalba on Mar 7, 2008 21:47:29 GMT -6
They r in Tudor Close...Croydon....wow 130 miles..!! That'z far!!
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Post by Christy on Mar 10, 2008 13:44:17 GMT -6
omg phil noe thats a pic to give ya chills!
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Spruance
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Post by Spruance on Mar 23, 2008 4:05:57 GMT -6
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Post by Laura on Mar 23, 2008 9:20:04 GMT -6
Sorry to see you have as much snow as we do..  It was almost gone..now it is back.  |
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Post by Spruance on Mar 23, 2008 11:06:07 GMT -6
Ah well not to worry it's been nice and sunny today so most of it has gone. This was taken just before 2pm GMT...  Just so long as we don't get it again tonight. From the look of the sky I think we very well might. |
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Post by nmlalba on Mar 23, 2008 20:42:18 GMT -6
Wow...itz amaxing how d weather could change so suddenly like that huh...? Well i of course had never had any experience of snow ...n such related phenomena...!!
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and ten sweet peppers and two varieties of chili pepper. Fortunately some of the tomatoes were happy to be accommodated outside.
