tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post529147627343443964..comments2024-03-19T14:28:03.565+00:00Comments on welsh hills again: Tulips, autumn, mess and tangleElizabeth Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-5242609403081583812011-11-26T09:51:34.507+00:002011-11-26T09:51:34.507+00:00BTW Agapanthus grows and flowers in Inverewe garde...BTW Agapanthus grows and flowers in Inverewe garden in Scotland. I found that AMAZING to visit! As far North as Labrador or St Petersburg in Russia, but washed by the Gulf Stream. How does your climate compare?Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-42120718699452856572011-11-22T16:44:59.105+00:002011-11-22T16:44:59.105+00:00Dobby - I didn't know you had candelabra primu...Dobby - I didn't know you had candelabra primula. I love them but they won't grow for me, too stony up here. And what is mystic merlin? I might have to have some for the name alone!<br />VP - I really don't like this sense of confusion, do you? Mind you I probably should not complain as we shall no doubt be hit by a ton of snow shortly!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-48408144750948033932011-11-22T16:39:46.538+00:002011-11-22T16:39:46.538+00:00Karen - it is always lovely to spend the day with ...Karen - it is always lovely to spend the day with you. Thank you so much. I thought you had all your tulips planted. I feel better now!<br />Fennie - we have thought of buying or renting an apple press. Somehow the idea got lost in the whole kitchen project this year but maybe next time.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-23448712464433660732011-11-22T14:34:33.365+00:002011-11-22T14:34:33.365+00:00My goodness! Today is my birthday and I can hones...My goodness! Today is my birthday and I can honestly say that reading your post has been one of the pleasures of my day.<br /><br />There is plenty to say here. I enjoy your writing so very much. Those tangled hedge branches remind me of an Arthur Rackham illustration.... Christmas bauble apples strewn in the branches and on the ground; how delightful. Those tulip bulbs nuture the hope we all need to live through the winter months; and this is coming from a winter lover.<br /><br />I must send my very dear friend, who lives near Bangor, your blog address so she too may relish your words.Stephaniehttp://sbmillefeuilles.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-85877763089275496772011-11-22T13:57:52.145+00:002011-11-22T13:57:52.145+00:00My garden is still hanging on, with flowers bloomi...My garden is still hanging on, with flowers blooming. Many that shouldn't be such as primroses and hellebores. I haven't wanted to cut down anything until we had a frost but I didn't think it would be 3 weeks into November and still no frost. However, the last week has been very wet with torrential rain all day yesterday so everything just looks bedraggled. Part of me wants a frost just so I can get out and tidy things up a little and to restore some seasonal order to the garden but on the other hand if it means we have a shorter winter then I can't complain about that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-32358860561493605862011-11-22T08:47:04.331+00:002011-11-22T08:47:04.331+00:00Our garden is sheer chaos it seems to me, but expe...Our garden is sheer chaos it seems to me, but expect nature knows what its doing... trouble is that it may not be what I want it to do! I love this time of year when the leaves drop - apart from anything else, I've discovered I get another view of the sea - but the shapes of the branches against the sky always move me.Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-35030288953489356092011-11-21T20:37:54.142+00:002011-11-21T20:37:54.142+00:00Marcheline - it sounds wonderful. I would like to...Marcheline - it sounds wonderful. I would like to say that I love every season and I do try but every year I have some version of running out of steam in late summer/autumn! I am working on it!<br />Esther - tulips are great. I love them to bits. Sorry if the blog is a bit of struggle to find your way around. I do like the way it looks though! Please persevere!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-90218231880500321032011-11-20T22:31:05.963+00:002011-11-20T22:31:05.963+00:00Pondside - your garden always looks wonderful to m...Pondside - your garden always looks wonderful to me. Must be similar taste!<br />Rob - oh so cold! I am hoping we don't have a very cold winter this time. The last two have been seriously cold by UK standards - minus 17 degrees C last December. We don't do that very well over here!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-27609390151363784402011-11-20T21:13:25.727+00:002011-11-20T21:13:25.727+00:00Mine's all confused too - my primroses have be...Mine's all confused too - my primroses have been flowering away since July and today I found the rosemary has joined in and the onions/shallots in storage are sprouting :/<br /><br />How lovely to go and see Karen and Kate - having made that journey to your house I know how wonderful it is and to have friends waiting at the end of it is magical.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-45183541295870381252011-11-20T20:39:20.564+00:002011-11-20T20:39:20.564+00:00Confused sums it up wonderfully. Clematis, candela...Confused sums it up wonderfully. Clematis, candelabra primula, mystic merlin and all sorts are still flowering. Even a pond plant has decided to remind me how beautiful it is!<br />Like you I almost wish the seasons would get back to normal. The garden is half put away. A very unsatisfying state to be in. Love the flaming tulip. Just looking at it makes me feel warm.Dobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900594495652477887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-81974063631355334242011-11-20T20:18:00.517+00:002011-11-20T20:18:00.517+00:00Not quite closed for the winter but soaked, proper...Not quite closed for the winter but soaked, properly soaked and everything dripping and fragile with the algae hard getting their winter boots on and turning everything a dull and slimy green. Makes me long for your breeze blown uplands. Have you thought of making cider? It would be tax free too.Fenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-10186675656460584012011-11-20T19:12:16.159+00:002011-11-20T19:12:16.159+00:00It was another lovely day Elizabeth - thanks for d...It was another lovely day Elizabeth - thanks for driving over.<br />I have t. Acuminata this year too! Although I think they will like your garden conditions a lot more then mine :).<br />The image of your old hedge is beautiful.<br />I think my garden is confused too and next month, I will have to give it the care and attention that it has not received in the last 2 months, Oh ... and plant my tulips!<br />KKaren - An Artist's Gardenhttp://www.artistsgarden.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-51271680853131367602011-11-20T18:47:48.933+00:002011-11-20T18:47:48.933+00:00Texan - it's fascinating to think of how diffe...Texan - it's fascinating to think of how different your conditions are from mine. I can't imagine needing shade cloths round here! Yet you have had good tomatoes and so I have I. Just shows how adaptable and determined plants are!<br />Nora - thank you. I am glad you enjoy my garden too.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-38704783900962619962011-11-20T18:45:42.480+00:002011-11-20T18:45:42.480+00:00To have tulips like these would be like having a b...To have tulips like these would be like having a bonfire ring round the house. I didn't like tulips until I came across some flaming away a few years ago. I'm still uncertain about them but . . . bonfires which grow up in the night would be magical.<br /><br />I'm finding your new blog set up a bit challenging.Esther Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412078991551799972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-37710012431772096742011-11-20T16:39:50.724+00:002011-11-20T16:39:50.724+00:00Here on Long Island, our garden has finally "...Here on Long Island, our garden has finally "gone to sleep" for the season. The zinnias have faded and browned, the variegated leaves of the Solomon's seal have gone bright yellow, and the black-eyed Susans have withered. The cherry tree has dropped a perfect circle of golden leaves at its feet, and the chocolate eupatorium is naught but stands of rattles that sing in the wind. Only the remaining shadows of mum blossoms and a rose or two on the shrubs out front hint at what was. The burning bushes are fiery, though, and the bright purple berries on the beauty bush give some pizzazz to the winter garden. I love every season in the garden, each has its own magic.Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-64008219590890813282011-11-20T06:25:32.218+00:002011-11-20T06:25:32.218+00:00What a delightful counterpoint to our world — snow...What a delightful counterpoint to our world — snow, ice, and temperatures of 0°F.<br />Such is life across the pond.Rob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-51845376241944207112011-11-20T01:12:30.313+00:002011-11-20T01:12:30.313+00:00Out here the garden is long finished. There is st...Out here the garden is long finished. There is still colour from berries and rose hips, but little else. I chuckled to myself about a wild garden slipping from sweet disorder - that's Pondside!Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-8072428515412305722011-11-20T00:39:15.910+00:002011-11-20T00:39:15.910+00:00I lovely and satisfying post as usual. I enjoyed i...I lovely and satisfying post as usual. I enjoyed it very much and seeing what tulips you will have in the spring. I'm gardening vicariously through you as I only have a little patio to go with my apartment and not much growing there. That's why I enjoy your blog so much with its many photos. I cheer you on from the sidelines. I think you must be in heaven like I used to be when I still had a garden in my other life. XOXIrenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-82956044896590062202011-11-19T23:57:55.383+00:002011-11-19T23:57:55.383+00:00My garden is long gone, due to heat and drought no...My garden is long gone, due to heat and drought not cold. But I will say for a severe drought and setting new heat records of 110 and over here in Texas for several months, I had a good garden! Some of my veggies like my tomatoes just made and made, thanks to my shade cloths protecting them! My herbs in pots are still going strong however, they are happier now than they have been all summer. We are having a warm November as well. <br /><br />I love your photo of the apple on the tree and all the hilly landscape behind it! So pretty!Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560812716080117867noreply@blogger.com