Since everyone else seems to be doing these end-of-the-year reviews, here's what's been going on in the garden for the past 365 days. I'm curling up with a cup of tea to welcome in the new year now.
January
The gardening year got off to a great start with my purchase of the fountain (with money and vouchers from my family for Christmas 2008). It's taken the garden from being mainly visual and tactile and added an auditory aspect.
February
SNOW!!!!!!!
March
Karma the Camellia flowered, showing me that I had managed to keep it watered enough over the summer to get buds forming.
April
The garden started to green up and come back to life, and April was really when it started to be pleasant sitting out in the garden in the evenings.
May
I briefly turned my attention to the front borders, and made a half-arsed attempt to brighten things up. I've been adding bits and pieces since, and there's a possibility that it might look quite nice by next spring!
June
José the Agave decided to indulge in a bit of asexual reproduction, and currently has three "kids", which will leave home as soon as someone lends me a set of leather gauntlets and a welder's mask.
July
I furnished myself with a small pond (a glazed pot with a cork in the bottom), some floating ferns and a Saururus cernuus, and this little pond really burst into life about a month after I filled it.
August
Starting to run out of space in Jurassic Park, I decided to make use of the third dimension and go up, up, up! The result was the Hanging Gardens of Isleworth.
September
For some reason I didn't take any photos of the garden this month. However, I did get some photos around the college where I teach now, and revelled in its great botanical and horticultural link.
October
As autumn drew in, I decided to indulge in some hard landscaping, and using some slabs from my parents, I made myself a patio.
November
Sorting out the indoor part of Jurassic Park, I was pleasantly surprised at how well everything was doing, not least because I nearly lost the Zamia furfuracea six months earlier!
December
And this was what Jurassic Park looked like earlier in December (and probably will do until early March!).
Have a good one folks, hope your Musas survive the winter, and let's do some great gardening in 2010!
January
The gardening year got off to a great start with my purchase of the fountain (with money and vouchers from my family for Christmas 2008). It's taken the garden from being mainly visual and tactile and added an auditory aspect.
February
SNOW!!!!!!!
March
Karma the Camellia flowered, showing me that I had managed to keep it watered enough over the summer to get buds forming.
April
The garden started to green up and come back to life, and April was really when it started to be pleasant sitting out in the garden in the evenings.
May
I briefly turned my attention to the front borders, and made a half-arsed attempt to brighten things up. I've been adding bits and pieces since, and there's a possibility that it might look quite nice by next spring!
June
José the Agave decided to indulge in a bit of asexual reproduction, and currently has three "kids", which will leave home as soon as someone lends me a set of leather gauntlets and a welder's mask.
July
I furnished myself with a small pond (a glazed pot with a cork in the bottom), some floating ferns and a Saururus cernuus, and this little pond really burst into life about a month after I filled it.
August
Starting to run out of space in Jurassic Park, I decided to make use of the third dimension and go up, up, up! The result was the Hanging Gardens of Isleworth.
September
For some reason I didn't take any photos of the garden this month. However, I did get some photos around the college where I teach now, and revelled in its great botanical and horticultural link.
October
As autumn drew in, I decided to indulge in some hard landscaping, and using some slabs from my parents, I made myself a patio.
November
Sorting out the indoor part of Jurassic Park, I was pleasantly surprised at how well everything was doing, not least because I nearly lost the Zamia furfuracea six months earlier!
December
And this was what Jurassic Park looked like earlier in December (and probably will do until early March!).
Have a good one folks, hope your Musas survive the winter, and let's do some great gardening in 2010!
A beautiful review of your garden. I love it. And Happy New Year!!
ReplyDeleteApril's photo has made me wish for a warm evening and a cool beer.
ReplyDeleteMe too! I can't wait for the garden to start to return to life.
ReplyDeleteHappy new year both of you!