Forget the heat of Summer and the cold of Winter, there are no better seasons than Spring and Autumn.
All around us there is new life, whether it be birds nesting in the trees, or Fox cubs playing in the long grass.
The Daffs and Tulips are now over and we have Lilac and Bluebells instead. Most trees are greening-up, and temperatures are rising by the day. At lunchtimes, office workers lie on the grass to eat their McLunches.
I have now planted my six Cavolo Nero plants, and my two Tomato plants (Tumbler); and I've noticed that my vine (Black Hamburg) has lots of flower. My fingers are crossed for a bumper harvest this Autumn!!
Weather-wise, we continue to be threatened with heavy rain, but all we get is sunshine and warnings of hosepipe bans.
In front of the house we have two Apple trees. One (below) is covered with flowers, the other has nothing. I think our gardener was a tad over-enthusiastic with his pruning last September.
I love spring as long as I can stay inside away from all the pollens. Autumn ditto, except the problem then is moulds from garden mulches breaking down. It all looks beautiful though. I hope you get that bumper crop :)
ReplyDeleteI don't usually suffer from pollen, but just the other day I did SNEEZE whilst out walking the dog, then saw that the 'pollen count' was extremely high. Our bumper crop will very likely be a small one, but it will feel like success.
DeleteI wouldn't be as polite as to call that pruning!!
ReplyDeleteHe cut the whole top 3 feet off whilst we weren't looking (where all the fruit grew).
DeleteIt looks as if the tree is still trying, with all that blossom..still looks rather butchered though.
DeleteStrict pruning directions from now on!!
The other one is worse. He just cut the whole top off, like a haircut.
DeleteYou seem so filled with the joys of spring that I can picture you skipping down the street singing, "Tra-lee-tra-la!"
ReplyDeleteYou have pictured it perfectly. I'm just surprised that you can't hear us all that way up in Yorkshire.
DeleteSorry about the tree haircut - maybe it will be doubly prolific next year.
ReplyDeleteI hope so, I don't know why he pruned it so dramatically; perhaps he thought it spoilt our view.
DeleteThe intensity of green has settled in here.
ReplyDeleteI do like to see everything green again. It lifts the spirit.
DeleteThe warmth and sunshine of Spring is wonderful. Your apple tree will need a year or two to recover. The gardener should leave tree pruning to someone else.
ReplyDeleteHe should have left it alone, it didn't need pruning. As it's a communal tree maybe someone complained that we were having too many of the apples!
DeleteSpring is beautiful. Theyve started strimming the road edges here but haven't reached us yet. Wonderful colour. And a lot of pollen this year. It's the first time I've noticed a layer on the windscreen. Thank goodness we are not allergic.
ReplyDeleteIn France we live in an area where most trees are Pines, and the pollen at this time of year is terrific. It covers everything.
DeleteEverything is in bloom here as well. I do love the smell of lilacs.
ReplyDeleteI tried to scrump some the other day (from the nearby school), but they were just out of reach.
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