As promised earlier, I’ve kept a photo diary of a month in the life of the walled garden. Too bad that my recently-repaired camera turned out not to have been repaired satisfactorily, and I’ve had to rely on my not-very-smart-smartphone.
So here we are, Sue: the walled garden, as it puts itself to bed for winter. The Changing Seasons.
1st November. Here we are. Come in and explore.
2nd November
3rd November.
4th November.
5th November. You want me to go out in THIS?
6th November.
7th November.
8th November.
9th November.
10th November.
11th November.
12th November.
13th November.
14th November.
15th November.
16th November.
17th November.
18th November.
19th November.
20th November.
21st November.
22nd November.
23rd November. Oops. I forgot. Until dead of night.
24th November.
25th November.
26th November.
27th November.
28th November.
29th November.
30th November. And just in time for the end of the month, a good hard frost. Winter’s on its way.
I'm retired and living in North Yorkshire, where I walk as often as I can, write, volunteer, and travel as often as I can.
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59 thoughts on “The Secret Diary of a Garden”
What a brilliant collection. It’s good to see that there is still lots going on in November. Love your day off, was it a black Friday? 😉
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Hero Husband went into town after work and was totally shocked at the number of people…. He had never heard of BF….. when we skyped, I told him that some days it is good to live under a stone!
What a joy. There is colour and beauty to be found in the most damp and dismal of months. Lovely to enjoy this on what here is a particularly dreary end to the month 🙂
What a lovely idea – it documents the changes of the season beautifully as well as documenting the actual garden. Some of the images are so painterly. You and your cellphone worked well together. I am so sorry that your camera repair is not satisfactory. Can something be done about that?
They’ve done it now. It was their fault really. Well, my fault that I got sand in the camera. Theirs that they didn’t clean it up properly as they repaired it. Fingers crossed ….
This is a very very cool idea! I laughed out loud at the ‘dead of night’ shot. I might have to try this again next summer. Right now it’s mostly rain and/or snow and dead stuff to show in our garden.
You have just confirmed what I always believe…no matter what the weather or whatever the time of year, there is always something to see and enjoy in nature if only we open our eyes, stop and really look. Your frost is due to hit us this next week, but if it means sunny days rather than endless rain and damp, I’ll take the cold any day!
It’s a shame I had to fall back on my phone, I couldn’t get that close and personal with any plants really. I’ll do it again soon, I think, but in December and January we’re away for chunks.
Your photos are an excellent study in the need for, as the garden designers always tell us, structure. With such a soggy November, the structural ferns, dried out hydrangea heads and the hard landscaping give some framework amongst the sogginess. It is, of course, so entirely brought into a pleasing sharp focus by that hard frost and how we’ve needed a decent frost? It is nice to see the autumn flower colours stood up pretty well to all the November wet. It’s a shame about your camera repair which obviously didn’t last. Hope it gets fixed properly and is returned to you soon.
My camera’s back. They hadn’t cleaned it properly ….Yes. a bit of frost has been a treat all round, and due to last all week, I think. And that garden? Yes, it’s a good ‘un.
What a brilliant collection. It’s good to see that there is still lots going on in November. Love your day off, was it a black Friday? 😉
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As ever, I went nowhere near the shops or internet sites promoting the day. I’m more of a Buy Nothing Day kind of a person.
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Hero Husband went into town after work and was totally shocked at the number of people…. He had never heard of BF….. when we skyped, I told him that some days it is good to live under a stone!
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Definitely.
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… by the # of ….. sorry
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What a great collection, Margaret!
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Well, thorough, anyway.
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Very!
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Very much enjoyed your selection framed so cleverly by the views through the garden door.
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It was fun to do – though occasionally heavy rain made it less enticing.
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Lovely collection!
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It was fun to do. Thanks.
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oh wow you did it, how brilliant
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I did. Apart from the 23rd …..
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A 97% success rate is impressive!
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It certainly is for me!
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So much interest in the garden at a time usually thought of as grey and dead. I’m pretty sure my garden was not as cheerful – apart from red fungus
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Nowt wrong with red fungus. And I bet there are other gems too.
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What a joy. There is colour and beauty to be found in the most damp and dismal of months. Lovely to enjoy this on what here is a particularly dreary end to the month 🙂
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Yesterday, the last day of the month, was the first lovely day in quite a while, but bitterly cold. Not the same with you?
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Not yesterday. But today is beautiful and the sun looks like it may be around for a few days. A brief interlude before the rain returns!
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What a lovely idea – it documents the changes of the season beautifully as well as documenting the actual garden. Some of the images are so painterly. You and your cellphone worked well together. I am so sorry that your camera repair is not satisfactory. Can something be done about that?
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They’ve done it now. It was their fault really. Well, my fault that I got sand in the camera. Theirs that they didn’t clean it up properly as they repaired it. Fingers crossed ….
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These are beautiful! I love to watch the world change.
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It’s been interesting, being forced to sit up and take notice.
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I love that last picture, looking through the arch makes it interesting – one to frame and hang up?
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Well, we could. Or we could just pop out and look at the real thing!
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I love the depth of field you achieved in your photo of 23rd.
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Quite. Inspired, isn’t it?
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This is a very very cool idea! I laughed out loud at the ‘dead of night’ shot. I might have to try this again next summer. Right now it’s mostly rain and/or snow and dead stuff to show in our garden.
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Well, who knows, green shoots might emerge very soon?
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An amazing garden and posting ~ thank you
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Aren’t we lucky to have access to this lovely garden, with none of the hard work to go with it?
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So lovely! Enjoyed them all – and the last one is my favorite!
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I like that one too. A fitting final photo.
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It is!
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You have just confirmed what I always believe…no matter what the weather or whatever the time of year, there is always something to see and enjoy in nature if only we open our eyes, stop and really look. Your frost is due to hit us this next week, but if it means sunny days rather than endless rain and damp, I’ll take the cold any day!
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Yes, I like a good crisp winter’s day – so long as I’m well wrapped up.
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An excellent photographic record of the autumn changes. Winter arrived just in time to end it.
Richard
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Yes, that was jolly clever of the weather. Note to self. Contact Richard and Jonet soon, before we all forget what we all look like.
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Excellent collection of photos and so interesting to see the slow decline into winter but with such a lot of colour right to the end of the month.
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What a difference a month makes! Your photos are great, and I absolutely love the project. 🙂
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It’s a shame I had to fall back on my phone, I couldn’t get that close and personal with any plants really. I’ll do it again soon, I think, but in December and January we’re away for chunks.
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Have fun!
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Oh… what a beautiful garden! Fabulous photos, Margaret!
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Thanks. I’d have been happier with my camera. But it’s back now.
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I have walled garden envy. Is this yours? It looks fabulous.
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It’s our landlord’s. But we can enjoy it whenever we like. Which is often. Aren’t we lucky?
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Extremely lucky! All the enjoyment and none of the graft! Though I’m sure I would be tempted to do a spot of dead-heading 🙂
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Oh, trust me, I do a little ‘lady-gardening’, wandering round with my secateurs!
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Stunning.
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Thank you!
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Gorgeous!
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Yes!
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Your photos are an excellent study in the need for, as the garden designers always tell us, structure. With such a soggy November, the structural ferns, dried out hydrangea heads and the hard landscaping give some framework amongst the sogginess. It is, of course, so entirely brought into a pleasing sharp focus by that hard frost and how we’ve needed a decent frost? It is nice to see the autumn flower colours stood up pretty well to all the November wet. It’s a shame about your camera repair which obviously didn’t last. Hope it gets fixed properly and is returned to you soon.
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My camera’s back. They hadn’t cleaned it properly ….Yes. a bit of frost has been a treat all round, and due to last all week, I think. And that garden? Yes, it’s a good ‘un.
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Fabulous.
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Thank you!
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