Six on Saturday | The Three Ws
Wild, Wet and Windy! What a Week! In complete contrast to the last week in May the first week in June has been a wet one. Some sunny patches, but not enough to reliably go outside and do any work in the garden until Friday when it was drier and calmer until mid afternoon. The…
one warm sunny evening
Tuesday evening at the end of May and for once it is warm enough to actually sit outside. There has been a heat dome over the country for several days now, though this being West Penwith which is practically surrounded by water, it’s only reached 25°C. Not close to the ridiculous 35°C those in the…
Revisiting Cloudscapes
Back in 2021 when we kept being put into lockdown (remember those days?) I used to regularly walk around my neighbourhood and came up with various themes to photograph to stop me being bored. One was clouds. So the other day whilst walking to ‘my’ hill for some exercise I decided to focus on the…
To David
Although I don’t believe in wishing someone a happy birthday when they are no longer with us, I do believe in acknowledging that date and remembering the life they had. Today I raise a glass to David and I’d like to share another of his collaborations with his old friend. David A Harley 31st May…
Six on Saturday | Heatwave
Well that was some week! Even down here in West Penwith where the sea is no more than 10 miles away in any direction which usually means a good deal cooler than the rest of Cornwall, it reached the dizzying height of 25°C which is too hot for this fair-skinned English rose. Needless to say…
Spring Bulb Wrap-up 2026
Last year I said that I would/should reduce the number of spring bulb containers from 35. At the last count I think I had 32 pots which did include some that I hadn’t emptied from 2025. All this year’s new bulbs were from Peter Nyssen Muscari Armeniacum – the most common blue grape hyacinth. Iris…
Wordless Wednesday
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Six on Saturday | Chelsea Week
Well it has been another week of flowers and gardens and celebrities and ‘influencers’ over in London where the annual RHS Chelsea flower show takes place. I wasn’t overly impressed by any of the gardens this year. And going by the repeated message to allow native plants in your garden I must be a gold…
Festival of Spring 2026 Week 10
Another stalwart of the spring garden in May are the Rhododendrons and Azaleas. Many can be found in Cornish gardens, but this lot are from Battleston Hill at RHS Wisley in Surrey where I often used to walk when I lived in Hampshire/Surrey between 2004 – 2011. Dawn’s Festival of Spring
Cornwall in Colours 