Yellow, yellow Rhododendron luteum in the blue, blue sky.

I wish you could smell it too, it's divine!

#standwithukraine #slavaukraini #ukgardening

NEWSFLASH!

The asparagus crowns have arrived! This is Very Exciting. Or it will be in a couple of years when I can eat them.

#ukgardening #asparagus #asparaguscrowns #growyourown #kitchengarden

What a lovely day!

Coppery beech leaves and blue sky.

Another gorgeous tulip display. I did plant these, but I didn't choose the bulbs.

Mynydd Moel above St. Mary's from the Marian car park on my run this morning. There was frost first thing!

#ukgardening #spring #burgeoning #Dolgellau

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Let me know if you want some (only local to Dolgellau I'm afraid)and I'll arrange getting them to you. Or pop by the house and put your donation through the letterbox.

#standwithukraine #slavaukraini #ukraine #ukgardening #growyourown

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If you plant them in a sunny spot, you should get strawberries from them this year.

I'm suggesting £2.50 per plant and all money raised will be donated to humanitarian aid for Ukraine.

There'll be sunflowers for sale soon.

#standwithukraine #slavaukraini #ukraine #ukgardening #growyourown

A nice day spent doing some sowing and potting up and pottering.

I now have a dozen strawberry plants (variety Elsanta) for sale. They're all from last year's runners and have really strong root systems...

#standwithukraine #slavaukraini #ukraine #ukgardening #growyourown

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And yet more Narcissi.

I haven't got it in me to look up all the names and varieties at present, but if you want to know, let me know.

#ukgardening #weekend #flowers #herbaceousperennials #cobblerschildren

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A couple of varieties of Astrantia.
Thalictrum
Blue Jacob's Ladder
Allium schubertii flowerbud beginning its explosive ascent.
Southernwood
Meadow sweet

#ukgardening #weekend #flowers #herbaceousperennials #cobblerschildren

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More flowers popping up, and herbaceous perennials rising, Lazarus-like from the barren ground I was sure were their graves.

Summer snowflakes (Leucojum aestivum)
Actea 'Queen of Sheba' which just wasn't there a week ago.

#ukgardening #weekend #flowers #herbaceousperennials #cobblerschildren

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...That's where most of my juice came from last year. I'm hoping there'll be a repeat this year.

Fabulous cherry blossom too.

#ukgardening #tulips #blossomwatch #growyourown #kitchengarden

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Some gorgeous tulips in my client's garden this morning. I didn't plant those.

But the apple trees smothered in blossom I have been looking after for the last couple of years...

#ukgardening #tulips #blossomwatch #growyourown #kitchengarden

A very overcast but dry hill run this morning. I thought after Easter and a slightly unhealthy weekend away my fitness had backslid a bit. But I went slightly further and felt I was steadier up the hill, which seems to contradict that theory.

#running #rhedeg #couchto5k #dysgucymraeg

Wythnos pymtheg wedi gorffen. Ron i'n ar taith wrth yr afon Mersey dydd Llun. Mae'n neis i fod adra.

Week fifteen finished. I was on tour by the river Mersey on Monday. It's nice to be home.

#running #rhedeg #couchto5k #dysgucymraeg

Unsure which way the weather was going to go this morning, it made the correct decision and stayed fine until just before I left. The views are lovely, whatever the weather.

Some red flowers coming through. Saxifrage, thrift and an abundant currant.

#viewfromtheoffice #ukgardening #redflowers

Of course! I try to go every June around my birthday to see the roses.

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...which included the biggest, healthiest, happiest bleeding hearts (Lamprocapnos/Dicentrum spectabilis) I ever did see. And some neon Azaleas that were just too bright.

#ukgardening #bodnantgarden #rainyday

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After driving Miss Willow all the way to Colwyn Bay for a 10 minute dental appointment where the dentist said, yes, that's fine. We did at least stop in for a short, rainy, delightful turn around Bodnant Garden which included...

#ukgardening #bodnantgarden #rainyday

Apple Blossom

Pear Blossom

Fresh blood red prickles on new rose stems

A sleeping wasp princess

#spring #bloodredroses #blossomwatch #ukgardening #thegardenofjanedelawney

After a full weekend, it's lovely to be back in Dolgellau.

There's more flowers about.

Emerging and emerged marigolds.

The Brunnera is flowering profusely, although the leaves are a little on the small side.

#ukgardening #spring #springflowers #theresnoplacelikehome

Thank you Belle and Sebastian. That was lovely.

#belleandsebastian #ifyourefeelingsinister #sinister30

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Saw the Ukrainian vigil in St. Peter's square which happens every Saturday. Slava Ukraini!

#Manchester #culture #preraphaelite #standwithukraine #slavaukraini

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A brief cultural tour of central Manchester today. I love Rossetti and the pre-Raphaelites, I love libraries and I love trees, and architecture.

#Manchester #culture #preraphaelite #standwithukraine #slavaukraini

Bother!

Old skool

Un deg pedwar o redeg. Fy rhediad deugain eiliad i. Mae'n bore hyfryd.

Fourteen weeks of running. My forty second run. It's a beautiful morning.

Three hill runs this week. Still on thirty minutes, still nowhere near 5k. That's fine.

#running #rhedeg #couchto5k #dysgucymraeg

The weather twists and turns like a twisty turny thing.

What a grey and soggy day! Luckily, it was brightened by this soggy marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) and splendid starry Magnolia stellata.

#ukgardening #rainyday #spring #springflowers

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Echium pininana taking off for flowering.

Bugle (Ajuga reptans) city.

My trusty Panda admiring the unmisty peaks of Cadair Idris.

#ukgardening #sunnyday #mawddachestuary #viewfromtheoffice #breathofthegreyking

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The Mawddach Estuary basking in the sunshine at low-ish tide this morning.

There really has been some spectacular light whilst I've been on my morning runs this week.

#sunnyday #mawddachestuary #viewfromtheoffice #breathofthegreyking

Trump lost this war in every possible sense — morally, legally, politically, economically, reputationally, and strategically.

Very grateful to wake up and find no civilizations have been erased overnight. I think it's probably past time he was got rid of isn't it?