Rows of field tulips stretching to the horizon. Purple row in the centre

#AlphabetChallenge #weekPforPurple

Fabulous images. As ever 😍

That looks fun

What are we building?

View down a cloister with four modern carved stone symmetric shapes in a row on the ground

Old and new. The cloisters at Norwich cathedral.

#Medieval #Architecture #AlphabetChallenge #weekOforOld

Can’t beat an early morning stroll on Cromer pier when the sun shines.

Great. Living the life !

It really is Jen. When’s your next van adventure?

Indeed big wow Brig. They raise about £0.5m each year for the hospice, very generous of the company.

A field of tulips in rows of individual colours

So you think you’ve seen a few tulips this spring? I visited Norfolk Tulip Co’s fields today, open to the public to raise funds for Tapping House hospice. Beautiful with a capital B.

#TappingHouse #Tulips #NotfromAmsterdam.

Which way? Choices, choices.

#fingerpostFriday

Trust you enjoyed your visit ?

Looks great with the white companion

I love it

Two flowers of a black tulip

Black is, I am told, the holy grail for tulip breeding. Ever so nearly black, this is ‘Queen of the Night, which I inherited with the garden. A gem.

#gardening 🌱

Someone needs to take accountability. What has happened to integrity in politics?

They are impressively huge birds

A full shot of the crab apple ‘Sun Rival’ in full blossom.

Favourite tree in the garden at this time of year, the blossom is something else. A compact, weeping crab apple, Malus ‘Sun Rival’. Planted this about 5 or 6 years ago, performs every year.

#gardening 🌱

A little lazy but did visit a nature reserve down on the Broads to watch a pair of magnificent ospreys that have returned to nest again.

Fantastic. Very inspiring 💪

Beaut

Nothing lives forever, unfortunately.

A carpet of bluebells as far as the eye can see in a beech wood. Tree leaves just starting to unfurl.

The bluebell carpet in the Great Wood at Blickling is a very special sight. No wonder people come from miles around to see them. Should last another week or two.

#BlicklingHall #Norfolk

Had worse days I guess.

#Wroxham

Two multi-trunked trees surrounded by a carpet of bluebells within a woodland setting

Above a carpet of blue. Great to see the bluebells out for #thicktrunkTuesday.

Wild and beautiful.

One thing I thought worked quite well previously and a wide audience could join in was going through colours. Can start with green! Then there’s things like shade tolerant plants, drought tolerance, use of pots, companion planting, borders and beds. Just a few thoughts for the mix.

Snap. I’ve cut right back for the same reason. It’s now smaller amounts of things I really like.

It’s been an exceptional year for huge tulip flowers. Never seen anything like this year before. Anyone else seeing this?

#gardenshour

First challenge is exposure as we back on to open fields with little tree cover, so we have a double set of beech hedges to the south and a mixed hawthorn hedge to the west as wind breaks. Secondly the soil is sandy and alkaline, so it’s lots of mulching and growing the right plants.
#gardenshour