Yellow, yellow daffodils in the blue, blue sky. It's raining again now, but it was nice while it lasted.
Close inspection by my supervisor today.
Double daffodils!
#ukgardening #daffodils #standwithukraine #slavaukraini #gotanyworms
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Thanks to invaluable assistance, I got the job done. I just need to give the garden around it a tidy.
I also pruned my apples and roses. Thank goodness for some decent weather.
#ukgardening #gotanyworms #robingoch #robin #cobblerschildren
Cedric: "Oi, Mister. What you doing?"
Me: "I'm assembling a pergola."
Cedric: "Oh, right... got any worms?"
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I've been seeing red today...
Very friendly little Robin Redbreast very closely supervising.
Little red hazel flower and catkin on a curly hazel.
Red Peony buds gathering themselves.
A gorgeous deep red Camellia flower.
#red #coch #flower #gotanyworms #ukgardening
My supervisor was particularly chirpy this afternoon. This is the sort of music I love to listen to when I'm working.
#robinsofbluesky #robin #gotanyworms #birdsong #ukgardening
Oi! Mister! What you doing? Got any worms? My usual and ubiquitous robin supervision is back in full effect.
A gorgeous Algerian Iris (Iris unguicularis) blooming strongly in a sheltered coastal spot.
#gotanyworms #robin #iris #winterflowers #ukgardening
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Little baby figling nestled in a leaf axil. This will develop into a full-on fig next year.
A pretty white Chaenomales (Japanese quince) flower.
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #robin #robins #robinsofbluesky #gotanyworms #blodau #fig #ficus #ukgardening
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Blackcurrant buds looking like they're about to burst and cherry in full blossom. Poor, confused plants.
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #robin #robingoch #gotanyworms #climatechange
What a quintessentially round dumpling of a robin! I was supervised very intently this afternoon.
Some Cornus winter interest (if that's not a cultivar name, it ought to be!)
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Garlic poking its head above the surface. Signs of life, even if the frost has knocked back almost everything else.
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #growyourown #viewfromtheoffice #gotanyworms #ukgardening
A hopeful start, and visibility was excellent, all the way to Ynys Môn.
I was very closely supervised, as usual. I don't think it's always the same robin, but who knows?
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #growyourown #viewfromtheoffice #gotanyworms #ukgardening
Frost growing on the garden gate.
Beautiful morning scenes, so I really don't mind the cold.
I was being mobbed by several very hungry robins today. They were supervising me very closely.
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #frostyday
#robin #robingoch #gotanyworms #ukgardening
Well, that escalated quickly. Ferociously frosty scenes this morning with frozen filigree on fennel, elder and artichoke.
I'm up to level 2 on the thermals.
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #frostyday
#robin #robingoch #gotanyworms #ukgardening
At least someone was enjoying the rain this afternoon. A tiny snail on this variegated Euonymus japonicus.
As soon as the rain stopped, another little friend was straight down. I think they wanted one of my tools to help digging.
#gardening #garddio #rainyday #again #gotanyworms #ukgardening
I don't know if robins have fashion trends, but Cedric seemed to be sporting a delightful feather fascinator as I was planting my garlic. I was certainly fascinated by his apparel. He was fascinated by the worms I was digging up.
#gardening #garddio #weekend ##growyourown #gotanyworms #ukgardening
A diverse collection of friends today. The ubiquitous robin, and some very fine and inquisitive pigs! Until they realised that eating was more interesting than I was.
#gardening #garddio #gotanyworms #pigspigspigspigspigspigspigs
I saw another magnificent fungal formation this afternoon.
I was, of course, being watched...
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #quercus #oak #quercusilex #holmoak #fungi #gotanyworms
They're following me, watching me... honestly, the robins seem to be supervising particularly closely this year. It's like a cute version of Hitchcock's 'The Birds'
And a startled newt, more wary than hungry, but still watching.
#gardening #garddio #robin #gotanyworms #feellikeimbeingwatched #newt
Oi! Mister! Got any worms?
It's definitely autumn. The robins are back to being really cheeky, and I met another frog, a teeny-tiny frog, about the size of my little finger! What a cutie.
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #gotanyworms #robinsofbluesky #frog #teenytinyfrog
This is Hoppity, I think one of this year's youngsters. Their left leg seems to be injured. It doesn't stop them coming down for breakfast most mornings. I hope the little leg will improve.
A beautiful view over Dolgellau this morning.
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #gotanyworms
Never Mind the Boletes... Here's Cedric the Robin.
More fruiting fungal fun today, in the sun, no less.
And here's Cedric, the robin waiting impatiently for his dinner at the back gate on my return from work.
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #sunnyday #fungi #madarch #gotanyworms
There was a Tropaeolum speciosum (flame nasturtium) wending its way through a Rhododendron this morning. I think they're lovely and want some for my garden!
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #gotanyworms #robinsofinstagram #flamenasturtium #tropaeolumspeciosum
Whilst I was puzzling it out, this juvenile robin was helping itself to wineberries and worms. Mmm, delicious.
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #growyourown #raspberry #raspberryoddness #floricane #gotanyworms
Butterflies in the sun. This red admiral had a rest right next to me.
More lovely flowers: Phlox paniculata and sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica).
They grow up so fast! Young robin losing its speckled juvenile feathers.
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #wildlife #flowers #blodau #gotanyworms
Poor old robin, the supervisory work was coming thick and fast this afternoon with not only me to keep an eye on, but these two, very demanding and hungry, fledglings too! Excellent supervision was taking place.
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #gotanyworms #robinsofbluesky #fledglings
The next generation of supervision is being trained up! This baby robin was hopping about
I tried to garden in the shade as much as possible. Photograph taken at the (shady) bottom of a wildflower slope. I love foxgloves.
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #sunnyday #robinsofinstagram #gotanyworms
A showdown on Mawddach Crescent. I couldn't quite work out what was going on between these two. It seemed like a confrontation. The right-hand robin was singing the whole time, and the left hand robin made not a sound. Curious
#gardening #garddio #gotanyworms #givemeyourworms #robinsofbluesky
My robin masters have the high ground. I know my place, mere finder of worms. I couldn't be happier.
Another gorgeous Hellebore I do like the dark ones.
Cyclamen hederifolium leaf with extraordinary patterning.
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #sunnyday #gotanyworms #robin #robinsofbluesky
A very springing woodland this morning.
A primrose unfurling.
A gorgeously decorated turkey tail.
My courageous supervisor, ever more closely inspecting my work (worms).
#gardening #garddio #horticulture #springiscoming #gotanyworms
