Garden Diary – Looking back and planning on frosty days

The amazing thing about gardening is not only the joy from the here and now, but all the time spent looking back at what’s worked well this year and planning for next year.

It’s good for occupying the mind especially at stressful times, which I’m experiencing at the moment with a loved one in hospital.

And it’s not just your own garden that’s a useful tool, visiting beautiful gardens regularly is not only a joy at the time but you can spend time thinking about them afterwards. There’s one garden in particular that I use as a virtual place of refuge, Bodnant Gardens in North Wales.

If I’m feeling very stressed, or I can’t get to sleep, I simply imagine myself walking around Bodnant, it works every time! One instance when it was particularly useful was when I had to have a medical procedure done and I’d refused sedative. I felt myself starting to panic, so I gave myself a talking to, then set off for a virtual walk around the beautiful gardens.

Monday 25th November 2024

After a rather tiring & stressful weekend, I’m in need of a bright & colourful photo, transporting me back to the summertime with one of my little garden friends 🌿💕🐝🌸🐝🌿

#MagentaMonday #bees #pinkflowers #pollinators #countYourBlessings

Tuesday 26th November 2024

Another late post for me today. Life’s not following its usual routine this week, but sometimes that’s what life does & we just have to go along with it… #TuesdayBlue 🌿💙💛💜🌿

I would imagine most of you have already planted your #iris #countyourblessings

Wednesday 27th November 2024

June 2022 The rose garden at Bodnant gardens in North Wales🌿🤍🌹💕 #RoseWednesday If I’m stressed & can’t sleep, I do a virtual walk around Bodnant. It’s much better than counting sheep 🐑🌸🌿🌼 #gardenvisit #roses #myhappyplace @BodnantGardenNT #countYourBlessings #mygarden #GardeningTherapy #GardeningInspiration

Thursday 28th November 2024

#ThrowbackThursday to September 2022 🌿🌻💕💙 This is what the sky looked like this morning, but by the time I’d made the coffee ☕️☕️ it had gone 🤭 Get your priorities right! 🤣 Have a good day 😊

#morningcoffee #redsky #mygarden

Friday 29th November 2024

It’s a frosty #FlowersOnFriday 🌿🧡❄️🧡🌿

These poor little pansies have been saturated 💦, snowed on ⛄️ & now frozen ❄️ And yet look at them, still flowering 🧡🧡🧡#goodvalue #flowers #annuals #orangeflowers

I love how yesterdays frost highlighted the spores on the back of the fern fronds 🌿❄️🌿❄️🌿❄️ It’s been a good year for the ferns 🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿 #FernFriday They have loved all the rain 💦 #FoliageFriday #mygarden #plants

Saturday 30th November 2024

Looking back on 6 of this years tomato varieties & deciding which to grow next year 🤔🍅🌿
Sunchocola, Indigo Rose, Tigerella, Brandywine, Indigo Pear & the surprise – which turned out well! 🌿🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🌿
#SixOnSaturday #tomatoes #tomato #greenhouse #GrowYourOwnFood #growyourown #kitchengarden

Sunday 1st December 2024

A little bit of yellow from the chrysanthemums, hanging on in there in this weeks frost🌿❄️🌼🌿❄️💛🌿
#YellowSunday #SundayYellow
Wishing you all a super Sunday 😊