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#greetthegrower day 22 and I’m proud of this photograph I took last year of one of my favourite roses, ‘New Dawn’. I’m a keen amateur photographer and love to take photos of my garden and capture what’s looking good through each season. I’m especially proud of this photo as it won a competition with @hta.news recently and the image will be one of the options for garden gift voucher cards this year 😊 · · · #photo #gardenphotography #naturephotography #photography #nofilter #naturesfinest #inspiring_shot #flowerphotography #flowerphoto #gardenphoto #nikon #nikon5100 #nikonphoto #picoftheday #photooftheday #myphoto #photographylover #photographylove #rhsphotocomp #nature_brilliance #naturephoto
Hands up if you love weeding! 🙋🏻‍♀️😀 I actually really enjoy hand weeding - there’s something quite satisfying about pulling the wee blighters out and into the bucket, and then seeing a lovely clear, weed-free border when you’re done. I spent a pleasant hour in the front garden this afternoon doing just that. · · · #gardeningnerd #gardeners #gardenersofinstagram #gardeninglovers #gardeningphoto #gardeninguk #mygarden #mygardentoday #mycornerofearth #gardeninggeek #gardeningtime #gardening #gardeningisfun #gardeninglife #gardeningtips #gardeninglove #gardeningday #gardener #garden #gardeningmakesmehappy #gardening4pleasure #gardeningtherapy #gardeningislife #gardenlife #gardens #gardeningaddict #thehappygardeninglife #realgardening #realgardens #realgardensofinstagram
Yellow 💛 · · · · · · #pussywillow #daffodils #spring #springtime #springishere #nature #springflowers #springday #flowers #instagood #springwatch #naturephotography
Today’s #greetthegrower - first days. This is the bit of the garden which has transformed the most so far, although I’ve been working on the front and back borders too. This is how the Secret Garden looked when we moved in about 5 years ago. The weeds were everywhere and huge, all the beds were covered in weed fabric and there was no greenhouse! With the help of my parents we managed to clear the weeds (keeping on top of them is still a regular job!) and I uncovered the beds and started growing. After two years I decided the soil was just too compacted for healthy growth so we rotavated all the beds (I say we, it was mostly my husband 😬) and they’ve been better since, although I still think there’s a lot to do in terms of improving the quality of soil in them. Then we put up the greenhouse (again, I say ‘we’...😬) and if you swipe left you’ll see how the area looks at the moment. All clear and ready for the growing season! The space has changed a lot and what I grow in it is changing too. I’m looking forward to sowing some old favourites and some new varieties in here this year! 🙂 · · · #secretgarden #backgardenallotment #mygarden #instagarden #mycornerofearth #happyplace #myhappyplace #favouriteplace #greenhouse #mygreenhouse #allotment #allotmentlife #gardening #allotmentlove #homegrown #allotmentgarden #kitchengarden #potager #garden #vegetablegarden #ediblegarden #organicgardening #gardener #growsomethinggreen #urbangarden #vegpatch #urbangardening
#greetthegrower - my greenhouse. This is how it’s currently looking - full of seedling trays and overwintering dahlias. It’s where I cosset delicate, tender plants, propagate little cuttings and start hundreds of seeds into life and it’s one of my favourite places to be 🙂 I bought it a couple of years ago with some money left to me by my grandfather, who used to love growing tomatoes and dahlias, so it seems right to follow his footsteps in my own garden ❤️ · · · #mygreenhouse #rhinogreenhouse #happyplace #mycornerofearth #gyo #growsomething #growsomethinggreen #secretgarden #propagation #seeds #greenhouse #greenhouseseeds #flowers #greenhouselife #plants #greenhouselove #greenhouses #greenhousegrown #garden #growyourown #gardening
Dahlia update: the sunroom dahlias are coming along, most have started shooting and these ones will be ready for me to take some cuttings pretty soon I think. These two are ‘Totally Tangerine’ and ‘Creme de Cassis’. Planning to get the rest of the tubers still in storage underway very soon! · · · #dahlias #dahlia #flowers #dahliaseason #dahliasofinstagram #dahliasecretbeauty #flowersofinstagram #dahliasfordays #love #dahliasaremyfavorite #dahlialove #addictedtodahlias #dahlialover #dahlialove #dahliaaddict #cutflowers #floweroftheday #cuttinggarden #flowerstagram #flowersofinstagram #dahliasofinstagram

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