tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post6855276195625924595..comments2023-04-09T11:46:58.887+01:00Comments on Graphicality-UK: A pixie, a wizard and a green manHELENEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-22587552522901503262017-06-01T15:04:21.420+01:002017-06-01T15:04:21.420+01:00So many choices for your bathroom. I hope all goe...So many choices for your bathroom. I hope all goes smoothly once they begin the remodel. It's difficult to live without a bathroom so may it go quickly! Your garden looks awesome and, as always, so well tended, happy, and healthy!outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-45418044690759628072017-05-22T14:05:50.434+01:002017-05-22T14:05:50.434+01:00Your bathroom will look amazing, Helene, like your...Your bathroom will look amazing, Helene, like your garden! I can't believe you have been there such a short time! You have a fabulous array of blooms -- I can smell that lavender. I am super impressed with the liqueur; you will have a very merry Christmas, I believe. My favorite is your green man. Love it all. Stay well, my friend. P. xPam's English Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359787694149174369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-14970818802683623482017-05-19T03:28:27.101+01:002017-05-19T03:28:27.101+01:00I hope your bathroom will be done soon.
As for the...I hope your bathroom will be done soon.<br />As for the garden it looks so nice. I can imagine the scent of lilac. I love this smell and the plant I bought last year in Lidl had flowered this april/may and it makes me sad that I need to wait another year for this smell.<br />I know there is more lovely perfumed blossoms to come, and it keeps a smile on my face.<br />I hope you will have a nice gardening season, Helene.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-3443236728807336632017-05-16T22:41:05.916+01:002017-05-16T22:41:05.916+01:00Helene... I am amazed at how lush and green and ho...Helene... I am amazed at how lush and green and how well everything grows in pots.. Wish I could see your fingers because I'm guessing they are very green :) Do you re-pot often or feed often? I love your video tooRuth Hargraves N.Z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10270836619857770886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-41202563986931904262017-05-08T01:26:57.338+01:002017-05-08T01:26:57.338+01:00It's so nice seeing you around again Helene an...It's so nice seeing you around again Helene and it looks like you have certainly been busy. Your gardens are looking so full and amazing and I cannot believe the stamina you have in planting all those potted plants! Your bathroom renovation is so exciting as well. I am always in awe as I gaze at your gardens and the "Green Man" adds such a whimsical touch. It was nice seeing you over at my blog as well. It is always a pleasure my virtual friend.Lee@A Guide to Northeastern Gardeninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15208392136967108192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-55771847686363463852017-05-07T16:07:55.867+01:002017-05-07T16:07:55.867+01:00Wow, everything is so far advanced compared to my ...Wow, everything is so far advanced compared to my northerly situation. Your Acers are gorgeous and I love your Dicentras. We have two decent size specimens of Acer Bloodgood, they were removed from our last garden and planted here in February. The leaves formed in mid April and they were looking really good, the severe bitter cold winds since then have caused the leaves to curl up and drop. Ah well, thats how it goes.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17104382970502166560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-13055862411836908322017-05-05T09:35:11.275+01:002017-05-05T09:35:11.275+01:00Beautiful!Beautiful!Endah Murniyatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16175364514530314348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-67219924813089364082017-05-05T03:56:57.933+01:002017-05-05T03:56:57.933+01:00Your garden looks magnificent and obviously you ha...Your garden looks magnificent and obviously you have been working with exceptional focus. Plum fence, towels, beverage--pink Acer--and a Lavender named 'Fat Head'! <br /><br />Happy May. Hoover Boohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03083294821646284424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-85384621389659347612017-05-03T20:55:40.220+01:002017-05-03T20:55:40.220+01:00Hello Helene, your garden is beautiful. Come to th...Hello Helene, your garden is beautiful. Come to think of it such short time has passed since your moving, you can really inhabit the space! The white Magnolia is simply gorgeous, I have thing for white and pale blooms! Your lilac is really pretty, we have bought a white s. vulgaris, put it in a sunny bed and it hasn't bloomed yet and it is 3 years already. Probably too dry and too sunny, although this spring we have fortunately enough rainfalls so far. There is the first thunderstorm outside this evening, but our garden is much, much later than yours, just those digitalis:-)! Plum liquere looks cool, no difference between yours and purchased ones; our friend a beekeeper has also got some preservation jars via Amazon and they were really nice. It is great you find time to write a post every month. I am looking forward to a next one! HelaHelena Mandováhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809530649385815418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-49525558796992307772017-05-02T21:04:31.950+01:002017-05-02T21:04:31.950+01:00Thanks Christina, the plum liqueur project has bee...Thanks Christina, the plum liqueur project has been fun and if the taste is as good as the bottles looks I will do it again, maybe with some other fruit.<br />Happy gardening!HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-17740004913229958682017-05-02T21:02:57.238+01:002017-05-02T21:02:57.238+01:00Thank you Dorothy, my garden is slowly getting the...Thank you Dorothy, my garden is slowly getting there, it has been a cold spring and I am more than ready for some warmer weather now :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-78207078396044264672017-05-02T21:01:40.703+01:002017-05-02T21:01:40.703+01:00Hei Marit, vi har hatt det gruelig kaldt her også....Hei Marit, vi har hatt det gruelig kaldt her også....men kaldt her er jo ikke akurat kaldt i Norge :-) Håper på litt varmere vær snart så rosene kan komme igang, de er alle på nippe til å åpne seg men holder seg i knopp som om de venter de også. Ha en fin dag!HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-38802386008879325362017-05-02T20:59:03.253+01:002017-05-02T20:59:03.253+01:00Hei Marika, ja mine to ceanothus er helt utrolig n...Hei Marika, ja mine to ceanothus er helt utrolig når de blomstrer! Jeg har kuttet av mye på lengden for å skjule hvor den store grenen brakk av i fjor, og det har grodd fint tilbake siden da så nå kan man nesten ikke se det. Jeg har prøvd å regne ut alkoholnivået på plommelkøren min - og det er ikke lett, man kan nemlig ikke måle det med et alkometer for det er for mye sukker i det. Så det er sånn ca, men tror jeg har regnet ganske riktig og det er ca 20% alkohol, så omtrent det samme som portvin og sherry. Bør nok nytes i små glass :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-24348487749743960732017-05-02T20:52:45.981+01:002017-05-02T20:52:45.981+01:00Thank you Roger, I did wonder about the colour of ...Thank you Roger, I did wonder about the colour of 'Pink Punk', but I did label them just as you had done on the envelopes. However, only two of them have flowered so I didn't have the rest to compare colours with so I thought I would wait until next year and hopefully have all 4 in flower to see if they had been mixed up. They are absolutely lovely and I hope they will be happy in my garden for years to come, I won't plant them in the ground though, don't think they will like the soil here so I think it will be best to keep them in pots. If you have any spare 'Pink Punk' when the autumn comes I would be very happy to adopt them.<br /><br />Do you remember you commented on the colour of my 'Bacchanal'? I have tried to get a true 'Bacchanal' again, but yet again I have received a pink one! What is it with these nurseries? I gave it away to someone who was very happy with it regardless of colour, will try again :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-17333676369064162422017-05-02T20:42:00.791+01:002017-05-02T20:42:00.791+01:00Thank you, I love my Salix which I inherited with ...Thank you, I love my Salix which I inherited with the garden. I pruned it hard both the first year I was here and last year, thinking it was the right thing to do, but I have seen so many beautiful photos of this Salix with long, draping branches so I am now letting it grow wild and will not prune this year. I might regret that come September! But instead I might just take out some branches here and there, it grows like mad so it is a good tree to experiment on :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-19977420698728324462017-05-02T20:36:21.304+01:002017-05-02T20:36:21.304+01:00Thanks Nadezda, I did some online research before ...Thanks Nadezda, I did some online research before making the liqueur last September. I found 5 different recipes and I picked from each of them what I thought sounded tasty and simple to do. I used fresh, properly ripe plums without stones, cut in half, filled almost up in 1 litre glass jars and added dark muscovado sugar, star anis and cinnamon sticks. I then poured a bit of dark rum and filled the jars to the top with unflavoured vodka. I left the jars in a dark cupboard for 6 months shaking them now and them, then sifted the plums off and had a bit more sugar and bottled and labelled. And that's as far as I have come. The final product needs to mature for another 6-8 months and then I can report on how it tastes :-)<br />You can use any type of fruit and berry using vodka and sugar - and suitable spices if you want.<br />Good luck!HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-78295552398847378032017-05-02T20:26:03.901+01:002017-05-02T20:26:03.901+01:00I bought the light plum towels from Tesco and the ...I bought the light plum towels from Tesco and the dark plum from Simply Linens. Had to search high and low for the right colour as 'plum' is not always plum - most of the time it is more like purple or grape :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-79762924439949638032017-05-02T17:06:52.198+01:002017-05-02T17:06:52.198+01:00Hi Helene, nice to see the pics of your garden. I ...Hi Helene, nice to see the pics of your garden. I especially love your pink Korean lilac and the magnolia 'Fairy Cream'. Great that you can prune the latter to keep it small and suited for your garden. <br />The bottles of the plum liqueur look really cool, like they come from a professional maker!<br />Wishing you a wonderful month of May!<br />Warm regards, <br />Christinaorganicgardendreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122516730008378516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-70149735256388819012017-05-02T16:16:36.945+01:002017-05-02T16:16:36.945+01:00It's always a treat to visit your garden. I lo...It's always a treat to visit your garden. I love all your plantings and your garden art - especially your Green Man. Wonderful! Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-31308066000848171272017-05-02T09:27:26.636+01:002017-05-02T09:27:26.636+01:00Hyggelig å høre fra deg igjen! :)
Så langt alt er ...Hyggelig å høre fra deg igjen! :)<br />Så langt alt er kommet i din hage. Her har vi hatt den kaldeste våren siden 70 tallet, så det sier ikke så lite.<br />Nydelig lønn du viser, og den likte jeg med en gang :)<br />Pink Passion var et passende navn. De Green Man tingene var flotte! <br /><br />Ha en fin vår i hagen din, Helene!Marithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846768253802674477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-16872202582452044282017-05-02T08:50:16.225+01:002017-05-02T08:50:16.225+01:00Sorry I meant the towels must have had tiles in my...Sorry I meant the towels must have had tiles in my head or the predictive text snookered me as usual Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-2148228777345110552017-05-02T08:43:51.094+01:002017-05-02T08:43:51.094+01:00Hej Helene!
Det är otroligt så fint allt växer hos...Hej Helene!<br />Det är otroligt så fint allt växer hos dig, vackra blommor och blad. Digitalisen brukar inte blomma hos mig förrän juni, juli. Gillar den aprikosfärgade mycket, och har äntligen hittat några exemplar som jag hoppas kommer tillbaka. Lönnarna har en härlig färg, och ditt blåa träd, är otroligt vackert, var det den som fick en skada, syns inte. När jag ser att du har egen plommonlikör, går tankarna till ett avsnitt av Mrs Bucket, hon köpte plommonlikör på auktion , hoppas inte din är lika stark. Proffsigt med etiketterna.<br />Ha det fint /MarikaMaribelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971758563451177650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-56436532869485410312017-05-02T07:49:23.418+01:002017-05-02T07:49:23.418+01:00I want to add that your liqueur 'crop' sho...I want to add that your liqueur 'crop' shocked me and I've run to read how I might make the same with my plums, Helene. I also like the shape of the bottles and the labels are stunning.Nadezdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159291982383302922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-5582103473795713582017-05-02T07:16:40.010+01:002017-05-02T07:16:40.010+01:00What a great series of pictures HELENE.I love the ...What a great series of pictures HELENE.I love the wizard.<br />As Sue notes you seem to be ahead of us up north! I am going to Bolton Percy today but don't expect to find my Syringa palibinana anywhere near as advanced as yours.<br />I was interested to see your honesty as I am just preparing a post about them<br />Not sure about your Dicentra cucullaria Pink Punk - the pink colour does not come through with its true intensity<br />I will send you some more as you might have got the ordinary cucullaria - although you have shown great skill to get such fine plantsRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265213687739263373.post-5339853920284566942017-05-02T05:47:38.437+01:002017-05-02T05:47:38.437+01:00Hi Helene, It is good to see your garden again! I ...Hi Helene, It is good to see your garden again! I can tell you have been hard at work; it looks fantastic! I adore the perfectly pruned Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’, as well as your lilac and your Japanese maples. I believe I recently saw 'Pink Passion' here locally. It is quite beautiful! As for your bathroom, best wishes! I know how hard it is to make a choice, when so many similar colors are available!debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.com