Winter Kitchen Windowsill Hanging Basket - continued 🪻🪻🪻

I found some blue Muscari bulbs for a good price at B&Q - £2.50 for 20 bulbs !

Of course I counted them ! 1- 2 - 3 --- 20 and one extra tiddler !  Very happy me !

 

Poked 10 holes along the front of the hanging basket ...about 1 1/2 inches deep .

Nestled them in gently , pointy end uppermost , roots downwards .

                 I decided to put two in each hole . 

There is still some space in the middle and towards the back for something else . I'm still thinking about that , some orange tulips would be nice, but all the other packets of bulbs were around £7.99 !! 😱

 So the Wallflowers are Scarlet , the Muscari are blue , the Pansies are a mix of colours , the Silver leaved plant Senecio cineraria /Dusty Miller gives a bit of a white background to make the other colours stand out .

  I am thinking about sowing some Calendula/ Marigold seeds ...that would be a cheaper way of throwing in a little bit of orange .Or ..... 🤔.....I might even have some Marigold seedlings popping up already elsewhere in the garden . 

I had a look around and came across some variegated Ivy . This would look nice trailing over the front of the hanging basket ! 

 I pulled a couple of pieces and they had  some roots coming along the stems already !

                                               Perfect !

 I lay them into the compost and if I pinch off the tips , they should then bush out and look nice by the coming Spring .

I will still keep looking for some more reasonably priced dwarf tulip bulbs .

   I have miniature Daffodils elsewhere in the garden and wouldn't want them in this hanging basket as they tend to produce so many long leaves after they finish flowering .

 I must go through my seeds and see if there might be anything else I can sow now for a Spring display .

Looks a bit sparse right now , but it is giving me something to look forward to in the Spring .

              Peace and Love  🕊️🤍

                                           Love Debbie 💐x

🌿Winter Kitchen Windowsill Hanging Basket 🪻🌷💐

 

My kitchen windowsill hanging basket , stuffed full of an assortment of succulents did really well through this fiercely hot Summer and drought . 

There are one or two Begonias in there ....and they are only just getting going now....but too late !  Time to get these plants out and under cover . The basket liner has almost completly disintegrated too .

The metal basket itself could do with a coat of metal paint .....but Ricardo says he can't spare his only paint brush .....meany 😟 .....so I'm hoping the basket can get through another year ....I need to get this basket planted up now .

                    Away we go to the greenhouse !

           Now enjoying the early Autumn warmth of the greenhouse .

                    Bring in the Autumn plants .....and new liner .

I had kept two of these liners in a box in the shed and was worried in case any little creatures might have moved in 🐭....I very tentatively tipped the box open and shook out the folded liners .....

                    Phew ......  it's all good !  

So here we are ! 😃 A typical English 1970's style hanging basket arrangement of wallflowers , silver leaved plant and pansies  ......small bulbs to be poked in as and when I find some at a reasonable price 😉 

                            Peace and Love 🕊️🤍

                                       love Debbie 🌷🪻💐 x

Feeling very Autumnal

 A very blustery morning .  Autumn is beginning to make her presence felt . 🍁🍂

              And here I go sweeping leaves once again .

I feed the earth , replenishing it with layers of spent compost , grass clippings and the fallen leaves .

 The warmth , the rain and the good earth worms will proccess it all over the Winter months .our

The Rhubarb , Parsley and Leeks at the other end of this bed look to be doing well and I think I can allow myself to start using one or two now .

         We took a little trip away , for a little solitude and spiritual healing .

We didn't walk so far this time . In fact we walked along the other direction towards Lyme Regis .....no fossils this time . I gathered some nice pieces of driftwood  .

 The sea was completely calm .

We had lunch in Groves Garden Centre Bridport . Jacket potato , cheese and beans and a lovely fragrant cup of Chai .

  Pocket money was spent on a packet of 2 French Garlic -Messidrome £3.99 which was a very naughty extravagance of me really , as I had said that I wasn't going to do this but just plant out one that I bought from Tescos for 80p   . 

  I will plant them both to compare ! 

Then the highlight of our trip away was visiting the Church of St Wita - near Canonicorum . 

It was a nightmare drive down very narrow lanes - Ricardo terrified we were going to meet a tractor coming the other way ....but thankfully we didn't .

  He was so stressed out that by the time we found it  , poor ol' Ricardo,  he sat in the car to recover , while I walked out on my own to find the Holy Well .

I opened a wrought iron gate and started walking down the footpath . I didn't want to go too far on my own down there . 

 There was a wonderful garden down there , what a beautiful place to grow your vegetables . 

   So peaceful .... the only sound was of the birds singing and the tinkling of this little brook trickling beside the footpath .

                         Was this the Holy Well ...not sure ? 😔

So who was St Wita ? 

A young 9th century Saxon woman of devout Christian faith . A healing woman that lived near to the Holy Well , some say she may have been  a hermit , but she had the job of keeping beacon fire burning at the Golden Cap for the guidance and safety of the ships coming in to trade  .

 So a ship was coming in , guided by St Wita's beacon and the tradesmen in the port welcomed it in .

   But on this occaison the ship was not a friendly one. It was a Viking Longship and they slaughtered everyone ashore .Christians and people in surrounding villages .   Poor St Wita was killed by an axe .

On one of the Church towers you can see a relief scupture of Viking Longship and an axe . Next time we visit I will take better photos . 

It was so lovely to hear children singing as I approached the entrance .🎶🕊️🙏🏼

 I think it was their Harvest Festival .

I waited until they finished their service to go in .

                                           St Wita's Shrine 

                           " + HIC REQESCT RELIQUE SCE WITE "

 The sign at the foot of the Cross translates as " + Here rests the relics of St Wite "

Under her remains are three openings into which people place their prayers and petitions . 

 There is a definate feeling of divine presence here .

 There have been many miracles .

   I presented her with my embroidered Angel and placed my hands inside for her healing and blessings and offered up prayers for myself and everyone in my family .

Then went on to admire lots of the church needlework .

        This church is alive , working and very much loved  .

                                                      🕊️🙏🏼🤍

          The Golden Cap  - where St Wita kept the beacons burning .

            Resting up with a bit of patchwork , back at the Premier Inn  .

I don't really do Halloween . My middle brother loves it , so I'm making him a mug mat .......oh ...and talking of Hallowe'en ( which isn't actually until the very end of October !)  ... this was my only "find " while out fossil hunting this time .

                              Now is that spooky or what ? !!!    🤣

                Aah ...but it's good to be home again !

Sweeping up leaves , picking apples for another crumble , topping up the bird feeders and grabbling another bunch of Lavender .

                              Getting the Garlic planted out .

                         And pulling a few weeds .

 

Watching hundreds of crows enjoying being blown around up in the sky .  It's really blustery today ! They seem to love being tossed about  up there !  🐦‍⬛

Next job is to do my Winter Window Basket . I'm so enjoying Autumn !

                                       Peace and  Love  🕊️🤍

                                            love Debbie 🍂🍁x

Apologies for any spelling mistakes !   🤣