 Lady of Shallot 12 June 2025 (Thursday) Up early and after making a flask of tea and some crackers with marmite and thin slivers of cheddar, we were off to Kew Gardens to see the roses. We had a lovely time, and had a really good look at the roses. Whilst Richard wandered taking loads of photos, I took a few photos of ones I really liked, keeping their names to add to each photo later. Lady of Shallot is an absolute fave, as it has been for ages, as is Dame Judi Dench; both were introduced by David Austin Roses in 2009, though I had thought the Lady of Shallot a much older rose… I must be thinking of another. I also did a segment for A Week at the Plot and talked briefly about how to prune roses, and why bees (and other pollinators1) like some rose types better than others. Back at home, there were a few issues ongoing with For Earth’s Sake - it just seems to be one of those weeks… We’d been forecast rain, and had felt a drop or two at Kew, though in the end none was coming so down to the plot I went to water, and I decided to do some pot tidying - which I guess was also a little plot tidying, though it does need a HUGE amount more - maybe at the weekend!
Weather: Sunny start, then dull and cloudy by 9.30am, and feeling much more humid by around 10.30am. The sun then came out early afternoon, and it was feeling a tad warm, though no thunderstorms… Breakfast: Bran Sticks, yogurt, and sultanas Lunch: Egg Mayonnaise, rice crackers cucumber, tomato and radish Supper: Wholewheat spaghetti with broad bean, pesto, garlic, basil and a little cream cheese
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Paul SavidentFollowing on from A Guernsey Gardener in London, I've decided to try and write a regular blog, and we'll see how it AND 2025 go! Archives
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