The air is full, brimming, saturated, swamped…with the overwhelming dense and sticky aroma of pure unadulterated rose . You might not think it could be so, on viewing these featherlight petals, but believe me…during their weeks of flowering that can number three to even four if we’re lucky, they infiltrate our olfactory receptors like no other. On a still day, it’s as if the air fills up and is then held within the confines of the house courtyard. Open a window and the perfume spills inside. The Barn is another block that captures the aroma, and between it, the Pantry and the Barn Garden hedges, that stifling perfume is trapped again, captive, and ensures the path so regularly trodden between those buildings and garden is an ultra-sensory experience.
Oh Sally...I squeezed a lot of lemons and froze the juice...I have two plastic bags of them in the fridge with my fingers crossed and still half a dozen on the kitchen bench! Just how long they will keep I don't know...but all we can do is try. Sounds like you're having a good gardening season....trim away and look forward to the next flush - there's nothing like wielding those secateurs! X
That's so lovely to hear India :)) New ones on this week's agenda - funny how they sneak up...can another whole year have really gone by since their perfumes filled the air?
You are right with the garden being an ever changing and constant thing in our lives. A couple of weeks ago our Margaret Merrill roses were in full bloom and now there is hardly a one to be seen, plenty of new buds, so we have to be patient. The daisies also were looking amazing , but are now starting to brown off, the irises are finished, but the Gardenias are showing promise of a good season and the Little Gems are popping buds all over. Such a pity for such a beautiful looking flower to have an awful smell and not lasting for long. Our dahlias are coming a,ing a treat, the bees are loving the lavender, and the herb garden has charged ahead so much I think it may get a bit if a trim. The garlic is just about ready to be pulled out, the old parsley removed to make room for that that has seeded and will soon give us a new crop, plus some rocket and basil. The Kaffir lime I thought we had list has come back, and the Tahitian lime, plus the two lemon trees are looking great. You said you stored your lemons, how do you do that as our Lisbon lemon still has heaps on it even after giving about three dozen away to our neighbours.
Oh Sally...I squeezed a lot of lemons and froze the juice...I have two plastic bags of them in the fridge with my fingers crossed and still half a dozen on the kitchen bench! Just how long they will keep I don't know...but all we can do is try. Sounds like you're having a good gardening season....trim away and look forward to the next flush - there's nothing like wielding those secateurs! X
That's so lovely to hear India :)) New ones on this week's agenda - funny how they sneak up...can another whole year have really gone by since their perfumes filled the air?
I do love a wander through the garden with you, Mickey...even at a distance and via a screen my nose smells everything you talk about!
You are right with the garden being an ever changing and constant thing in our lives. A couple of weeks ago our Margaret Merrill roses were in full bloom and now there is hardly a one to be seen, plenty of new buds, so we have to be patient. The daisies also were looking amazing , but are now starting to brown off, the irises are finished, but the Gardenias are showing promise of a good season and the Little Gems are popping buds all over. Such a pity for such a beautiful looking flower to have an awful smell and not lasting for long. Our dahlias are coming a,ing a treat, the bees are loving the lavender, and the herb garden has charged ahead so much I think it may get a bit if a trim. The garlic is just about ready to be pulled out, the old parsley removed to make room for that that has seeded and will soon give us a new crop, plus some rocket and basil. The Kaffir lime I thought we had list has come back, and the Tahitian lime, plus the two lemon trees are looking great. You said you stored your lemons, how do you do that as our Lisbon lemon still has heaps on it even after giving about three dozen away to our neighbours.