tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post7337573908241149993..comments2024-03-22T17:57:32.694+00:00Comments on mountainear: Tumbleweed and cobwebs....mountainearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-33251741753613128152011-08-22T21:20:27.426+00:002011-08-22T21:20:27.426+00:00So glad to read this. I have been wondering where ...So glad to read this. I have been wondering where you were and thinking about you and your garden. I agree utterly about churches. I love them as buildings and am often moved when i am in them Sometimes I worry that people assume that this is indicative of being a member of some form of organised religion which it is not. would hate to be without them though.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-1379524007161568412011-08-22T07:56:42.998+00:002011-08-22T07:56:42.998+00:00This summer was not very alike. We never could be ...This summer was not very alike. We never could be 24 h without rain and the grass has grown quicker than EG could follow with mowing. He comes to the resolution that one can only have a potager when he is retired, otherwise it overtakes you too quickly. Being the same than you, cannot throw anything away, we have TWELVE courgette plants. Some wander on the compost but I harvest daily, even when the flower is still on them. Some are round (very convenient for filling with chicken or other veggies) but we are only two people and the freezer is full already. Same with sweedes, beetroots, Jerusalem artichokes (4 m high by now) lettuces growing alongside the box knot, kale, red and yellow stemed other things, you name it! But the sweet peas (also T&M) never grew how they should have and I couldn't cut any. The quinces are non existing this year whilst the tree was full of blossoms, the late frost killed it all. What was a joy to look at were the water lilies: since May not one day without flowers :-). As you know, I love details of old churches and enjoyed the whole of your blog, as usual.<br />P.S. Yesterday, the king fisher visited us but unfortunately no camera handy.bayouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08803865167364775151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-30005732036955495632011-08-21T15:20:30.446+00:002011-08-21T15:20:30.446+00:00Phew! you are back, I have so missed your eloquent...Phew! you are back, I have so missed your eloquent words these last few weeks.<br />Sweet peas are just a joy, mottled or not, so pretty amongst your blue and white china. <br />You are right there is definitely a hint of autumn about. The swifts have disappeared too.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16242146617944281221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-50512840923526924172011-08-21T14:51:12.766+00:002011-08-21T14:51:12.766+00:00It's lovely to see you back. Gorgeous sweet p...It's lovely to see you back. Gorgeous sweet peas - we didn't have any at all this year. I'm glad that all is well in your part of the Kingdom.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-68964857479812976622011-08-21T13:53:59.962+00:002011-08-21T13:53:59.962+00:00Welcome back. Your garden is magnificent. Mine a ...Welcome back. Your garden is magnificent. Mine a jumble and a poor ineffective, unproductive jumble at that. Where you grow courgettes and sweet peas I grow caterpillars, slugs, snails. Petunias, nasturtiums, foxgloves, lavender, pears and greengages, we have a plenty. The nursery slopes of gardening. Supposedly you are never far from God in a garden - (or cod in an ocean) I add facetiously. Both are invisible but I suppose you are glad they are there.Fenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-31939605311026042192011-08-21T13:44:57.027+00:002011-08-21T13:44:57.027+00:00Mountaineer, this post was well worth waiting for....Mountaineer, this post was well worth waiting for. <br /><br />I am another sweetpea fan, and was interested to see the "melanged" colorways of your current crop. <br /><br />You've reminded me of my long ago Brooklyn garden, and the experience of the zucchini/courgette harvest. Quite a challenge to distribute the bounty!<br /><br />And I am so with you on what I take to be your feelings re organized religion, mixed with love of beautiful old churches and the spiritual uplift to be found there and in the great outdoors. xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22769896.post-7992508697339939642011-08-21T11:45:25.646+00:002011-08-21T11:45:25.646+00:00You echo my own sentiments re churches, cathedrals...You echo my own sentiments re churches, cathedrals, et al. Here we have such beautiful medieval churches almost around every corner, but they are neglected. Even the day to day decor has been reduced to plastic flowers in bean tins. However, they are still wonderful places to sit and ponder!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com