{"id":1798,"date":"2023-10-21T01:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T01:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2023-10-20T19:27:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T19:27:53","slug":"six-on-saturday-21-10-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/10\/21\/six-on-saturday-21-10-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Six on Saturday 21-10-23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My #SixOnSaturday this week is a climate change special. As we sit here in our 2nd major storm of the autumn (Babet this week), with the 2nd dump of &#8216;half a month&#8217;s rain&#8217; in 2 weeks, travel and medical appointments cancelled, the wind blowing down a tree in garden&#8230;..I guess there is some solace in the fact that there&#8217;s some very odd flowering to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The oddest flower currently in bloom must be this poppy, who usually flowers in May, and again in August if I&#8217;m lucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2395\" height=\"1980\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/poppy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1799\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A late bloomer for me this year has been monarda. I&#8217;m not sure I really love this rather pale lilac version, but at least the form of the blooms is interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2118\" height=\"1816\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/monarda.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1800\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Marigold are doing well, where the stems are small, like this one. Sadly, others have been smashed by the storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1780\" height=\"1423\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/marigold.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1801\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Two days ago I picked yet another &#8216;one last vase&#8217; of sweetpeas.  In October! This might well now REALLY be the last flower, as Babet has prised the plants away from their supports this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1517\" height=\"1220\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sweetpea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1802\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One or two snap dragon are snapping still. I caught this one as the first inch of rain fell yesterday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2134\" height=\"2256\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/snapdragon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1803\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet again, I have the privilege to show off yet another couple of dahlia. Having been a bit wind battered, these two are now safely in the dining room in a cosy vase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1914\" height=\"2190\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/dahlia-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1804\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s my #SixOnSaturday for this week. Join the sixes on Mastodon or other instances in the Fediverse via #SixOnSaturday, we need a few more folk to toot on the topic: come join us. All you need to do is find 6 things in your garden to show us. Then post on social, or add a link at Jim&#8217;s blog below. For regulars, our organiser is Jim at https:\/\/gardenruminations.co.uk\/. Also on twitter @JamesLStephens. And I&#8217;m on mastodon @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My #SixOnSaturday this week is a climate change special. As we sit here in our 2nd major storm of the autumn (Babet this week), with the 2nd dump of &#8216;half a month&#8217;s rain&#8217; in 2 weeks, travel and medical appointments cancelled, the wind blowing down a tree in garden&#8230;..I guess there is some solace in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/10\/21\/six-on-saturday-21-10-23\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Six on Saturday 21-10-23<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1798"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1806,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions\/1806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}