{"id":1817,"date":"2023-11-04T01:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T01:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2023-11-03T20:18:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T20:18:50","slug":"six-on-saturday-4-11-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/11\/04\/six-on-saturday-4-11-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Six on Saturday 4-11-23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Now we&#8217;re in November, I have to remember to go searching for garden joy. It has been tough this week as we&#8217;ve had yet more rain as a consequence of this year&#8217;s third named storm.  But there was a little respite, with a couple of hours of sunshine, on Friday, so here we go for #SixOnSaturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First up is some proper seasonal foliage. the old cherry tree has somehow hung onto a few leaves despite weeks of gale force easterlies. The colour is great against a little blue sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2135\" height=\"2855\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cherrytree.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1818\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the main border, I&#8217;ve had not time to clear yet, but did notice a bit of colour coming from michaelmas daisies going well beyond their usual season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1695\" height=\"1469\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/daisy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1819\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the warm and sunny corner next to the greenhouse there are a couple of holders on too.  First, a few sweetpeas&#8230;.in November!??<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1852\" height=\"1367\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sweetpea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1820\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;.and second, a more seasonal nod comes from the last of the nasturtiums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2138\" height=\"1700\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/nasturtium.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1821\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere, there are a few early birds on the winter-flowering front.  This one is lovely, the first of the wall flowers has opened. The mixture of delicate shades i na single flowerhead is very appealing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2104\" height=\"2125\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/wallflower.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1823\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And last, some really strong seasonal colour has held on via the cotinus shrub this week. WOW, those reds really pop as the light ebbs away into November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2461\" height=\"1744\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cotinus.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1824\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There goes my surprisingly colourful #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>Now we&#8217;re in November, I have to remember to go searching for garden joy. It has been tough this week as we&#8217;ve had yet more rain as a consequence of this year&#8217;s third named storm. But there was a little respite, with a couple of hours of sunshine, on Friday, so here we go for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/11\/04\/six-on-saturday-4-11-23\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Six on Saturday 4-11-23<\/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-1817","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\/1817","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=1817"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1826,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817\/revisions\/1826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}