{"id":1828,"date":"2023-11-18T01:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2023-11-17T20:59:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T20:59:31","slug":"six-on-saturday-18-11-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/11\/18\/six-on-saturday-18-11-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Six on Saturday 18-11-23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There was no six for me last week, as on family care duty.  but I&#8217;m home this week, wandering through a totally sodden garden, but with a lot going on still, as there&#8217;s been little frost. iInoticed this week that rats had tunnelled into the greenhouse to eat recently planted tulips..I have no idea how many they&#8217;ve dug up&#8230;AHHH, rural life!  Anyway, all I&#8217;ve managed this week is a selection of bits and pieces of what&#8217;s going on in the garden. Here are my #SixOnSaturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lovely beech hedge lights up the short autumn days now.  There are many many beech around here, so a local walk, even in fog and mist, is rewarding, and will be for a few more weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2354\" height=\"1621\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/beech.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1829\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the flowering front, a tiny little hardy geranium is still trying to do its thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1883\" height=\"1340\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/geranium.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1830\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in the garden boundary, ivy is providing some sustenance for any insects still remaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1954\" height=\"1509\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ivy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1831\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One or two shrubs are forming a flower here and there. Pruning a hebe, and having no frosts yet, seems to result in blooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2240\" height=\"1082\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/hebe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1832\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Seed heads can provide structure and beauty, like a swathe of clematis seed heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2119\" height=\"1577\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/clematis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1833\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last, but not least, a few roses are cheering up the dark dreich days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2445\" height=\"1675\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rose.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1834\"\/><\/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>There was no six for me last week, as on family care duty. but I&#8217;m home this week, wandering through a totally sodden garden, but with a lot going on still, as there&#8217;s been little frost. iInoticed this week that rats had tunnelled into the greenhouse to eat recently planted tulips..I have no idea how &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/11\/18\/six-on-saturday-18-11-23\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Six on Saturday 18-11-23<\/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-1828","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\/1828","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=1828"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1836,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828\/revisions\/1836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}