{"id":1888,"date":"2023-12-30T01:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T01:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/?p=1888"},"modified":"2023-12-29T19:54:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T19:54:03","slug":"six-on-saturday-30-12-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2023\/12\/30\/six-on-saturday-30-12-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Six on Saturday 30-12-23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s nearly the end of the year.  Before looking forward to the new season, I want to review a few highlights of the year, so here are  6&#215;6 from every other month!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in February, the season began to kick off nicely. Some wonderful flowers, including a tree (spot the tiny red flower next to the hazel catkin) and a &#8216;wildflower&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1220\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/six_slide-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1892\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Daffodil and their cousins are a flower I always look forward too, though the season is short.  Here they were in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"774\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/six_slide-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1894\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hot colours emerged in the early June flower borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1220\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/six_slide-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1896\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From August, I always love a veg show, and won prizes for a few of my entries this year. Here are my favourite 6 from show week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1220\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/six_slide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1889\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Delightful dahlia are now firmly my late summer love, they did not disappoint in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1220\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/six_slide-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1897\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For my last set of highlights, there will still loads of flowers blooming, well into a warmish October.  It felt wonderful at the time (though feels a lifetime ago at the very dark end of the year).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1220\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/six_slide-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1898\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it for this week, and for 2023. I hope the new year, when it comes, heralds a refreshing waft of garden scent and a vivid swathe of colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 the former birdsite, for those who must: @JamesLStephens. And I&#8217;m on mastodon @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s nearly the end of the year. Before looking forward to the new season, I want to review a few highlights of the year, so here are 6&#215;6 from every other month! Back in February, the season began to kick off nicely. 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