tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417381781440063818.post1482560916229114389..comments2024-02-22T10:37:49.541+00:00Comments on John Grimshaw's Garden Diary: First snowdrop, first daffodilJohn Grimshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363269527913926672noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417381781440063818.post-44797203406614059652011-06-14T16:29:29.034+01:002011-06-14T16:29:29.034+01:00John, I love your blog. I have recently been doing...John, I love your blog. I have recently been doing <a href="http://landscapingbygaffney.com" rel="nofollow">landscape design</a> on my own backyard, and I realized that havving a garden--with flowers can really add something to my backyard. I can have splashes of color and really make my place stand out. I love the Narcissus miniatus--it is so pretty. Thanks!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178338745881201786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417381781440063818.post-18088421554335585282010-09-25T01:04:29.435+01:002010-09-25T01:04:29.435+01:00As a former Alaskan, I, fortunately, can look at t...As a former Alaskan, I, fortunately, can look at the first blooms of r-o with great pleasure and a feeling that spring is upon us. Rather a perverse sort of way of seeing it, to many people I suppose, but with so many winter flowering bulbs and perennials and shrubs and trees, I never want for floral beauty in the quite interlude we call winter in the Pacific Northwest. It's still like a dream to me, even after 13 years here.<br />And whatever its name, your little N. minatus looks a charmer of a weed.<br />What a good son, you, to leave all these things for your parents to enjoy.<br />JimJim Foxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417381781440063818.post-28149786137649453992010-09-24T11:45:20.951+01:002010-09-24T11:45:20.951+01:00..and I'd just gone round the garden in yester.....and I'd just gone round the garden in yesterday's glorious sunshine, noting Mermaid and Gloire de Dijon and Paul Lede having another fling of bloom, extending the summer - and you remind me of winter's coming...but... as soon as this rain stops I'm going out to rake feverishly about for my g.r.o......<br /><br />Welcone home, anyway, we'll miss your colourful pictures....June Hallnoreply@blogger.com