Tagged “lockdown gardening”

In the last post, I hinted at vertical posts in the last photo, so - spoiler alert - that's what this post is going to talk about. But, first, let's talk about the importance of vertical height. If you take away anything from this post, I hope it'll be a slightly better understanding of the use of vertical height in general, not just in the garden.

I mean, let's start with the layout of this blog. I'm a software developer, and I've worked with a lot of designers over the years, and one thing that they all go on about is the importance of rhythm in any design. I learned that the details of how the font heights interact as you go up and down heading sizes is critical to having a clean look on a website. Making sure that the typography is pleasing comes down to having a rhythm and flow to the sizing and that includes everything from the height and width of the letters to the gaps in between letters, words, and paragraphs.

Okay, so it took me a while longer than intended to get around to the next post. Apologies for being such a tease, but I'm finally hear to tell you about the joys of scaffold boards and the many things that you can do with them. Why scaffold boards, though? Well, you'll have to go back to an earlier post for the full story, but the short version is that I had some leftover scaffold boards I'd been using inside the house, and couldn't get hold of anything else.

I managed to source some more scaffold boards to complete my cunning plans, but before I get into that side of things I need to talk about a rose. More particularly, the significance of the rose and why it has to take pride of place and to be such an important part of the social area.

After the brief interruption, let's get back to the story of how the garden evolved. Last time out, I was talking about how the wildlife was starting to show up and how we'd wrapped up the year. Over that winter, not much had gone on - a quiet family xmas, nobody travelling because of lockdown, and another quiet new year. I'd drunk a lot of rum, but that was just for fun. In the new year, I started a new job as well - my previous employer was still struggling with the travel restrictions, and the pay cut was too much to keep living with, so I sadly had to bid them adieu and move onto newer things. This time, the office was a short hop on the train away, but I still got to work remotely so I had the best of both worlds on that score. I planted out some early bulbs, so it was a case of waiting to see what showed up.

One of the first things to emerge was a small grouping of iris reticulata which we'd selected because of the name - Pauline. My wife's nan was called Pauline, and they're such a gorgeous purple colour that we really couldn't resist. They're just vibrant and full of colour, and they're also gone far too soon like the good lady herself. They're not the only memorial flower in the garden, but more on that side of things will follow in the future so I won't go into more detail just yet.