This thread is very interesting, it's great to see how gardens, plants, equipment, and conditions in a place so far away are so similar in many respects yet so different in others.
That tree is mysterious. Maybe some unusual olive species?
Cheers all, Dovefromabove says is is Sycamore and I believe this is correct , they are interspersed with the omnipresent Silver Birch or Beriozka which is the national tree of Russia. It is also used widely to heat our banyas (saunas) and our open fires.....oh and very importantly the bar-b-que .
We over planted about 12 years ago and we seriously need to thin out .As to the weather , it is really pretty depressing here at the moment .......was 12 overnight and we usually have ~30 during the day in July ......but there are some sights which warm the heart like the wild lupins photo below near our dacha which I added to another post .
The photo below is a small 'beach' on the lake side behind our dacha . Normally at this time of year it is crowded with the local children who spend all summer with grandparents in their little summer houses, all boarded up in winter. They work with their grandparents growing vegetables which will be pickled for the winter table
I was so pleased to see Speria (now that I know the name, thank you guys) used in the wonderful art of flower arranging on the amazing Japanese series on BBC .
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I have spirea "gold mound" there are four, one in each parterre and they are having a good year this year
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This thread is very interesting, it's great to see how gardens, plants, equipment, and conditions in a place so far away are so similar in many respects yet so different in others.
That tree is mysterious. Maybe some unusual olive species?
Cheers all, Dovefromabove says is is Sycamore and I believe this is correct , they are interspersed with the omnipresent Silver Birch or Beriozka which is the national tree of Russia. It is also used widely to heat our banyas (saunas) and our open fires.....oh and very importantly the bar-b-que .
We over planted about 12 years ago and we seriously need to thin out .As to the weather , it is really pretty depressing here at the moment .......was 12 overnight and we usually have ~30 during the day in July ......but there are some sights which warm the heart like the wild lupins photo below near our dacha which I added to another post .
The photo below is a small 'beach' on the lake side behind our dacha . Normally at this time of year it is crowded with the local children who spend all summer with grandparents in their little summer houses, all boarded up in winter. They work with their grandparents growing vegetables which will be pickled for the winter table
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Gorgeous lupins. Is that you in the photo?
I was so pleased to see Speria (now that I know the name, thank you guys) used in the wonderful art of flower arranging on the amazing Japanese series on BBC .