tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post6978425402778169785..comments2023-10-28T14:29:40.802+01:00Comments on Letters to garden makers: Letter to Monty 36Paul Steerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934578411450049838noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post-87099041890298324652012-06-03T11:52:48.895+01:002012-06-03T11:52:48.895+01:00You will love it, it is anchored, sculpted. It isn...You will love it, it is anchored, sculpted. It isn't perfection, which is another of the strengths of Anne Charles and The Veddw. Anne wanted me to include the Alium border in my pics because of the withered leaves with no underplanting, but it is a border in transition, and we all have transition in the garden..it is if anything constantly in transition. Thank you for your comment, believe it or not it reaffirms my feelings for gardening.Paul Steerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934578411450049838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post-8044790634888779602012-06-03T10:42:46.855+01:002012-06-03T10:42:46.855+01:00Ah visiting Veddw is one of my ambitions. The bal...Ah visiting Veddw is one of my ambitions. The balance between cultivation and wildness is something I am preoccupied with here, on a lesser scale, and I would love to see what Anne and Charles have done. I am also obsessed with the garden as part of the landscape and know that Veddw is a garden which is renowned for honouring its place. I will get there! Thank you. It was fascinating to read your words and see your images.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post-6110483895064094182012-06-01T10:53:09.687+01:002012-06-01T10:53:09.687+01:00It is a compulsive thing to make pictures look ...It is a compulsive thing to make pictures look 'good' I suppose...we seek out the beautiful ? Why stoppered, do you want me to remove your pic ? You look good in your wood. I could point out the box blight in the front garden shot if you like. I love that you allow imperfection. And I see your point. Much thanks for the comment. When GH makes his Lily Squishing Badges put me on the waiting list...except I have no Lily beetles just vine weevils. :-0Paul Steerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934578411450049838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post-30034355233319367852012-06-01T10:08:14.390+01:002012-06-01T10:08:14.390+01:00Well, Paul, it was very good of you both to visit ...Well, Paul, it was very good of you both to visit us and to bring such generous and beautiful gifts. And then to write about us with such enthusiasm. I am a bit stoppered by the sight of myself in your picture and missing the one of Charles with his much-less-than-perfect allium foliage, which we were so looking forward to as one of the signs of imperfection. It seems I have to stand in for that.<br /><br />Lily Beetle Squishing will be the Next Big Thing. (Gnomic utterance no.2)Anne Warehamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13102518926229038553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post-42294176773436384892012-06-01T09:19:12.381+01:002012-06-01T09:19:12.381+01:00Thank you ! Toff is a rescued whippet, who used to...Thank you ! Toff is a rescued whippet, who used to be a quivering ball of anxiety...a bit like me, but I think he has found his place...I am getting there ! Thank you again for your comment.Paul Steerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934578411450049838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post-8215319814023703832012-06-01T08:56:41.778+01:002012-06-01T08:56:41.778+01:00Paul, what a lovely post. Myself, I always like th...Paul, what a lovely post. Myself, I always like the combination of the wild and the formal most. <br />That is some very languidly poised dog you've got there!Gardener in the Distancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478393904059307841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post-33049967898740210672012-05-31T12:30:52.070+01:002012-05-31T12:30:52.070+01:00I will ask him to give you one ...don't hold y...I will ask him to give you one ...don't hold your breath ! I crush vine weevils...the chickens like them lightly crushed with a side salad of garden clippings with chopped slug for a bit of beefy protein.Paul Steerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934578411450049838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051537693446858666.post-69194998865353639612012-05-31T11:48:15.256+01:002012-05-31T11:48:15.256+01:00Paul, what a delightful piece. Thank you for your ...Paul, what a delightful piece. Thank you for your thoughtful observations about the garden- and about us. I would like a badge of Monty Honour saying " I am a Lilly beetle crusher". But Buddists would not approve. I understand that.Charles Haweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307918475735593476noreply@blogger.com