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Phil McB

@philmcb

Loving life in my 6th decade

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Phil McB@philmcb· 11h

🌱 Rectory garden 19:02 12/8/26

Garden under 92% solar eclipse!

Phil McB@philmcb· 3d

🌱 Rectory garden 08:49 9/8/26

Sunny and slightly breezy start.

Phil McB@philmcb· 5d

🌱 Rectory garden 10:41 7/8/26

Sunny over the garden with greens of recovering hostas and honeysuckle playing against the gold (brown?!) of the grass

Phil McB@philmcb· 6d

🌱 Rectory garden 08:09 6/8/26

Much cooler today giving the plants chance to take up the rain and establish themselves again

Phil McB@philmcb· 7d

🌱 Rectory garden 08:03 5/8/26

Rain came again in the night but no discernable difference in colour yet

Phil McB@philmcb· 8d

🌱 Rectory garden 08:16 4/8/26

We had some rain!!! Not a lot but enough to hopefully save some of the plants and grass

Phil McB@philmcb· 9d

🌱 Rectory garden 08:32 3/8/26

Summer border but struggling with lack of rain
This week it is promising cooler weather with potential of rain so here's hoping for a bit more green and less brown

Phil McB@philmcb· 10d

🌱 Rectory garden 08:06 2/8/26

Bright skies. Slightly cooler but still no rain forecast.

Phil McB@philmcb· 13d

🌱 Rectory garden 08:26 30/7/26

Cloudy start but still no rain
Dahlias in flower in triangle border

Phil McB@philmcb· 15d

🌱 Rectory garden 06:20 29/7/26

Could be autumn with the red leaves. Hot air balloon over St Nicholas church.

Phil McB@philmcb· 16d

🌱 Rectory garden 08:28 27/7/26

Bright and breezy today. Still no rain

Phil McB@philmcb· 17d

🌱 Rectory garden 08:37 26/7/26

Breezy morning. Still no rain but cooler.

Phil McB@philmcb· 19d

🌱 Rectory garden 08:31 24/7/26

A dry garden this morning getting a water via the hosepipe. Rain forecast but not for a few days. We need it

Phil McB@philmcb· 20d

🌱 Rectory garden 08:31 23/7/26

Another bright start. Hostas nearly done, then they will be lifted and moved to a place of a little more shade with grasses taking their place

Phil McB@philmcb· 23d

🌱 Rectory garden 08:17 20/7/26

Cooler morning but still no rain. Lots of red showing in the near border and the golden oats still continue to impress at all times of the day

Phil McB@philmcb· 24d

🌱 Rectory garden 09:17 19/7/26

Summer beds. Still struggling but plenty of colour and the grasses are, as expected, doing well

Phil McB@philmcb· 25d

🌱 Rectory garden 09:56 18/7/26

A very parched garden. Many plants are now struggling - one hazel tree has lost a branch and sunflower heads had to be removed as the plant couldn't hold their weight

Phil McB@philmcb· 29d

🌱 Rectory garden 08:22 14/7/26

Cooler day and quite the breeze out there. Hope to be able to water this evening as well as a quick spray this morning.

Phil McB@philmcb· Jul 13

🌱 Rectory garden 08:26 13/7/26

Another bright morning. Sunflowers in bloom in multiple borders

Phil McB@philmcb· Jul 11

🌱 Rectory garden 09:15 11/7/26

Parched grass but plenty of summer colour and pollinators coming to visit

Phil McB@philmcb· Jul 4

🌱 Rectory garden 08:45 4/7/26

Summer garden. Spring foxgloves removed to allow room for dahlias

Phil McB@philmcb· Jun 29

🌱 Rectory garden 08:14 29/6/26

Garden in its full summer glory. Plenty of colour, height and growth. Amazing to think this is only the 3rd year of borders

Phil McB@philmcb· Jun 27

🌱 Rectory garden 20:53 27/6/26

What else could be above the Rectory Garden than a rainbow?!

Phil McB@philmcb· Jun 26

🌱 Rectory garden 08:11 26/6/26

Torrential rain coupled with thunder and lightning as the heatwave breaks.

Phil McB@philmcb· Jun 23

🌱 Rectory garden 06:40 23/6/26

Start of the hot spell. Already very warm at 640am

Phil McB@philmcb· Jun 21

🌱 Rectory garden 09:35 21/6/26

Glorious start to the day. We are not due to get the heatwave that's building in the south of England but it still feels pretty warm up here!

Phil McB@philmcb· Jun 20

🌱 Rectory garden 09:40 20/6/26

Beautiful start to the day. Garden got a water at 0730 so hopefully plenty of growing today

Phil McB@philmcb· Jun 18

🌱 A quintessential view of an English garden. Rambling Rector rose on the left merging into the foxgloves, purple poppies and then the height of the echillia and golden oats. With the church hidden away behind the taller trees. Bliss.

A cottage garden in June. Pink, white and purple dominate the colour palette

Phil McB@philmcb· Jun 18

🌱 Rectory garden 09:20 18/6/26

Echillia flowers coming out orange which is the colour we wanted, after a couple of years of pinks and whites!

Phil McB@philmcb· Jun 16

🌱 Rectory garden 10:25 16/6/26

Cloudy day. Sedum and rudbeckia both gaining height on the right of the front border