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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One of quite a few autumn crocuses, Colchicum aurumnalis, I saw growing in the Jura🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A delightful little Gentian I saw in the Jura. Gentianella germanica 🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The weather’s been amazing here in Switzerland.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The breathtaking view of the Alps from the Jura is more enthralling to some than others.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Stanwell Perpetual does flower perpetually!🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

'Teasing Georgia' is another star. I know it has problem and nurseryman David Austin has discontinued it, I'll happy enjoy it bloom.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Kathleen Harrap welcomes welcomes us at the back door.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This delightful roses flowers over a long period - bought as a low climber but it does prefer a more bushing habit.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

These bumblebees look pretty sleepy at the end of the day - just hope they've the energy to get home!🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Guinée treats us to a gorgeous second flush.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Bagging up this compost to use in my compost mixes next spring. I’m using a mini New Zealand box made with recycled plastic boards which my firm used in a home composting demo reader up in conjunction with Scottish Borders Council.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Nothing is more calming than green blending with gently flowing water.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'm giving a shout out for the roses that are still brightening up my garden. 'Golden Gate' is one!🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A stroll round the garden -whenever, whatever the season - 🌱is always so relaxing and calming. You forget yourself!

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Processing tomato crop from the polythene. After rendering down tomatoes in oil, salt and pepper, I mouli the liquid and bottle for the freezer. There's always enough for soups, stews etc to last till the next harvest.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Apple pressing again. I’ve noticed the apples are less juicy than usual, probably because of the long dry spell. Other crops like runner beans are much ‘drier’. Has anyone else noticed this? It’s been a funny year for crops.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

As a proud Scot, I was delighted to come across a pebble on a beach with my country's flag, the Saltire, etched on it.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This tasty little pepper, 'Snack Bite' has been joined by its cucumber neighbour.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We came back home to a jungle of runners, but since we refuse to contaminate the palate with huge stringy pods, it's much better to let them fully grow and pod them for the freezer. Delicious. OK you get fewer pods but we've too many anyway.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A batch of Aurora tomatoes from the tunnel for processing.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Back home, the plants are loving a good drink- can’t blame them for that!🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A day that defied the rain gods and forecasters gloomy predictoons🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The sun finally broke through yesterday during a brambling foray in the woods.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The weather has changed with avengeance - lovely yesterday, pelting rain today🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It’s amazing to think a whole section of cliff was eroded leaving this solitary rock!🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We’ve arrived at the coast🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Off for a week's holiday in beautiful Devon.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Here's to another beautiful day🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

As the temperature drops the pool becomes less inviting!

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The endless magnificence of ancient trees🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I've been going on about these wretched cabbage white butterflies. So many are flitting frantically against the nets over brassica crops. The whites are now reduced to my wild cabbage plants and even cultivated rocket ,not to mention cultivated Rocket and even Diplotaxis muralis [wall rocket].🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Knapweed really does come into its own just now, not just for me but all the needy pollinators.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This young robin is my helpful little gardening friend. It stomped around outside the netted cabbages which I used to protect the cabbages against cabbage white butterflies.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

With so many of my roses going over so quickly this year I 🌱value that Golden Star, Teasing Georgia, even more than usual as it keeps on blooming till the first frosts.

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

New woodshed ready for the winter, with space for processing and storing the wood and space to shred smaller bits. One area for green and unprocessed timber, the other for ready to use.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Lychnis coronaria makes a delightful, long-lasting contribution to a container. I love its delightful little flowers.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Enjoying the last pickings from the peach tree with a year to wait for the next batch! I find I get more pleasure from a crop when eating seasonally - looking forward to the first taste, appreciating the last one and looking forward to a new delight!🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This young robin worked beside me in the garden for a few days, following me to different places. I then saw him down a neighbouring fields and guess he must have been booted out of the garden by a resident adult. Shame!🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Blueberries make another refreshing addition to muesli just now!🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This ancient ash isn't affected by Ash Dieback Disease. From my observations on my own ground, really old ones don't seem to be, while young trees and saplings usually are.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I mistook this Onopordum acanthium for Cardoon, the mini version of Globe artichokes. It has delicious but tiny fruits, not the generous heads of artichokes. Cardoons are good ornamentals, not edibles.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A bridge with a difference!🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A bed of bolting leeks I saw at Floors Castle. I had a similar problem last year. It’s another problem caused by climate change : a long hot dry spell followed by rain. My leek crop was ruined last year.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Interplantimg crops is always good when possible. I do broad beans and chard with asparagus and was interested to see squash at Floors Castle in Kelso, Scotland.🌱

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A real treat - physalis peruviana) (also known as cape gooseberry) are coming ready. A delicious, refreshing treat!

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Dave Allan @boddave.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Ancient trees remain important for countless life forms even when decay has rotted its heart.wood.🌱

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