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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I love how this little bee has a wash before flying off 🥰🐝🩷🌿 #magentamonday #bee #bees #dahlia

Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A handful of Habaneros 🧡🌶️🧡🌶️🧡🌶️🧡 It’s been the best chilli harvest I’ve had. Chillies like heatwaves 🥵 The habaneros are the last to ripen for some reason. #chilli #chillies #growyourown #homegrown #Capsicum

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Helianthus in yesterday’s gorgeous sunshine 🌞 #SundayYellow I’m sorry for delayed responses, I’m really struggling for time at the moment. I do appreciate your lovely comments. Catch up with you all in the winter 😂🥶

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Dahlia ‘honka pink’ is suffering quite badly from black fly, but busy bees are still enjoying the flowers 🌿🌸🩷🐝 Grass ‘Karl Foerster’ in the background gives a golden screen all winter long. 🌾🧡 #insectthursday #dahlia #dailydahlia #dahlialove

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve saved seeds from the aubergines ‘Rosa Bianca’ (delicious ). As they are a heritage variety they should come true 🤞🍆 It’s been a great year for pepper growing but tomatoes not as good as usual 🫑🍅 #homegrown #growyourown #aubergine #eggplant

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A few pink flowers for #pinkfriday Cosmos finally turning into a Bobby ‘Dazzler’ 🩷 A bee, fast asleep in dahlia purple haze 🐝🌸 Dark pink penstemon, I think called blackbird 💜🩷 #flowersonfriday #pinkflowers

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

First haul of Victoria plums 🤗🩷🥰 What would you do with them? My absolute favourite is plum crumble & as my new kitchen is finally finished (almost) & I have an oven again… that’s what’s being made tonight 😋 #plums #kitchengarden #homegrown #growyourown

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Bee chasing, on the purple geranium rozanne, that’s been flowering for months 🌿💜🐝💜🌿 Videoed in yesterday’s sunshine as it’s pouring down this morning 💦☔️💦 #wildlifewednesday #bees

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I bought a water forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides, when I first filled the pond 10 years ago. It only flowered for a couple of years then disappeared. But here it is again 💙💛🩵 I don’t know if birds have brought it or the seeds were still there 🤷‍♀️ #tuesdayblue #nicesurprise

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Two more ‘Rosa Bianca’ aubergines, & these two have grown outside! Not quite ready yet, but I’m looking forward to them after my first one last week 💜🤍🍆💜🤍 #tuesdayblue #eggplant #homegrown #kitchengarden

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

How about this mouth watering punnet for #magentamonday It was a mad dash to get them between the torrential showers. Autumn fruiting variety ‘Polka’, utterly delicious! 🩷😋🩷 #kitchengarden #growyourown #homegrown #raspberries

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Talk about, take your time! 🩷🌿 I sowed these Cosmos bipinnatus 'Dazzler' seeds in March! Finally, on the last day of August she’s decided to bloom. Jolly good job she looks so good 🌿🩷😍🌿🩷 #magentamonday #pinkflowers #bankholiday

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

What’s yellow in the garden this week? Alstroemeria, Ligularia ‘Desdemona’, Rudbeckia laciniata 'Herbstsonne', & yellow courgettes (zucchini) 🌿💛🌿💛🌿💛🌿 #SundayYellow #yellowflowers #yellow #mygarden

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The lull after the storm! Well, we did all say we wanted rain 💦💦💦 How long do we give ourselves before we start moaning about it 🤣 Penstemon ‘garnet’ still going well, sedums just changing colour 🩷🌸🩷🌸🩷🌸 #flowersonfriday #pinkfriday #pinkflowers #bloomscrolling

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I can confirm that my beautiful aubergine (eggplant) ‘Rosa Bianca’, tastes as good as it looks 💜🤍😋🍆 I read that it is creamer than the traditional one, & it is. Now firmly on my grow list! #homegrown #growyourown #gyo #kitchengarden #ratatouille

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Rhapsody in blue, producing a couple more blooms 💜🩷 #rosewednesday #roses

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Blue bottles get a bad rep, but they still pollinate our plants, they provide food for birds & spiders, plus they recycle dead stuff including us, (sorry if you’re eating) sometimes helping forensics solve crimes. And they are rather beautiful 💙💚🩵🪰 Double #TuesdayBlue as they dance on Cupid’s dart💙

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I’ve had Humming bird moths whizzing around the garden for weeks now. Currently enjoying the salvias. What a privilege! 🦋 Not the easiest to film though, how fast do those wings move! #moths #wildlife #insects #wildlifegarden

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Despite the dryness, Rudbeckia laciniata 'Herbstsonne' has done really well, all clumps are as tall as ever. 🌿💛🌿💛🌿💛🌿 I bought one plant which is now four, from Arley Hall - fabulous, & reasonable plant nursery attached 🪴 #SundayYellow #YellowPlants #TallPerennials #yellowflower @arleyhallandgardens

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Pretty aubergines 🌸🍆, colourful peppers 🫑🧡 & juicy looking pears nearly ready to be picked 🍐#kitchengarden #sixonsaturday #growyourownfood #HeirloomVeg

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Every now & again you grow something new that makes you so excited 🤗 Well this year, this is it! Aubergine ‘Rosa Bianca’ an Italian heirloom variety. Isn’t she gorgeous 🩷🤍🍆 #HeirloomVeg #homegrown #kitchengarden #aubergine #eggplant

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

As dahlia ‘honka pink’ continues to throw up more blooms, I can’t stop photographing her. Especially this morning, with a beautiful blue sky after yesterdays very welcome rain 🌿🩷💦 #flowersonfriday #pinkfriday #dahlialove

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Dashed out between showers to pick some raspberries, & ended up with a couple more beans! 🙃 Wonderful amount of rain today, frogs all over the path 💦🐸💦🐸💦🐸💦 #homegrown #kitchengarden #growyourown

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

After a few light showers here & there, we’ve finally got the first proper rain this morning, & what’s more it’s given it to rain all day 💦☔️🌸💃🏻 As I’m out & about working, I may do a little dance! #rain #mythirstygarden #drygarden #mygarden

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Even though, chilli - naga yellow blaze is an F1, it’s come true from seed for the last few years. It’s always worth saving seed & having a go. The hot summer has produced a bumper crop which I’m now drying 💛🌶️💛🌶️💛🌶️ #chillies #chillipepper #growyourown #homegrown

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It’s feeling like harvest festival. Yet more beans… Apple ‘Discovery’, autumn raspberries ‘polka’, Pear ‘Beth’, courgettes, tomatoes & chillies 🍎🍐🌶️🥒🍅 Yesterday was a big cooking day! #kitchengarden #homegrown #growyourown #veg #FruitTuesday #harvest

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Bit of a, late in the day #TuesdayBlue 💜💙 I’m going to meet myself coming back, one day! 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ Aster, cupids dart, 2 agapanthus, & the popular, geranium ‘Rozanne’ 🐝💜

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The beauty of raindrops 💦, especially when you haven’t seen many all year! The garden looks a bit fresher this morning, but it’s going to take some sustained rain to really help! #raindrops #rain #drygarden

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Dahlia ‘purple haze’, with actual raindrops 😲💦🩷🌿 We’ve had little rain, more is forecast later so here’s hoping 🤞 #magentamonday #dailydahlia #dahlias #pinkflowers

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Bored with the ‘jalapeño’, I was on the look out for a medium heat chilli when I spotted this gorgeous purple, heritage, chilli 'buena mulata’, I just had to try them! 💜 They are medium when purple, getting hotter as they change colour, perfect. 🌶️🌶️🌶️ PS. Granny’s old plate 🥰

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This dark blue agapanthus has flowered for the 1st time in years. I made the mistake of leaving it outside on its saucer one winter & it did not like it! 💙💛🩷🧡 Geranium ‘Patricia’ still flowering… Dahlias, echinacea (salvia photobombing), alstroemeria & cosmos #sevenonsunday #bloomscrolling

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Thank heavens for a cooler day! 🌿🩷🌼💜🌸💛🌿 I’ve just snapped these whilst doing a bit of much needed dead-heading. Quite a few bees around 🐝🐝🐝 #sixonsaturday #flowers #bees #bloomscrolling #dahlias

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

How hot do you like it? 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🔥🥵 As the heat drops outside, the heat inside is just heating up! This year is turning out to be the best chilli harvest I’ve had, with more to come! Making, the ‘gardeners mate’, come ‘fire breathing dragon’ I’m married to, very happy😃🐉 🔥 #sixonsaturday #chillies #chilli

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Just outside, on the now very boring watering regime. A little rain forecast for this afternoon 🙏 But at least it’s looking promising for some proper rain next week 💦💦💦 Anyway dahlia ‘Honda pink’ seems happy 🌿🌸🩷 #flowersonfriday #pinkfriday #dahlia #heatwave5

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Ratatouille with almost all ingredients grown in the garden 🍆🫑🍅🥒 🍆 I normally struggle to grow aubergines, but they obviously like the heat more than I do. 34 degrees today was way overboard!! 🥵🔥 #homegrown #homemade #ratatouille #heatwave

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

As with butterflies, I’ve also had many more moths in the garden this year. 🦋 These little mint moths fly around in the sunshine, & as the name suggests their caterpillar love mint, but also sage (salvias) & thyme, which I have plenty 🌿🤍🌿💜 #insectthursday #moths #savethemoths #mothsmatter

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The bumblebees in particular have been visiting these orange cosmos for a couple of months now 🌿🧡🐝🧡🐝 It’s hard to know what to use your precious water on, veg is a no brainer but flowers seen extravagant, but then not if you’re a bee 🐝 #wildlifewednesday #bees #savethebees

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I was gifted this David Austin rose, named, ‘Mary Rose’ donkeys years ago 🌿🩷🌸🩷🌿 She was dug up & moved house with us 13 years ago, & is now flowering her head off in a drought. Oh, & she smells divine too 🥰#RoseWednesday #roses @DAustinRoses

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

My £2 rescue dahlia, throwing out lots of flowers now that it’s being cared for, ie ‘watered!’ 🌿🩷🌿💕🌿🩷🌿💕🌿 It’s very concerning that another heatwave is coming this week. Our poor gardens! #magentamonday #dahlias #dailydahlia

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Bottom right, big floppy potato flowers 🌿🤍🌿 I do hope there’re some potatoes 🥔🥔🥔 #sixonsaturday

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Eat your heart out Jack! My bean stalks have grown like crazy & now comes the beans! 🌱💜🌱💜🌱💜🌱 Mainly ‘Blauhilde’ but a few Golden & Borlotti. #kitchengarden #growyourown #GrowYourOwnFood #grownfromseed #beans #Vegetables #homegrown

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Japanese Anemone’s are as tough as old boots, I once saw them coming up in a tarmac drive! Oh, & beautiful too 🌿🤍🌿 #flowersonfriday #summerblooms #whiteflowers

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I’ve allowed one of the carrots to go to seed 🌿🤍🌿🤍🌿 The flowers look beautiful, the insects love them & I get to collect seed. #InsectThursday #carrots #kitchengarden #growyourown

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I went out to pick some raspberries (in the background) after lunch & spotted that ‘Mary Rose’ had started to bloom again 🌿🩷🌸🩷🌿 #RoseWednesday #roses

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Rain! 💦💛💦💛💦💛💦 This morning the raindrops are the stars not the flowers, we’ve had the first ‘proper’ rain over night in months, with puddles & everything! I wouldn’t have believed that I’d be so pleased with rain in the summer! Hope you’ve all had some. #rain #summerblooms #mygarden #bloomscrolling

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We actually had a bit of rain last night, sadly not enough to do any good. The asters seem happy though, the temperatures are perfect at the mo. 🌿💜🌿💜🌿💜🌿💜🌿 #tuesdayblue #summerblooms

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Well, it’s not been the best year to grow anything in a hanging basket! But so far I’ve managed to keep ‘Tumbling Tom Yellow’ alive & producing the sweetest little cherry sized fruits 💛 #SundayYellow #tomato #tomatoes

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Polly @potteringpolly.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

🎵“Look at the stars Look how they shine for you And everything you do Yeah, they were all yellow 💛💛💛 Rudbeckia 'Herbstsonne' Coreopsis 'Early Sunrise' Courgette ‘yellow golden’ Courgette ‘black beauty’ Chilli ‘yellow blaze’ Rudbeckia ‘goldsturm’ #yellowsunday #sevenonsunday

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