I laid down several barrowfulls of mulch upon the ground covering the remaining grass that's evident around Not 'cos we don't like it but on an allotment it's a pain as every time we go there it's strimming time again
May 14, 2023
Earth and loam
September 17, 2022
New lavender III
Its flowers were no more and it was definitely past its prime but it was going really cheap so I paid and made it mine then took it to the lotty where I gave it pride of place a new lavender for the herbal plot its presence there to grace And bedraggled though it may be I will nurture it with care as it promises next summer lots more lavender to share
August 24, 2022
Heaven sent (reprise)
Concluding ‘The Lavender series’ from Jemverse (10 of 10)
Lavender is heaven sent bringing peace and contentment typified with fragrant scent expressed here in this sentiment
August 23, 2022
Summer knows (reprise)
August 22, 2022
Heavenscent (reprise)
8 of 10 in ‘The Lavender series’ from Jemverse
It possesses a certain something that soothes and reminds me of summer with its calming moods Just a squeeze of the sachet when winter is here or a rub between fingers when summer is near brings out that pure fragrance that, with purest intent and a small play on words is to me ‘heavenscent’
August 21, 2022
A place in the sun (reprise)
August 20, 2022
When it’s hot, I am (reprise)
6 of 10 in ‘The lavender series’ from Jemverse
I am part of the sunshine It’s warmth lifts my soul It revitalises and with it I’m whole I am part of the summer Long days in the sun with lavender lingering when they are done
August 19, 2022
Lovely III (reprise)
August 18, 2022
Soliloquy (reprise)
4 of 10 in ‘The lavender series’ from Jemverse
Long days of sunshine clear blues skies sweet lavender and butterflies This time of year my apogee revered in this soliloquy
August 17, 2022
A life worth living (reprise)
August 15, 2022
What the sun does (reprise)
1 of 10 in ‘The Lavender series’ from Jemverse

Yellow, warming, lifts my soul Catches me and comforts. Gives me strength Encourages smiles when smiles are scarce. Breathes contentment. It is a friend, closer in the summertime; More distant in winter chill. But always there. Always listening. Always rooting for my best interests. It is lavender and jasmine and honeysuckle Combined and lingering in the evening air.
July 23, 2022
That lavender time again VII

I've long had a passion for lavender and that time of years' here with clippers in hand my Trug* will be filled with fragrance divine which I've grown through the year and now is all mine Sometimes there are casualties, plants come and go some prosper well, but others (you know) may give a few flowers then give up the ghost but that's not too often and thankfully most at this time of year when summer is high bring my lavender heaven replete for a sigh
July 11, 2022
At the eve III (part 1)
1 of 12 in the Jemverse summer 22 series ‘Melting Days’
At the eve of this day I will lie back in lavender and there will be evening sunshine and a deep breath of contentment and there I will find a smile
June 26, 2022
Lavender by the wall II
Yes, I treasure this small lavender that's growing by the wall as unlike all my others I'm surprised it's here at all And yet it keeps on growing and flowering each year to bring to me the pleasure that I get because it's here and diminutive it may be but that holds no sway with me for a lavender is a lavender so I will let it be
June 2, 2022
Passion’s Fire
My lavender's showing promise it never fails to please and yet I feel a growing urge this passion to appease the need to find more hardy stock and plant them in this place to yield more of that loveliness that comes with summer's grace So I am on a nursery quest more lavender to acquire as its majestic fragrance fulfils this passion's fire
May 23, 2022
Lavender Rescue
I'm salvaging some lavender it wasn't happy where it was so I've found a place, a sunny spot whence it can thrive because I'll tend it more and water it and trim the bits that die so hopefully some flowers will come to harvest come July
August 7, 2021
Labour divine
Lavender production here in full swing its fragrance filling the air as jars of pure loveliness wait to be filled on the table in front of me there Every seed saved, the purple and mauve cathartic this labour divine Some given away, some kept just for me as all of this lavender's mine
July 23, 2021
That lavender time again VI

Every year my lavender features on this day The twenty-third of each July no matter, come what may For this as each year passes is that lavender time again celebrating harvest time from sunshine and the rain And culminating in this fragrance so divine which comes from all the lavender I pick around this time
July 2, 2021
Lavender by the wall
I didn't plant this lavender that's growing by the wall in fact I'm really quite surprised that it is growing here at all It must have grown from seed of course from the crop I grow each year and a stray stem I must have missed though I'm careful, let's be clear To harvest every one of those as precious they all are so I'm careful not to miss a one I'm most particular
June 13, 2021
Sufficient to please
I am pleased with all my lavender and though weeks yet til the chop I've several plants now on the go to bring a bumper crop Still green of course yet now the shoots here early into June are good to see and promising with all the flowers in bloom
May 15, 2021
New Lavender II
I bought some new lavender and new earthenware pots to place out the front with the best sunshine spots I hope it does well and adds to the joy that lavender brings me (let's not be coy) for its fragrance divine when it's growing like this is my form of heaven and takes me to bliss
August 22, 2020
Late Lavender
July 23, 2020
That lavender time again V
Permeating everywhere
heaven’s scent again
that ‘lavender time’ is here once more
bring on that sweet refrain
An afternoon spent bagging it
that heady fragrance there
as I breathe in its loveliness
a thing beyond compare
And what is totally sublime
is that throughout the year
I simply have to squeeze a bag
to rekindle summer cheer
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June 14, 2020
First Lavender III
August 31, 2019
Lavender bagging
August 8, 2019
For a smile
July 23, 2019
That lavender time again IV
July 19, 2019