Thursday, June 15, 2006

River Fleet

(more pictures of water)
I took this hanging off the edge of the bank. it was at a funny angle so I have rotated and cropped it. the wooden posts are remnants of piers and loading bays, apparently Gatehouse-of-Fleet was quite the place in the late 1700's, there was a brick factory the remains of which are a lovely boggy meadow.

6 comments:

The Ramblin Irishman said...

You have such a lovely garden. Yes, I am envious. I was reading a book about things around the house to help the garden grow. One was 2 tablespoons of epsom salt for lawn and garden. I tried it with my tomato plants and they just love it. Now to get some fruit. Cheryl and I had a blast this past week looking at wildflowers in the mountains and trying to identify them in a book she has.

clairesgarden said...

ah, these two pictures are not in my garden, wish they were! I was visiting a friend and this is on a heritage trail walk. I have some garden updates I'll try to put on later.

Wildside Musing said...

Brick factory to bog! Love the thought! "Everything is coming up daisies!" to quote a song.

patsy said...

what is the flower on the bank where you said you had to hang over the bank? Looks like chives from here. lovely flowers.

clairesgarden said...

Wildside, 300 years later.... it has made a lovely wildlife area, only its relative remoteness saved it from being built over I suppose.

Patsy, that is Armeria, known as Thrift or Sea Pink here, the river is tidal and gets salty so it must thrive on that, its found a lot round scottish coasts, I have it in a pot on my doorstep and it seems not to need salt water there.

Kerri said...

I wish I could've seen you taking that picture :) What a great shot!! That armeria is amazing. We have it here too, but I don't have any. I must get some. I like the way it flowers early.
Gatehouse-of-Fleet...another wonderful name!