December 2024

 

The colour of Springtime is in the flowers; the colour of Winter is in the imagination. Terri Guillemets. 

I am writing this on the last day of December 2024 so the shortest day the 21st has passed and we continue the long journey through Winter and into Spring. My Gardener's Almanac by Mr Alan Titchmarsh (a treasury of wisdom and inspiration through the year) also laments the lack of colour and suggests looking through seed catalogues for inspiration for the coming growing season and this has not been lost on us, we have collected together packets of seeds for sowing in springtime, with every intention of increasing the size of our Sweet Pea display. I put the opening quote on this entry because normally I would expect just so but imagine our delight on looking around the churchyard and finding the odd spot of colour here and there. I leave you with some pictures.

Wishing everyone all the very best for 2025 from The Friends of Old Glossop Churchyard Team. 

November

 

Apart from clearing away leaves etc November and indeed late Autumn seems a good time to tidy up around the gravestones and get around to the list of jobs. The Braddock grave that sited under the yew tree opposite the South Porch ( see a earlier post 'uncovering the past') sits lower than the bank of soil on three sides, it was always our intention to put some boards around the edge to retain the soil keeping the gravestone surface free from debris and so using some upcycled old boards this has now been done enabling us to plant up right to the edge. Another job has been to plant up a few pots with Allium bulbs which means we can plant them out 'in the green' in Springtime.