GreenBeanJackie
@greenbeanjackie.bsky.social
Posts about flowers, bees, vegetables, Edinburgh, rural Scotland, buses, gardening, wild swimming, cats, small beauties. Blogging about gardening at www.reclaimingparadise.wordpress.com and swimming at https://swimmingat60.wordpress.com/swims
Peak November today: cold, wet, dark, not even snowing 🌨☔ practically dark at 3pm and still a month till the solstice. But this rose is still blooming, bringing some soggy cheer #SmallBeauties
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Peak November today: cold, wet, dark, not even snowing 🌨☔ practically dark at 3pm and still a month till the solstice. But this rose is still blooming, bringing some soggy cheer #SmallBeauties
Hello #GardensHour. This week's word is apples. Today I picked the last of the magnificent Howgate Wonders and the first of the late ripening Christmas Pippins
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Hello #GardensHour. This week's word is apples. Today I picked the last of the magnificent Howgate Wonders and the first of the late ripening Christmas Pippins
Took my Durer 'Great Piece of Turf' coffee cup to the allotment to meet some of its friends
November 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Took my Durer 'Great Piece of Turf' coffee cup to the allotment to meet some of its friends
Ice on the pond this morning. -1.4.c outside ❄ November #SmallBeauties
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Ice on the pond this morning. -1.4.c outside ❄ November #SmallBeauties
Freezing weather due next week so appreciating the last of some summer flowers as well as the winter ones #SixOnSaturday nasturtium, cosmos, yellow poppy, rose, geraniums, viburnum
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Freezing weather due next week so appreciating the last of some summer flowers as well as the winter ones #SixOnSaturday nasturtium, cosmos, yellow poppy, rose, geraniums, viburnum
Sun at last, shining on autumn leaves. November #SmallBeauties
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Sun at last, shining on autumn leaves. November #SmallBeauties
Windfall apple in the grass on this wild, wet and windy morning. November #SmallBeauties
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Windfall apple in the grass on this wild, wet and windy morning. November #SmallBeauties
Unexpected rose from my allotment in the rain at the weekend #roseWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Unexpected rose from my allotment in the rain at the weekend #roseWednesday
Several years ago I bought a rocking chair in a charity shop. It's hardly been used but now it's the perfect thing for some ongoing pain issues. That and a good novel and a huge pile of hand knitted rugs and jumpers because the house is freezing. Feeling my age but #SmallBeauties nevertheless.
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Several years ago I bought a rocking chair in a charity shop. It's hardly been used but now it's the perfect thing for some ongoing pain issues. That and a good novel and a huge pile of hand knitted rugs and jumpers because the house is freezing. Feeling my age but #SmallBeauties nevertheless.
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
In my damp November garden this morning, here are some tiny joys for #SixOnSaturday. Apples still on the tree, bright apple leaves, tiny selfseeded viola, dandelion clock, rose Gertrude Jekyll, a friendly Robin following me about in my untidy garden
November 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
In my damp November garden this morning, here are some tiny joys for #SixOnSaturday. Apples still on the tree, bright apple leaves, tiny selfseeded viola, dandelion clock, rose Gertrude Jekyll, a friendly Robin following me about in my untidy garden
Sun shining on burnt orange coloured leaves on a bird cherry tree, with unexpected blue sky. November #SmallBeauties
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Sun shining on burnt orange coloured leaves on a bird cherry tree, with unexpected blue sky. November #SmallBeauties
Gold falling from the sky. November #SmallBeauties
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Gold falling from the sky. November #SmallBeauties
Morning glories on my way to work on another drench November day #SmallBeauties
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Morning glories on my way to work on another drench November day #SmallBeauties
Seems almost dark at 2.30pm Looking for gold in the gloom. Stunning autumn leaves in Edinburgh's Meadows #SmallBeauties
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Seems almost dark at 2.30pm Looking for gold in the gloom. Stunning autumn leaves in Edinburgh's Meadows #SmallBeauties
Nature's fireworks. 5th November #SmallBeauties
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Nature's fireworks. 5th November #SmallBeauties
Hello #GardensHour November, so far, has been about the amazing apple crop this year.
I'm also aware that the dark gloom of November will kick in soon so I will seek out the tiny bursts of joy that can still be found in the darkness. Here's a frog from the allotment
I'm also aware that the dark gloom of November will kick in soon so I will seek out the tiny bursts of joy that can still be found in the darkness. Here's a frog from the allotment
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello #GardensHour November, so far, has been about the amazing apple crop this year.
I'm also aware that the dark gloom of November will kick in soon so I will seek out the tiny bursts of joy that can still be found in the darkness. Here's a frog from the allotment
I'm also aware that the dark gloom of November will kick in soon so I will seek out the tiny bursts of joy that can still be found in the darkness. Here's a frog from the allotment
Huge frog at the allotment 🐸 #SmallBeauties
November 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Huge frog at the allotment 🐸 #SmallBeauties
Everything looking a little bedraggled in the November rain but bloomng stoically for #SixOnSaturday nasturtium finally flowering for the first time, pink and white cosmos, very late Canterbury Bells, tiny pink viburnum with a powerful scent, pile of multicoloured cherry leaves
November 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Everything looking a little bedraggled in the November rain but bloomng stoically for #SixOnSaturday nasturtium finally flowering for the first time, pink and white cosmos, very late Canterbury Bells, tiny pink viburnum with a powerful scent, pile of multicoloured cherry leaves
Traditional (in this house) #Halloween lanterns made from home grown veg. This year an apple and a potato . #GrowYourOwn
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Traditional (in this house) #Halloween lanterns made from home grown veg. This year an apple and a potato . #GrowYourOwn
Happy Halloween 🎃 no pumpkins this year but we do have lots of apples, including the mammoth 500g Howgate Wonder and lots of tiny but very shiny Red Falstaff
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Happy Halloween 🎃 no pumpkins this year but we do have lots of apples, including the mammoth 500g Howgate Wonder and lots of tiny but very shiny Red Falstaff
Very late for #SmallBeautiesHour but I thought the #RubbishBirdPics folks @helendrinkstea.bsky.social would enjoy this #rubbishSquirrelPic, here eating an acorn off my oak tree
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Very late for #SmallBeautiesHour but I thought the #RubbishBirdPics folks @helendrinkstea.bsky.social would enjoy this #rubbishSquirrelPic, here eating an acorn off my oak tree
Nothing very spooky in my garden but there are some orange pyracantha berries and of course my black cat 🐈⬛ #GardensHour
October 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Nothing very spooky in my garden but there are some orange pyracantha berries and of course my black cat 🐈⬛ #GardensHour
Squirrel and a wren in the garden this morning #BreakfastWildlifeWatch #SmallBeauties
October 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Squirrel and a wren in the garden this morning #BreakfastWildlifeWatch #SmallBeauties
Howgate Wonder apple 🍎 record for my tree. This whopper is 500g. Now I need to think of something special to make with it.
October 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Howgate Wonder apple 🍎 record for my tree. This whopper is 500g. Now I need to think of something special to make with it.