{"id":1750,"date":"2026-04-23T11:51:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aldburyvillage.org\/?page_id=1750"},"modified":"2026-05-06T18:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:21:21","slug":"june","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aldburyvillage.org\/?page_id=1750","title":{"rendered":"June"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I have never thought of myself as a person who likes the colour pink in any hue. Inside my house, over the years, have appeared all shades of purple, green and red, the more vibrant the better. \u00a0But look at my garden in June; it\u2019s pink – all hues of pink, and not something I consciously planned.\u00a0
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I fell in love with and planted lots of peonies; then foxgloves self-seeded; and then I let my parents pick a rose each to plant. \u00a0Guess what – they choose pink ones. \u00a0 It\u2019s not all pink now because my mother pointed out to me one year, \u201cI might not like pink but my garden shows there is a place for pink in my life\u201d.
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My garden is a summer one and June is the month I spend propping up the peonies, wondering why I did not stake them earlier in the year, and watching the ants run all around them, reminding myself that they are \u201cgood\u201d insects, helping to keep aphids at bay while sipping on the peony nectar. \u00a0I currently have about 14 peony plants in my garden, a mixture of pink and white – but mainly pink! \u00a0They grow well on both sides of my long skinny garden and have been for about 12 years now. \u00a0I have moved a couple of them around the garden over the years, risking loss but, so far, they have survived. \u00a0I do very little, in fact nothing (except stake them too late) to care for the peonies but they seem to thrive on my neglect. \u00a0During stormy Junes and some not so stormy, I have been known to run bunches of peonies to houses in the village so that they provide enjoyment to others. \u00a0They are too beautiful to get destroyed by the wind and rain.\u00a0
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Despite my love of peonies, I do have other flowers and plants in the garden, but I am not a garden planner. I buy plants I like and then find a space for them. \u00a0I am not particularly good at reading the labels for height and breadth either but if something does not work one year, I move it the following year. \u00a0I never seem to get my fox gloves timed to populate the garden in a more regular and tidy way to fill the gaps, there are always to many on one side of the garden.
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June is also the month I spend looking at the leaves of the spring bulbs itching to tidy up but knowing I should leave well alone to allow the bulbs to take in energy. I also never lift my bulbs, this year the badger has taken care of my tulip bulbs for me. A few years ago, I put in a small tin bath pond and I am waiting for the frogs to start visiting as they have done for the last couple of years, \u00a0I also enjoy lying in my hammock during the summer watching dragon flies flutter around, something I had not seen until I put in the pond. \u00a0
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I am a tidy gardener I like my edges neat and my borders pristine ( I don’t lie in the hammock long before seeing something that needs “tidying”) but will be trying as I do each year, \u00a0to be less tidy to support wildlife and a more sustainable way of gardening. Check out the Gardening Sustainably article\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and the Gardening for Wildlife article\u00a0here<\/a>. \u00a0
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Each year I have decide to grow a lot from seed including tomatoes, which I am attempting to grow in the allotment this year rather than my garden. \u00a0My tomato seedlings are not looking great, so I have bought a couple of plants and June is the month to remember to start pinching out the side shoots (if you have any that is!). \u00a0 \u00a0At the allotment, I look enviously at my fellow gardeners who planted broad beans and peas last autumn as they will soon be enjoying their first crop. \u00a0I wil be anxiously waiting to see if my Asparagus will grow this year, although I have another year to wait before I can harvest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Paula Anderson
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Things to do in June
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