<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:23:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@secret-gardener/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Colour Challenge 1: RainbowRoundup a week in one gallery....]]></title><description><![CDATA[My first colour challenge.... in one gallery Monday Red: The strawberry & cream petals of Rose 'Nostalgia' planted for my late mum. Tuesday Orange: Is one half laughing? One half aghast? Wednesday]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colour-challenge-1-rainbowroundup-a-week-in-one-gallery</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colour-challenge-1-rainbowroundup-a-week-in-one-gallery</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[secret-gardener]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2017 19:05:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1Ybu35tLgQz1fTNBBrYQcuqPzUzZHuNnbxeESmgTeJEBkVATxMXJARQogHfJbuECKensxs27cPWRTJRFWYzSfZzsga?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colour Challenge: Sunday Violet - the happiest onion!]]></title><description><![CDATA[My final foray into my first Colour Challenge - Violet. A great colour for plants - in particular foliage - but I resisted my horticultural (and puppy) obsession and looked farther afield to ... erm...]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colour-challenge-sunday-violet-the-happiest-onion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colour-challenge-sunday-violet-the-happiest-onion</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[secret-gardener]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2017 10:53:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89rdZqQEBwVbtAtoXT8Phg2xPa6i9DutBiLEoRNXh63VdrnmCJzJ3CdY8cMtsZDcyeWZwxYRU8fXU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colour Challenge: Saturday Indigo - Blondebelle in the bluebells]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is our puppy Cobie on her 1st birthday, a few weeks back. We'd worn her out playing in the woods. She rarely smiles in pics, but we got this one of her (clearly panting) but it's close enough to a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colour-challenge-saturday-indigo-blondebelle-in-the-bluebells</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colour-challenge-saturday-indigo-blondebelle-in-the-bluebells</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[secret-gardener]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2017 13:19:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89rfbwBbi583MpA42CzAJ9MqEHpDhVdLs4nSUxZLnKQvnFAtxpEa1hTeQvURiPUmQVTAA7eM7u24v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colour Challenge: Friday Blue - Puppy in the plumbago]]></title><description><![CDATA[That puppy is our gorgeous golden retriever Cobie, and those electric blue flowers are a Plumbago (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides.) And luckily, for me, it was in our local woodland not my garden, so I was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colour-challenge-friday-blue-puppy-in-the-plumbago</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colour-challenge-friday-blue-puppy-in-the-plumbago</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[secret-gardener]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2017 16:51:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNkjTdSZHKvbcYLGvJTDFWLnRFn1ttruQsWvg1hXBFncL5RWmBU7rpk1vf5RuZ8AjKxRGQ4vza?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colour Challenge: Thursday Green - Cycas Revoluta]]></title><description><![CDATA[These plants are old enough to have looked dinosaurs in the eye. (Okay, small ones - because they're relatively low-growing unless very aged!) I love the intensity of the green in the new growth, and the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colour-challenge-thursday-green-cycas-revoluta</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colour-challenge-thursday-green-cycas-revoluta</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[secret-gardener]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2017 11:59:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYqhkdnaLYrXrNJeBDd7jCsUKUruZ6qCCB9EE2mSdPAsZsDEoYv6zPdo52BrkxqM1ZCTgFfMhWN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colour Challenge: Wednesday Yellow - Homemade Lemon Burst Cookies]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think I love watching these cookies bake, almost as much as I love eating them. In the oven they erupt like lava, turning from blobs covered in icing sugar to this incredibly textured cookie that's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colour-challenge-wednesday-yellow-homemade-lemon-burst-cookies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colour-challenge-wednesday-yellow-homemade-lemon-burst-cookies</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[secret-gardener]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:01:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89us88592HVMyMgA62YiVi2VjpPr85iFULYp6VjXE5j8anLdhurEceWYU38udvxoWDHd2uUz79NUv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colour Challenge: Tuesday Orange - pottery & flotsam around the house]]></title><description><![CDATA[I suddenly realise ORANGE may just be my subconscious go-to colour around the house! From tea-caddies; to beloved soup bowls and ornaments - all these picked up on travels in Copenhagen and nestled now]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colourchallenge-tuesday-orange-pottery-and-flotsam-around-the-house</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colourchallenge-tuesday-orange-pottery-and-flotsam-around-the-house</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[secret-gardener]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:14:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVg19YhXXG8fod4hhkXKbQpogbxA4znHhd4gcBd8x9wMiwFnxfLvhvLo5YDRSNvq6TRe6UmdHm3Xbj58?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colour Challenge: Tuesday Orange]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is it just me? One half appears to be laughing, while the other is in shock... Amicable separation? From one half at least! Loving the colorchallenge (even if my brain wants to spell it 'colour'! Haha)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colourchallenge-colourchallenge-tuesdayorange</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colourchallenge-colourchallenge-tuesdayorange</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[secret-gardener]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 23:04:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89vwvMpvvqkSedhTsdQ13hYKB3gWPv191EuhCE4PMvibvTUPfR8GX6GqDsu6X2e7rFXdbYgU7aTcA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ColourChallenge: MondayRed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rosa 'Nostalgia' - like strawberries & cream in every petal. Good enough to eat! I gave this very bush to my mum for Mothering Sunday a few years before she died. She'd kept it in a pot near the house]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colorchallenge-colourchallenge-mondayred</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/colorchallenge/@secret-gardener/colorchallenge-colourchallenge-mondayred</guid><category><![CDATA[colorchallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[secret-gardener]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 13:26:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1Ybu35tLgQz1fTNBBrYQcuqPzUzZHuNnbxeESmgTeJEBkVATxMXJARQogHfJbuECKensxs27cPWRTJRFWYzSfZzsga?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#lawnhack: How to deal with patches of your lawn killed by dogs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cobie’s first selfie … taken at the scene of the on-going crime – ‘scorch’ patches in our lawn! You’ve got two options with dog urine. Either deal with it as happens – by pouring water over the area they’ve]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hack/@secret-gardener/hack-how-to-deal-with-dogs-killing-patches-of-your-lawn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hack/@secret-gardener/hack-how-to-deal-with-dogs-killing-patches-of-your-lawn</guid><category><![CDATA[hack]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[secret-gardener]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2017 11:57:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVdximpxEH7FhH7XpnMTta7YdHeL1xbTXspJbNY3HhtomS3i9vhbcBBAn39EqfiaBvrVN97GMZa1KoV8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plant gallery #2: Zesty yellows to soothing blues, plus a few showy performers in my beds! #nofilters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Soothing blues and zesty yellows – with a few shouty loud specimens in between! Just a sample of the flowers in my borders, from the pics I’m always snapping on my phone (some are from last season - their]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@secret-gardener/plant-gallery-2-zesty-yellows-to-soothing-blues-plus-a-few-showy-performers-in-my-beds-nofilters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@secret-gardener/plant-gallery-2-zesty-yellows-to-soothing-blues-plus-a-few-showy-performers-in-my-beds-nofilters</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[secret-gardener]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2017 16:18:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgUSiPPRdT5VqmyY9VEBiruBGX3aNWECGPpN1shLDs9Qn77M4JjqDFYPQVvhfaAfSdB3NNohHXTW174?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plant gallery #1: What's hot - and cool - in my borders #nofilters]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the hottest colours to the coolest tones. Just a sample of the flowers in my border, from the pics I have in my phone today (some are from last season - their first after being planted.) Let me know]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@secret-gardener/plant-gallery-what-s-hot-and-cool-in-my-borders-nofilters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@secret-gardener/plant-gallery-what-s-hot-and-cool-in-my-borders-nofilters</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[secret-gardener]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:38:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVfzLSi4vwvWy4zgG8nHtVugJTJw7P2SN4ZsjxKwYXeXnEvNDsjErnZAbhX3vPtGQtpdiJiCy68sa3Tt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Planting project: A year-round border the simplest way... using just two different plants]]></title><description><![CDATA[I want to show you the areas of my garden, and perhaps need to do one post for each area – which I’ll get to, I promise… but for now, here’s an area I tackled yesterday. Progress in the back garden of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/newbie/@secret-gardener/planting-project-a-year-round-border-the-simplest-way-using-just-two-different-plants</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/newbie/@secret-gardener/planting-project-a-year-round-border-the-simplest-way-using-just-two-different-plants</guid><category><![CDATA[newbie]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[secret-gardener]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 01:24:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K615J5tJzmeWwF82WxsyKF6ujUSCyjbGxgc6ijNTBywGHNrkxHtxuKrbo57MDbLQdHGKNHvN5pLzL1emaTAE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Project: Babbling Pebble Pool - white noise to detract from neighbour’s trampoline]]></title><description><![CDATA[We live on a new development in the former grounds of an old Victorian mansion in Leicestershire in England – the Grade II listed mansion is still standing, but has sold-off some of the site (it costs]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@secret-gardener/project-babbling-pebbles-white-noise-to-detract-from-neighbour-s-trampoline</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@secret-gardener/project-babbling-pebbles-white-noise-to-detract-from-neighbour-s-trampoline</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[secret-gardener]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 20:19:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgLg8KANJwU1nRKvNWDqEAT2Gt1yQZEBAjwGdomJVZQR4g6nNGz9q1fMjM3jTC2LssbYbZuzCzXrZBU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introduce Yourself: Secret Gardener]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi fellow Steemians… I’m Muirgheas (pronounced Muir-ISH in Gaelic or 'Morris' in English.. or I'll answer to 'M' in any language that has an 'M' in its alphabet.) I’m from Ireland but live now in England]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/newbie/@secret-gardener/introduction-secret-gardener</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/newbie/@secret-gardener/introduction-secret-gardener</guid><category><![CDATA[newbie]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[secret-gardener]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2017 18:40:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDuXRaduVYiCb9hxbZWDcAb1acVYBWNZLqWu2oFixmM1uWxcLzhhdoXmVstrCQeLWwcoWrJHemEhpwmyGqsYLAjBQKF9HLPUQ9iYE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>