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• My Garden at the End of May 2014

  

  It seems to be alternate months that I have contributed to the Meme run by Helen at Patient Gardener called End of Month View. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Win “Remaking a Garden – The Laskett Transformed” by Roy Strong

  

  Sir Roy Strong’s garden The Laskett in Much Birch, near Ross on Wye in Herefordshire is a garden I am yet to visit and on receiving my pre-publishing copy of... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Weekly Photo Challenge : Spring (Tree Peonies)

  

  What a great challenge!  My library is full of photos full of Spring flowers that I have recently taken.   The Weekly Photo Challenge is “What does Spring mean... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Showing off the Irises!

  

  This year the Dutch Irises in the front garden are splendid and have produced more flowers than in years before.   This is very heartening because they are a... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Wonderful Macmillan Nurses

  Macmillan Cancer Support nurses are wonderful people! They have been a great support to me and my daughters over the last year, following my diagnosis of bowel... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Overview of My Garden : End of Month View April 2014

  

  A little late, and more like Review of my Garden: Early May!   I can’t believe where April has gone, one blink and it was over.  Seems like most of us have had... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Do You Bring Lilacs into the House?

  

  Whilst writing this, the Ivor Novello song “We’ll Gather Lilacs in the Spring” is going around my head, so I found this YouTube clip to share with you as you... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Courts Garden, Nr Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire

  

  Following a wonderful weekend with family in Somerset, after breakfast this morning we studied the National Trust guide book for a garden to visit on our way... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Beneficial Thursday in the Garden

  

  I do like working part time! It gives me a few days during the week in which I can get out into the garden. To me this is especially important when the good... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Sunday Blues

  

  No, not a post about depression!I have been making the most of the lovely sunny, and warm, weather this morning and working in the garden. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections

  

  It’s been many months since I have taken up the Weekly Photo Challenge. This week it is Reflections and it’s a topic that appealed to me and I instantly knew... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Friday Flowers : 21 March 2014

  

  The Forsythia at the bottom of the garden is coming into bloom and taking on a cheerful Spring-like yellow hue.    It is just right to add to a vase with... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Greenhouse Year – March 2014

  

  True to my word, after the posting of my February “Greenhouse Year”, I ordered a new cover for the mini-greenhouse and it arrived the next morning, thanks to... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – March 2014

  

  This morning a number of blogs I follow pinged into my inbox to remind me that today, the 15th of the month, is Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• My Afghan Blanket Crochet Project

  

  How many of you are old enough to remember crocheted dresses in the 60s and early 70s? Do you recognise this pattern? It brings back lots of teenage memories fo... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• My List of Top Unread Books

  

  A few weeks ago, several bloggers were spurred on to blog about Amazon publishing a list of the Top 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime. No one listed their top 100... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Bloggers Foliage Day – February Foliage

  

  Gosh I am on a roll!  Having not written anything on the blog for three months, all of a sudden I have found things to blog about again. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Greenhouse Year – February 2014

  

  I have fallen by the wayside when it comes to writing a monthly review of my garden.  Actually, I have fallen by the wayside when it comes to looking after the... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: The Cut Flower Patch – Louise Curley

  

  It is always with delight and honour to receive a request to review a book, especially when connected with gardening.   I was more than happy to say “yes please... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Sunday Nature Walk

  

  I was just stepping out the shower this morning when my friend Kate rang.  ”We are going for a walk, would you like to join us?”. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 GARDENING, HOME