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• Winter Colour, Winter Interest

  

  Brown... Brown... Brown... It's easy enough to fixate on this colour during the depths of winter. But before we explore other winter colours lets go back to thi... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Plants, Parcels.... and a Film Crew?

  

  Last summer we ordered a selection of plants from Crug Farm, nothing unusual in that I hear you say. Well not quite, the order and delivery were fairly... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Snow in a Flash

  

  Last Saturday we had a relatively thick snowfall early in the morning but it was all gone by midday. This morning our area was blanketed by snow again but it... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Horchata and Tapioca Pearls

  

  Mmmmmm....tapioca pearls.... in cold horchata and what you have is my favourite exotic summer drink! I love the chewy texture of the former mixed with the... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• February First

  

  And it's time to have a look at the garden as it continues its winter slumber... We're sort of in hibernation mode ourselves, which is probably very obvious... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Respite from the Cold

  

  At first I wasn't sure whether the title of this post would refer to me or the Tillandsias I've moved in to the shed last week but with the stretch of cold... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• A Winters Trip to Wisley

  

  RHS Wisley is a garden that we seem to visit far more frequently in winter than in the summer. When ever we go we always comment that we must visit in Spring an... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Breath of Life

  

  Amazing how putting plants in any space suddenly gives the area an instant breath of life. You put life, you get life back. That's how it felt when we moved... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• How Not to Treat a Tree Fern

  

  Poor tree fern, this one has had a tough life so far.... First it got harvested from its habitat in Australia then exported all the way here. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Old Couple, Old Sweater

  

  Do you ever find yourself wanting to go back to the same holiday destination over and over again? Or variety and new places to see each time you travel much mor... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Twitter Behaviour

  

  Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn - a DVD containing all eight episodes of the programme that I received last Christmas based on the premise that since... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Wake Up, It's New Year!

  

  Just as I'm getting used to the holiday season it's over. It took me awhile to get the hang of the festive season and once I did every moment within the period... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2015 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• December in the Garden

  

  It is easy to think that an Exotic Garden in winter may not be the most exotic of places, tropical plants and winter don't mix well after all... or do they? Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Objets d'Art at Wisley Shop

  

  It's been a relatively long time since we've been to any garden attraction as of recent but we've finally remedied that by a quick visit to RHS Wisley today. Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Fake but Non-committal

  

  Better late than never! Although we deliberated whether to go for a real or fake tree this year we almost never bothered to put one up at all. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• What Can I Give You This Christmas?

  

  If choosing what type of tree to go for this year is proving tricky at the moment, even more so are what presents do we give each other for Christmas. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Pre Christmas Tidbits

  

  Time flies so fast, it'll be Christmas in ten days! Each year I tell colleagues at work that we should have our Christmas work party early in the month (which w... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Sweet Little Treats

  

  December and in the run up to Christmas, a period of indulgence! And I have been indulging over the past few weeks (way before December actually) with lots swee... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Fling 2014: Cistus Nursery

  

  Before we went to Portland we already knew of the reputation of Cistus nursery, so getting to visit whist on the Fling was something we were particularly lookin... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Fling 2014: Danger Garden

  

  Several months have passed since our trip to West Coast USA for the Portland Bloggers Fling and we are still only part way though all the posts we wanted to... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING