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• Building Ponds - Again

  

  It seems like we always have a construction project on the go in the garden. The current one is the "shed of fun" we have blogged about recently. To add to our... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• BATB: The Advice

  

  BATB = Blog About the Blog, and welcome to the first of an intermittent and continuing series of posts about...the blog. In common with other bloggers we receiv... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Shed O'Fun 2

  

  The construction of our 'man cave' continues... We started the project in the middle of August and although that makes it sound like a very long time frame to... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Reflections of Two Garden Bloggers

  

  So we have been blogging for four years, amazing how time flies! Four years of sharing our passion for plants and plant related adventures both in and out of ou... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Why Hide the Evergreens?

  

  As I was tidying up some of our potted plants over the weekend, sorting and grouping them together in preparation for the winter (as well as just being... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Garden Bloggers Bloom Day November

  

  Mid November and the weather is turning cold, damp and grey, and the majority of the tropical plants are starting to move into winter mode. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Look Who's Four

  

  Wow, where has the time gone, four years ago today we dipped our metaphorical toes into the world of blogging with this post. That first post got a couple of... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• A Touch of Frost

  

  Last week I had the chance to get home early so I could move under shelter the frost sensitive plants we have still outside, as we were forecast some frost on... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• A Good Thing About Packing

  

  It's not all gloom and adieu to the warmer weather when packing up plants for the winter. One of the little benefits of doing so is you get the chance to inspec... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• A Seductive Garden

  

  Okay, we're lagging way behind with our Portland Garden Blogger's Fling posts. We still have lots to catch up on and the remaining gardens will feature in the... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Very, Very Nice!

  

  I managed to claim back some time owing from work today and got home early. Not much time at all, just over an hour but that was all that I needed today. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Shed O'Fun

  

  Not many people get excited about sheds. The name alone denotes a garden outbuilding that is functional and rarely a thing of beauty and a space to spend time... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Wisdom from the Fallen Leaves

  

  During the earlier years of cultivating our current garden the leaves that fell during the autumn used to annoy me. Sounds very strange I know but that was an... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Hope in the Height

  

  For most of this year I have felt rather disconnected with our middle patio. It got damaged by fire last year and was replanted early this year, I am, however,... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Joys of TV

  

  At this time of the year we rediscover once again the joys of TV... In fact I've put in a small note on my phone which ones to look out for. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Succulents Away!

  

  Packing up plants for the winter is not something I look forward to, as it means summer is over and the colder months are lying ahead. Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The New Jungle Hut

  

  Enough of reminiscing, here it is, the new Jungle Hut! Time flies so fast and it doesn't feel such a long time ago when we had to do these chores first, last Ma... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Reminiscing the Jungle Hut

  

  Sometimes in order to understand and appreciate the present you must look at the past first... Very poignant and true, and I say that in a fun tone rather than ... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• The Party Continues Indoors

  

  Summer this year has been a blast and it seemed to have flown by so quick! It almost felt like a party that started early but was so good that before you knew i... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING

• Root and Run

  

  Remember the these two Agave attenuata that I mentioned on this post a few weeks ago? As mentioned there they were growing at such a low lean that they looked... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2014 DESTINATIONS, GARDENING