David Marsden

LATEST ARTICLES ( 334 )

• I Am Just Going Outside …

  

  … and may be some time.  Once a year (when things in the garden are quiet), I escape for a week or two and walk.  I walk and think and then I walk some more. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• A River Runs By It

  

  I scampered over to the northern edge of the Priory grounds the other day.  (I do quite a bit of scampering when no-one’s about).  Here, a small river forms... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• A Year Of Blogging

  

  The Anxious Gardener is one year old! Hardly seems possible – but it is. During the dark and cold days of January 2011, I began to think idly about starting a... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Desuckering Alders and Pollarding Willows

  

  At this time of year, I have to remove all the suckering growth from the alders and the willows that ring the ponds and line the ditches. Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• My Post

  

  Stacy, over at Microcosm, recently wrote about breaking free from the confines of the garden and enjoying some Big Views and Big Sky, “Skies that soar without... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• I Love My Seed Boxes

  

  There I’ve said it.  Does that make me weird?  Well, so be it.  It’s just that they hold such promise.  Such potential.  Opening one is always a pleasure and a... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Mosty Frorning

  

  I mean … oh, never mind … you know what I mean.After a warm, wet winter here in Southern England, last week we were finally hit by some hard and decent... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Leaping Into WordPress

  

  Last summer, I registered theanxiousgardener.com domain name and set up a WordPress account.  I had increasingly heard how marvellous WordPress was in compariso... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The Relief of Mattocking

  

  In one of the two Kidney Beds (so named because of their shape) is a large cornus.  They are generally grown for the colour of their stems in winter. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Mulching The Beds

  

  The simplest task in the garden can be so pleasing, don’t you think?  It is easy to transform something that is assuredly past its best into something full of... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Priory Picture Post #19

  

  Now that the ponds are once more filled to the brim and the south wind has swept them clear of duckweed, I can enjoy their clarity and their visual depth. Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Some Winter Colour (But Frankly Not Much)

  

  I know that things are a little bleak for us global northerners at the moment. But, on the positive, here in jolly Sussex, each day is a little longer than the... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• I Went And Lost My Mojo

  

  My gardening mojo that is; my gardening wherewithal or my gardening oomph, if you prefer. I distinctly remember seeing it just before Christmas – if only... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• A Christmas Eve Ghost Story*

  

  Sometimes I can get a little lonely working at the Priory and if I spot someone walking along the public footpath, I’ll sprint after them, grab them by the wris... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• "Stood a Lowly Cattle Shed"

  

  Once a week I drive up onto the ridge above the Priory to visit Margaret.In her large, warm kitchen we have a natter, exchanging gossip about the Priory and... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• A Watery World

  

  A few short weeks ago, I was bemoaning the lack of rain at the Priory and how very low the water levels were.  (See “My Pond Leaks …“). But not any more. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Red

  

  Are you feeling a little glum?  Depressed at the thought of weeks and weeks of grey drizzle and overcast sky?  (If you’re in the Northern hemisphere that is). Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• "Anxious Hog"

  

  If you’re not a blogger, you may not be aware that I can see quite a lot of information about you, the reader.  I’m able to see where you are, what you read on... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Priory Picture Post # 18

  

  Life can seem a little too drab, a little too grey in December.So a plant (even in the greenhouse) that explodesinto outrageous colour(and then hangs around... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• What’s for Lunch?

  

  I’m finding work hard going at the moment.   However many leaves I rake upOne of the large oaks on the east lawn (hanging determinedly on to his leaves) in the... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 GARDENING, HOME