David Marsden

LATEST ARTICLES ( 161 )

• Waiting For Snow

  

  It has been a terribly long wait since The Priory had snow enough to show and tell: a five-year wait. The Beast from the East didn’t bring huge amounts of snow... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Win Tickets to the Ascot Spring Garden Show 2018

  

  It’s about time I offered a give-away, I think.  So, in a bizarre coincidence, here is one.April will see the launch of the brand new Ascot Spring Garden Show. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Gardening Mistakes, Foolishness And Falling Over

  The path of every gardener is strewn with mistake cowpats and not-knowing-any-better-trip-wires.  Or at least mine is.  Here’s a handful which I’ve ‘enjoyed’... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Greyer Hair, Whiter Finger

  

  One good thing about growing older is ….. nope, I’m struggling.  One thing about growing older is that the physical graft of professional, full-time gardening... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Priory Trees: The Tulip Tree

  

  For a short while, it is the garden’s signature tree.  For most of the year it holds either naked branches against sky; or else a wrap of unremarkable green –... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Reblogging The Pale Tussock Moth

  I’ve never reblogged a post before, never thought much about doing so … until I read the free and very useful WordPress e-book, Grow Your Traffic, Build Your... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Win A Copy Of ‘Down To Earth’ By Monty Don

  

  On Saturday, I attended a pre-publication lunch held to promote Monty Don’s new book, ‘Down to Earth‘. I don’t often accept the various invitations I receive... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• The Sparrowhawk

  

  (Some people may find the following photos upsetting).Jim picked me up from work at The Old Forge yesterday and, as I loaded my tools into the car, told me... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• I Capsize The Island

  

  Three or four years ago, I planted a little corkscrew willow on a little island in the east pond.  Which isn’t news; I’ve written about it before. Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• A Postcard From Lindos, Rhodes

  

  My holidays are often quite adventurous: cycling though the German countryside, hiking across British mountains, bobbing down the Zambezi in a barrel,... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2017 HOME

• An Interview With Lawnmowers Direct

  

  Here’s a very quick post (during my not very stringently, self-enforced break from blogging) to mention a recent interview.White Snakeshead Fritillary (not a... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• An End To March

  

  I’m taking a short break from ‘The Anxious Gardener‘ but, after months of winter drear, it seems a shame not to share some images from the last days of March. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Win ‘The Thoughtful Gardener’ By Jinny Blom

  

  It has been over six months since I gave away a new, shiny book – which is far too long and I’ll rectify that right now.  ‘The Thoughtful Gardener’ by Jinny Blo... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• New Gardening Blogs – A Follow Up

  Thank you to everyone who helped in my call to find New Gardening Blogs. Frankly, I wasn’t expecting much of a response and so the flood of replies took me by... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• New Gardening Blogs

  I remember – only too well – the reaction when I launched my blog six years ago.  I was a bit bored, fancied a challenge and on a whim decided I’d try writing... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• A Garden Tour: The Clergy House, Alfriston

  

  On a sunny day in June of last year, and anxious to avoid a long list of home DIY jobs, I drove a few miles over the South Downs to the village of Alfriston. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• January Ice

  

  We’ve had no snowfall yet at The Priory but we have had plenty of the next best thing: hard frosts under bright, blue skies.The drive leading down to the houseO... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Sharing Pictures

  

  Occasionally, someone gets in touch to ask whether they can reproduce one of my photographs.  Most commonly it is to illustrate an article on their website and... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Sharing Pictures

  

  Occasionally, someone gets in touch to ask whether they can reproduce one of my photographs.  Most commonly it is to illustrate an article on their website and... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Blogger’s Dilemma

  On Monday evening a freelance producer sent me an email.  He’s working on a new series of gardening pod-casts for ‘The Sun‘ newspaper’s website and invited me t... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2016 GARDENING, HOME