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• Tucking up My Tender Plants

  

  I’m not sure I entirely believe predictions of a very cold winter, but just in case I’ve been giving the large pots of agapanthus, cannas and the (still in... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Almost Done with Bulb Planting

  

  I feel as it I have spent most of the past month getting bulbs into the ground and into pots, and now the finishing line is almost in sight. Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Sowing Sweet Peas

  

  I do like to sow my sweet peas in late autumn so that I can start picking them in June – and if I had enough space I would do another sowing in March to extend... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• An Autumn Chop ?

  

  Back in early September when I was clearing and replanting the woodland part of the garden, I got ruthless with some of the leggy Japanese Anemones and cut... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Foraging Beyond the Garden

  

  Coinciding nicely with my foraging ventures in the garden, the publishers, Green Books, invited me to a fungay foray in deepest Kent to launch their latest... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Gardenista

  

  The new gardening book from the popular website ‘Gardenista’ has hit the shelves in good time for Christmas. Branding itself as the ultimate manual for making... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• All the Fun of the Fair

  

  I’m sure regular readers of my blog must think that I spend half my life at Great Dixter, but if you had one of the world’s great gardens half an hour from... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Let There Be Light

  

  The part of the garden that I slightly grandiosely think of as the woodland area has become increasingly gloomy over the past year. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• 10 Colourful Reasons to Visit Great Dixter This Month

  

  If you need a colour fix before autumn-proper kicks in, there’s no better place to go than Great Dixter – and remember that their Great Autumn Plant Fair takes... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• 3 Good Reasons to Visit Scampston Hall Gardens

  

  The Garden Restaurant – a great place to start with a cup of coffee and cake Finding Scampston Hall Gardens couldn’t be any easier, thanks in part to the... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Blimey – Blue Beans!

  

  The curly yellow climbing beans called Anellino giallo (I’m not being pretentious, they are Italian and don’t have an English name) have done very well this... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Straw Bale Gardening Update

  

  As the courgettes and squashes that I planted in the straw bale bed start to die back, I’ve made an unexpected discovery. In my enthusiasm to get a good layer o... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Storing Summer Sunshine

  

  Despite the blight, I’m still picking tomatoes from the survivors, as well as from the greenhouse crop which remains in good shape. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Not So Blight Tolerant Tomatoes

  

  Sadly, some of my blight tolerant outdoor tomatoes have now succumbed. I have removed the worst affected plants but am waiting to see what happens with the... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Brassicas Meet Their Fate

  

  I’ve been carefully nurturing a selection of brassicas since I took delivery of them as plug plants several weeks ago from organicplants.com. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• 4 Instagram Accounts to Follow for Garden Inspiration

  Whether you’re creating a garden for the first time or simply looking to update your garden then you’ll find plenty of inspirational ideas on Instagram. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Useful Bit of Kit

  

  Sometimes a piece of equipment proves so useful that I want to share its virtues. Much as I would love to have a fully installed irrigation system, the... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• My Little Cornucopia

  

  Things may have got off to a slow start, but suddenly the vegetable plot is delivering faster than we can eat. All that wet early on also means that everything... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Dahlia Rescue

  

  Rip City, my favourite dahlia, was obliterated in the border by the slugs, so it has been dug up and potted up into several pots where the rescued tubers are... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Bit of Garden History

  

  Back in the 17th century, canals became a must-have addition to the fashionable gardens of the day. There’s some discussion amongst garden historians about... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME