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• Starting as I Mean to Go On

  

  I have to confess to being a serial secateur abuser – I should know better, and I certainly advise better, but somehow when it is the only tool to hand, it... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Winter Gardening

  

  With rumours of (the probably temporary) arrival of cold weather, I decided that it was time to tuck up my evergreen agapanthus – Agapanthus africanus. Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• More Unseasonal Goings On

  

  The gales have swung round to the south (us coastal dwellers know our wind directions!) and our usually sheltered garden is taking a bit of a battering. Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Collision Between Autumn & Spring

  

  As autumn leaves continue to drift past my window (well those that haven’t been blasted into the next county by the recent gales), the mimosa is coming into... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Gardener’s Greetings

  

  While the weather kept me out of the garden I’ve been doing some shopping. Most recently at Hi Fest a brilliant local event that brings in talented... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Winter at Great Dixter

  

  I went to an event at Dixter on a decidedly wet and blustery day – and braved the weather for long enough to see how the garden was looking ‘off-season’. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Greenhouse as Art

  

  Regular readers will know that I am rather keen on art that is about – or features in some way – anything of horticultural relevance. Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Natural Inspiration

  

  With a couple of hours to spare in London I took myself off to the V A Museum in pursuit of examples of plants being used in art. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Gimme Shelter

  

  Seems that finally – after this long, warm autumn – the cold weather is about to arrive. With this in mind I have been busy bringing vulnerable plants... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Late Colour

  

  This year I planted my sweet peas in a large galvanised water tank and once they had finished flowering I planted it up with a mixed bunch of leftovers from... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Winter Light at Waddesdon

  

  Sometimes when I go to a far flung event I’m a bit like one of those gymkhana ponies that comes to a halt in front of one jump after another. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Pea Progress

  

  The ‘Terrain’ late cropping peas and mangetout ‘Sweet Horizon’ that I was given to trial by Thompson Morgan seem to be doing well in the greenhouse with plent... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Plants in Art in Venice & Padua

  

  As someone with a bit of an obsession about plants and gardening, I do love looking at botanical details in major artworks – Madonna and Child paintings often... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Rialto Market

  

  Having successfully crammed my possessions into half of my suitcase for the trip home, I spent a very happy hour shopping for food in the Rialto Market. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Venice – a Place of Beauty

  

  There are few places that surpass one’s expectations, but Venice is definitely one of them and a five night stay was just about enough time to take in the... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Planting, Nurturing and Picking the Best Apples for Apple Bobbing

  

  Looking back on it now I fail to see the fun in apple bobbing but for some bizarre reason, fun it was. In fact, sticking your head into a dustbin of freezing... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Delighted – as Ever – by Great Dixter

  

  I’m now firmly of the opinion that the Great Dixter Plant Fair is my favourite horticultural event of the year. Of course it does help that it’s not far from... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Artless Charm of a True Cottage Garden

  

  While I’m as beguiled as the next person by pretty cottage garden style planting that you see at the flower shows, the real deal is so much more joyous. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Better By the Pound

  

  The greenhouse tomatoes are coming to an end – but what an end with four giant Brandywines. I’ve just picked one to take to a friend and it weighs in at just... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Solar Power

  

  If you’re anything like me you’ll need to know your plants are well watered during the warm summer months when you’re out and about or on holiday. It’s not... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 GARDENING, HOME