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• Easy Orchids

  

  Orchids are difficult to grow ... right? Wrong! Some orchids are so easy to grow they barely need any help from me to do their thing. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Doing Our Bit to Help the Bees

  

  While pottering around our inner-city garden, there's always some kind of background noise, whether it's merely traffic, neighbours talking, or local birds... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Lots of Flowers? Must Be Spring!

  

  "Hey, come and have a look at this," said Pammy, ever the eagle-eyed spotter of all things newsworthy in our garden. We had to get down on our hands and knees,... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Gifts from Friends

  

  At long last, and I mean after waiting 18 months, a bulb given to Pam and me by our friends John and Liz has finally flowered. That's it pictured below. "What i... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Cooking Bibles & Coriander

  

  It was only recently, on June 29 in fact, that I was writing something about growing coriander. At the time I was berating myself for not having much faith in m... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Position, Position, Position

  

  If there's one thing I have learned in a few decades of gardening, it's this: put a plant in a spot that it prefers and half your worries are over. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Good Mornings

  

  All the gardening gurus in the Southern Hemisphere will tell you what a lovely thing it is to have a "north-facing" garden. And they're right. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Looking for Something to Read?

  

  I know that some people like their blog-reading world organised into tidy categories, and so when you visit this blog you get lots of gardening content (althoug... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• While I Was Harvesting the Broccoli

  

  Broccoli is one of those vegetables that I have to admit I cannot ever get all that excited about. I don't mind eating it; in fact we eat broccoli at least... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• If Raindrops Were Diamonds ...

  

  I'd be a millionaire. Well, until the sun gets higher in the sky, that is, and then my diamonds would disappear.One of the most wonderful of gardening's simple... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Oh Me of Little Faith

  

  After all these years pottering around our garden, you'd think I could trust myself to grow some coriander without it turning into a drawn-out saga. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Back to Normal (whatever That Is)

  

  If you've been afraid to open your web browser or email for fear that there would be another of my "Rewind" pieces sitting there like an overly persistent pet... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The 10-Year Rewind – Part 23 – What to Do in a Blackout

  

  Every day this month I am looking back on the 10 years since I started this blog in June, 2008. Part 23 is this one — What to do in a Blackout — from October... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The 10-Year Rewind – Part 22 – I See Small People

  

  Every day this month I am looking back on the 10 years since I started this blog in June, 2008. Part 22 is this one — I See Small People — from August 2008, in... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The 10-Year Rewind – Part 21 – Tiny Tots

  

  Every day this month I am looking back on the 10 years since I started this blog in June, 2008. Part 21 is this one — Tiny Tots — from October 2014, which... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The 10-Year Rewind – Part 20 – The Evolution of a Garden 1991–2008

  

  Every day this month I am looking back on the 10 years since I started this blog in June, 2008. Part 20 is this one — Evolution of a Garden 1991–2008 — from... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The 10-Year Rewind – Part 19 – Petty Jealousies

  

  Every day this month I am looking back on the 10 years since I started this blog in June, 2008. Part 19 is this one — Petty Jealousies — from March 2014, in... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The 10-Year Rewind – Part 18 – Spring Cleaning

  

  Every day this month I am looking back on the 10 years since I started this blog in June, 2008. Part 18 is this one — Spring Cleaning — from September 2012. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The 10-Year Rewind – Part 17 – Cowgirlz

  

  Every day this month I am looking back on the 10 years since I started this blog in June, 2008. Part 17 is this one — Cowgirlz — from September 2011, another... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The 10-Year Rewind – Part 16 – Chermoula

  

  Every day this month I am looking back on the 10 years since I started this blog in June, 2008. Part 16 is this one — Chermoula — from May 2010. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME