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• Waiting in the Wings ...

  

  In a previous post , 'Theatre, darling, but not as we know it ...', I took my first tentative steps into the mysterious world of the Auricula when I stumbled... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• No More Sulking ...

  

  It's not only people who can sulk, plants can sulk like moody adolescents ! This year mine seemed to sulk more than most.It was all due to the weather, I blame... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• I'm Feeling Plant Envy ...

  

  I'm finding Blogging very addictive. So addictive, in fact, that this morning, when the sun was shining and the birds were singing and the weeds were growing,... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Plan A ... Operation Wildflower ...

  

  Last year we had a wildflower 'meadow' in the 'orchard', which sounds much more impressive than it really is ! In reality we had a strip of wild flowers at the... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Standing Room Only ...

  

  There has hardly been room for me to squeeze into my greenhouse lately, as tender plants sheltering from the extremes of winter, jostled against trays of growin... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Hello to Old Friends...

  

  I spend a lot of time in Spring walking around the garden talking to, no, not myself, but to old friends who are returning. Those emerging plants which WERE... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Expect the Unexpected ...

  

  Birds in the garden are expected and encouraged. We put out a variety of food throughout the year to encourage different varieties - Niger seed for... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Why Should Flowers Have All the Limelight ?

  

  I was walking around the garden earlier today, allowing myself to be a little smug. Due to the cold weather, and a burst of activity earlier in the year, the... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Wild, Go Wild, Go Wild in the Country ...

  

  At last there are enough wildflowers out in the garden to make it worthwhile to photograph them.I had a wander with my camera and caught my top 5 ... well,... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Re-frogification Revisited !

  

  Readers who have read previous posts 'Frogification' and 'Re-frogification' will know that I have been trying to keep some frogspawn alive, which was laid in ou... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Fern Or Telegraph Pole ?

  

  The Exotic Gardener (aka my partner) is celebrating his birthday today with a very apt present, which he chose himself a couple of days ago. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Erm ... Actually I Think It IS Rocket Science !

  

  That overused phrase "It's not Rocket Science" won't be used in THIS post today ... because it seriously IS Rocket Science. I swear I need a Degree, not in... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• How to Buy Plants with a Clear Conscience ...

  

  I only went into the shop for these ...but suddenly, across a crowded shop, I felt the instant attraction of these ...Sometimes when plants are packaged like... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Theatre, Darling, but Not as We Know It ...

  

  There are some plants which have a special aura, and have a seemingly immense power over people. Think of dahlias, chrysanthemeums and sweet peas, for example,... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Three Tree Paeonies

  

  Many years ago an auntie gave me a tree paeony she had grown from seed. It was one of the Buttercup yellow ones, variety unknown. Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• You Don't Need to Be a Grafter ...

  

  You really don't need to be a grafter! Honestly! For years and years I thought you did. I thought that all roses had to be grafted on to a root stock before the... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• The Dark Destroyer Digs Indiscriminately...

  

  If you want to grow these ...and you have one of these ...Don't turn your back for a second because he will do this ...... IN THE NEW BED YOU ARE MAKING IN THE... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Pansies Pecked by Pesky Pigeons...

  

  If you have these ...And you want these ...You may just have to accept that you will end up with these ...I have about a dozen fantail doves and I really love... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• 'Cinderella' and the Old Broom !

  

  I looked at this little corner today and knew there had to be some *sweeping* changes ! Brooms tend to be short-lived anyway, and this poor thing has been... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Frilly Pink Bloomers ... !!

  

  For a long time I thought that the only Annual Poppy was a single flower, in pink or red, and I was glad to grow them and let them self seed in empty little... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME