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• Wordless Wednesday - Berry

  Regular readers will know that I have reviewed a few products for Stihl from their domestic battery range. It was therefore a delight to be asked if I would... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Autumn, You Make My Heart Sing....

  

  Autumn, you make my heart sing, A sunny autumn day is such a wonderful thing. The light has a colour to it that is only autumn. The earth has dipped past... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following November 2018 - Quince Crumble

  

  There is only one thing better than the excitement of seeing more than once quince grow; and that is getting to eat the quinces. Firstly I had to find out how ... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The Questions - Gary Philpotts

  

  It has been a while since I have had a new 'The Questions' post and when I was asked if I wanted to interview Gary Philpotts, Chairman of the Common Sense... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• A Stay at Denman College

  

  Denman College is just outside Abingdon near Oxford and since 1947 it has been the home of the Womens' Institute (WI) educational centre. You do not have to... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review -October 2018

  

  As October comes to a close the season has stopped turning, it has turned. The grey, cold, dampness has arrived that will typify the next few months. There... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Japanese Knotweed Unearthing the Truth by Nicholas Seal

  

  Fallopia japonica, or Japanese Knotweed, is a plant whose infamy leads to a lot of misinformation (dare I say fake news?), misunderstanding and fear. This... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• An Afternoon of Chrysanthemums and Asters

  

  The season is now really on the turn: actually more than on the turn, it is turning - fast. The week in particular it suddenly has that cold and dark feeling... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month October 2018 - a Return Visit

  

  Gloire de Dijon is rather a lovely rose when other people grow it. It is a rose I am very fond of, but the one I have is very weak and has not thrived. This... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The Monstera Deliciosa and the Private Rain Cloud

  

  A few days ago I saw the magic words attached to a lamp-post as I was walking into work...'house plant sale' and as I turned the next corner I realised I was... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• A Midlands Highline

  

  Some days do not go according to plan. You think you will be driving to work as usual, doing worky stuff and then coming home again. There may be an surprise... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Island Gardens, Havens of Beauty Around the British Isles by...

  

  I was very pleased to receive this new book from Jackie Bennett that features some of the many gardens on the many islands that surround our shores. Not every... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The Mulberry

  

  I had one of those moments when something in the garden stopped me in my tracks and made me think about it. My white mulberry tree, bought three years ago... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The Last Plant Fair of the Season

  

  The message went something like: 'there's a plant fair coming up, and it looks like it's the last one of the season we will get to, do you fancy a road... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: The Plant Listener by Julie Kilpatrick

  

  I was contacted some weeks ago by Julie Kilpatrick to see if I would like to receive a copy of her book. It was very kind of Julie to send me this book, The... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following October 2018 - the Penultimate Count

  

  Here I am, still counting quinces, and it is still very exciting to have more than one to count. Yes dear readers, five quinces. Those of you who are... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• A Morning at Great Fosters

  

  Many years ago I read about Kim Wilkie's work restoring and extending the gardens at Great Fosters in Surrey. I read about the earthforms he was creating and... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Feature: Marigolds from Garden Seeds Market

  

  As summer ends and autumn starts to draw the nights in, my thoughts start to turn to planning the new growing season. Top of those thoughts will be seed buying... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - September 2018

  

  I suspect that someone has stolen a week from September. It was only August the other day, where has the month disappeared to? We have had some warm sun... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Aspidistra Aspirations

  

  I wanted to start this by saying 'I am not usually easily led', but that is patently untrue, so: as I am easily led particularly in relation to plants, it can b... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2018 GARDENING, HOME