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• End of Month Review February 2023

  

  February has felt a bit long this year, I am not convinced it is the shortest month, maybe someone has added in an additional week when I wasn't looking though... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• A Return to Dimminsdale

  

  It turns out it is eight years (eight years!) since I last visited Dimminsdale so I was long overdue a return visit. The last couple of years hardly count... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• The Garden Press Event 2023

  

  I have been going to the Garden Press Event for a few years now and it is always a great day. It is hosted by HTA and GIMA and held in that London for garden... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Kew Gardens and the Orchid Festival

  

  This is where I admit that I had never visited Kew Gardens. I have wanted to for many years. I have driven past it a few times, I have thought about it... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Far from the Madder Crowd....

  

  well actually, quite the opposite in many ways, but I like the title and can dream a little of Bathsheba..... Remember back in September when I finally gave... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Reviews: Zeals by Jennie Elias and Roman Gardens and Gardening by Mark...

  

  Zeals is not really a book about a garden per se, but about Zeals House in Wiltshire. A house with a grand history but an uncertain future. Now I have to admi... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following February 2023

  

  One of the delights of growing quince trees is that they start to wake up earlier than many of the other trees in my garden. Quince Major is a lighter... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• A Waiting Game

  

  I have written already about some worries for various diva plants in the garden not making it through the winter. This is all usual stuff, you are used to my... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review - National Trust Vail Larch Nest Box from C J Wildlife

  

  I quite often buy bird food from CJ Wildlife, so when they asked me if I would like one of the nesting boxes that they sell to review, it seemed churlish to... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review January 2023

  

  Yes a whole month of 23 has skipped past us without us having time to blink. The year, which allegedly moves forward one day at a time, has been skipping some... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• A Winter of Cold

  

  We know that winter is cold and should be cold. A warm winter is not a good sign and in recent years winters have been warmer and wetter. Every now and again ... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Rimy

  

  It is the time of year when the garden is rimy, frost-dusted and frozen. For the last week the night temperature has barely got above 2 degrees and at one poin... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• A Fluffy Pinkness

  

  I would tell you that I am not a massive pink fan, I would tell you that I do not wear a lot of pink (this is a lie, I recently bought a bright pink suit), I... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Locomoting

  

  The day I am writing this involved a train journey to London for a work meeting. First happiness this brought me was not leaving home as early as usual, then a... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Letter to the Garden: January 2023

  

  Dear Garden Here we are in the new year at that moment when it feels like I am almost holding my breath. We have just tiptoed past the day when the mornings... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following January 2023 - Munched

  

  The January Tree Following update is usually one of sleep and snooze, frost, snow and rain. I wandered out as usual to go and talk to the Quince Brothers to se... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• The Blackberry Garden Plant of the Year Award 2022

  

  Now in its nineth year, yes it is time for the Blackberry Garden Plant of the Year Award 2022. The shortlisted contestants are nervously side-eyeing each other... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2023 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review December 2022

  

  or maybe I should call this 'After the Frost'.... After a long dry summer and a mild mild autumn, winter arrived with a bang in December. We had temperatures... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2022 GARDENING, HOME

• Merry Christmas

  

  I just wanted to take a moment to wish all my readers a Merry Christmas if you celebrate it and a Happy New Year. Let's hope that 2023 sees more kindness,... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2022 GARDENING, HOME

• Everyone Needs Some Peace

  

  I think that many of you know I can get a bit carried away buying plants sometimes. Sometimes a particular plant with become the plant of the moment and I buy ... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2022 GARDENING, HOME