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• 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

• A Christmas Tradition Continues

  

  Regular readers will know that it is at this time of year I visit Calke Abbey for their local food fare and to just generally wander and catch up with a good... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2022 GARDENING, HOME

• It is a Matter of Priorities

  

  So much to do, so much to do, so much to do: this is the constant rhythm threading through my thoughts, a bass line upon which my gardening considerations are... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2022 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Recycling in the Garden by Angela Youngman

  

  I am quite a fan of recycling in the garden, finding ways of reusing things which will enhance my garden, reduce waste and be sustainable. When I was asked if ... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2022 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following - December 2022

  

  or something in rotten in the heart of Leicester* Ah my dear readers, the December Tree Following update finds me with one singular, out of reach, rotting... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2022 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review November 2022

  

  Here we are in December already. I am fairly sure someone has hidden two or three months of this year it has flown by so fast. The hanging basket by the... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2022 GARDENING, HOME

• Rumex Obtusifolius - the Variegated One

  

  One of the joys of my wild garden is that it enables plants to pop up from nowhere. As soon as I stopped mowing this top third of the garden, wild flowers of... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2022 GARDENING, HOME

• Letter to the Garden November 2022

  

  Dear Garden We spent most of the summer in drought and now we have had a considerable amount of rain. As a result you are very soggy my dear garden, which make... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2022 GARDENING, HOME