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• Letter to the Garden January 2022 - Happy New Year?

  

  Dear Garden It hardly feels like a whole year has passed since I wrote to you in January last year and bravely asserted that I hoped 2021 would be a better year... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2022 GARDENING, HOME

• Camellia Rosthorniana 'Cupido' - a Tale in Three and a Half Acts

  

  Act 1 - Prologue That 2014 is now eight years ago is somewhat disturbing, I am sure it was only yesterday but years come and go so swiftly these days. Our stor... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2022 GARDENING, HOME

• A New Evergreen Corner

  

  It has been a while since a new area of the garden has been developed, really quite a while. It would have been even longer but this new Evergreen Corner has... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2022 GARDENING, HOME

• The Little Tannenbaum's Second Christmas

  

  It is now more than one year since I bought my little real Christmas tree. Not much exciting there I hear you say, except I do not buy real Christmas trees as ... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2022 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following January 2022 - Tufty

  

  The Quince Brothers are probably at their sleepiest in January. The soft fuzz of their gentle snoozes can be heard in concert with the other snoozing trees in... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2022 GARDENING, HOME

• The Blackberry Garden Plant of the Year Award 2021

  

  Ok, ok, this is a little later than usual - it's been a weird year and I did not forget, no no no...... but I might have been a little distracted....... Now in... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2022 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review December 2021

  

  Here we are at the end of this month and the end of 2021. What a year! December ended on a rare (very rare) sunny day. It has been a grey misty, mizzly,... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2022 GARDENING, HOME

• A Haze of Purple

  

  Christmas Day was a bit of a grey, damp, dank sort of a day and I decided I would go out for a walk in the morning before lunch. This would set the day up... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• A Day of Fog, Fudge and Reindeer

  

  It has been my habit to go to Calke Abbey with a good friend for their food/gift fair on the last weekend before Christmas for several years now. I am not... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• The Front Garden - Revisioned

  

  My front garden causes me more angst than any other part of the garden, well actually that is not true, the two ivy covered sheds cause me the most angst at... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• The Perennial Sunflower

  

  I am not sure where I was when I first encountered a perennial sunflower, but the very thought of it seemed magical to me. I have grown annual sunflowers for... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: A Year in the Woods, Taming Fruit and An Introduction to Rag Rugs

  

  As we approach the festive period it is a good time for me to share a few of the interesting books that I have been sent to review. All of them are very good... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Winter Rain

  

  You know this sort of day. The sky remains grey so that you are not certain there is any real daylight. It has been raining on and off for days and more rain... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following December 2021 - What Has She Got in Her Pocketses?

  

  Or is that a quince in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? oh yes I am happy to see you, totally delighted! You might be the only one, you might... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review - Honda HHH 36 AXB Cordless Hedgetrimmer

  

  I was approached by the people at Honda to see if I would like to review their cordless hedgetrimmer. As I have reviewed products for them in the past I was... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Letter to the Garden December 2021

  

  Dear Garden, We race towards the shortest day, the nights get longer and the daylight hours more precious it also feels like the clouds are gathering on the... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Gardens Under Big Skies, A Year Unfolding and Beth Chatto's Green...

  

  I have a collated some books that I wanted to review that would make great Christmas presents to add to your lists, buy for others or indeed, gift to yourself. ... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review November 2021

  

  As with most months of this year, someone has snook in and removed at least one if not two weeks from November when I was occupied elsewhere. The garden howeve... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Review: The Create Academy Online Course - Naturalistic Garden Design by Dan...

  I was very kindly given the opportunity to try the new Naturalistic Garden Design course by Dan Pearson which is part of the portfolio of online courses run by... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• An Afternoon of Gin Making

  

  "How do you fancy spending an afternoon making gin?" was the irresistible question from my friend. We were having one of those conversations where we both had... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2021 GARDENING, HOME