Ozhene

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1438 )

• Letter to the Garden - October 2021 - Can We Talk About Next Summer?

  

  Dear Garden Its that time of year isn't it where I spend a lot of time walking around. I'm inspecting the borders: thinking, removing spider webs (and... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Promotion: Wire Fence's Pumpkin Day Charity Event

  I was really pleased to be contacted by Wire Fence, the fence supplying company, to ask if I would help promote their 'Pumpkin Day' event. On Tuesday 26th... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• The Ginkgo's Third Life Continues

  

  Over a year ago I wrote about my beloved ginkgo (as it is generally referred to) and how after several difficult years it had reached a point in its journey... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following October 2021 - and Then There Were Two

  Ah dear readers, this may (is definitely) a spoiler but this month's tree following has a tinge of disappointment bolstered by the belief that something is... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• The Secret Garden, Scarborough

  

  Going away somewhere for a few days feels even more of a treat than in previous years at the moment. It is many years since I last visited the North Yorkshire... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• The New Arcardia Garden at Chatworth

  

  It was a busy week when I was invited to go with the Garden Media Guild to visit the new Arcadia Garden at Chatsworth House, but Chatsworth is relatively close... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review September 2021

  

  Enter Autumn, stage left... It has felt like an unusually warm end to September, yet I remind myself as someone from Nottingham that my mother used to tell us... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021 Part 2 - Even More Favourite Bits

  

  So where did I leave you? Oh I know, in the container gardens. The container gardens were f.a.b. and what I liked about them most of all that it is a very... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021 - the September Edition

  

  By the time RHS Chelsea 2020 was cancelled it already felt inevitable that it could not go ahead. I remember each cancellation of things I had in my diary... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review - The Secret Life of an Arable Field by Sophie McCall

  

  Regular readers will know that I have been doing a lot more walking over the last couple of years. This is partly lockdown related, but I was already going... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Letter to the Garden September 2021 - Its Been a While....

  

  Dear Garden Its been a while. I had a think at how the months have slipped past and I think it is a variety of things. Firstly: times have been busy, there ha... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• A Tree Fern Update - and Then There Were Five....

  

  Soooo - remember when I told you I accidentally ended up with three tree ferns? Well, after a Winter of dressing them up as pirates there has finally been the... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Reviews: Simply Sustainable Beauty by Emilie Woodger-Smith and Make Your Ow...

  

  I have never tried making my own beauty/skin products, but it is something I am interested in and would like to try. When I was asked if I wanted to review thi... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• The Veg Diaries - as Summer Ends

  

  Suddenly summer feels like it has hung up its boots and decided to and have a lie down for a while, I imagine it will be several months before we see it again.... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following September 2021 - We Three

  Here we are in September, the month of fruitfulness and my quince trees are maybe not fruit-full but definitely not fruit-less. The Quince Count*... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• The New Zealand Sweetpeas

  

  "I'm sending off to New Zealand for some sweetpeas, do you want to order some too?" is the sort of question that will always elicit a predictable reply from me.... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review August 2021

  

  I sometimes look back over previous End of Month Reviews to see what was happening this time last year. This time last year I was writing about how much rain w... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Reviews: Hozelock Pure Sprayer, Insect-O-Cutor Nomad and Spiraclimb Plan...

  

  I do love a good bit of gardening equipment or gadget and I am reviewing three here that I think have earned their place in my gardening world. I have been sen... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• A Return to Gardeners World Live 2021

  

  It is so good that gardening shows are able to happen again and whilst they may not be happening in exactly the same way as they have done usually, they are... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• The Nottingham Catchfly - the Planting out

  

  Way way way back in June last year I wrote about taking part in the project to restore the Nottingham Catchfly to the place it was first recorded, Nottingham... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2021 GARDENING, HOME