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• A New Front

  

  and side garden .... Yes my dear readers the front garden renovation has taken place. The Knot Garden is now the Not Knot Garden. After months - nay years -... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• The Banana Leaks

  

  As the saying goes, I learn something new every day. Today I learned that whilst my conservatory roof is leaking, it is not leaking quite as much as I started... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Letter to the Garden - September 2024

  

  Dear Garden How are you at the moment? It's all a bit exciting at the moment as the digger has arrived and the skip and the lump hammer and the two men who... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• The Autumn Dial

  It has happened, the Autumn Dial has been clicked on a couple of notches. The setting is still not in that comfortably middle moment yet so there is still some... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following September 2024

  

  They think its all over... well sadly it is now - as the famous quote nearly goes. Yes my dear reader this year is quinceless; the last vestige of hope has... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• The Beth Chatto Symposium 2024 - Beneath the Surface

  

  This year saw the return of the Beth Chatto Symposium, this is the third one that has been held and they take place sort of every two years. Sort of two years... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review August 2024

  

  Here we are, August is over and September is standing with one foot over the threshold. "The equinox is coming" she chants as she sashays forward,"the equinox... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• It's Hornbeam Trimming Time of Year

  

  Remeber that I recently said it was 'clippy clippy time? Well thankfully this clippy clippy task is a once a year task. Every year I think I dread it more... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Oh No Cercis!

  

  I am beginging to think what is it with Cercis trees and my garden. Seriously - what is going on with these trees that I love rather a lot and yet seem to all... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• The Beech Pillars

  

  Suddenly it is 'clippy clippy' time in the garden. The season has shifted just that little bit more when trimming the topiary (not a euphemism) is suddenly on... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• 100 Years of Southport Flower Show

  

  I have been going to Southport Flower Show for a couple of years now and it has quickly become a 'don't miss' on my calendar. We had a good journey... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Patience is a Virtue - the Cactus Flowers

  

  I think I have said previously that I am not the most patient of people generally, yet when it comes to plants and the garden I seem to have endless patience -... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Mr Fothergill's Press Day 2024

  

  I always think it is a privilege to be invited to Mr Fothergill's Press Day, an event I always look forward and hope I am on the list for. I could not go last... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following August 2024 - Hope

  

  There is some hope, as all the quincelets have remorselessly fallen from the Quince Brothers, there are signs of hope. Last month I reported that Quince Major... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• A Plas Brondanw Return

  

  Ah Plas Brondanw - how much do I love you? Oh so, so much. I just happened to be staying at Portmeirion the other day for what was pretty much a flying visit.... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - July 2024

  

  The month is ending up quite warm, nay, one might even call the weather hot! Though rain is never far away so far this year which means that there has been muc... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• The Smell Me and Dye Garden 2024 Update - Love Hurts

  

  Love hurts, as the Nazareth song says, it wounds and marks. Yes my dear readers, a dye garden is wonderful thing until ..... Let us not start at the pain -... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Letter to the Garden - July 2024

  

  Dear Garden Well here I am again writing you a quick letter. I have just read a book that is based largely around someone's mum's letters and it was a great... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Spong - is That You?

  

  There is a golden rule, if you are after a certain plant and you find certain plant, buy it when you see it. If you do not then you will regret it: usually... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Plant Review: Mangave Mad About Mangave Praying Hands

  

  RHS Chelsea Flower Show seems a long time ago now, but whilst there I saw the Mangave Mad about Mangave ® 'Praying Hands' PBR (short snappy title) and... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2024 GARDENING, HOME