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• Madeline - is That You?

  

  This is an apology to Galanthus 'Madeline'. I recently publicly shamed you, nay, dissed you, for your non-appearance, I was wrong. In my recent post The... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• 10 Years of The Blackberry Garden

  

  Well, who'd have thunk it when I started writing this blog that ten years later I would still be writing and still loving every minute of it. In the first... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• If Your Plants Could Email You, What Would They Say?

  

  So there I am wandering around twitter as I often do and I stumble across a story about spinach being able to send emails.* No it wasn't April 1st, this is a... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Letter to the Garden - February 2021

  

  Dear Garden You know I love you. Nothing makes me happier than time spent with you, nothing. My world revolves around you. I worry though that in recent week... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following February 2021

  

  I always think February is a hard month, shorter than the others and generally fairly grey and murky. As I write this the garden is under a pall of mist and... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• A Begonia Saved

  

  You know when you have that plant that was making you very happy and growing well and then suddenly it decided to just sort of stop. It just sits there... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review January 2021

  

  January has been very wintery, which is good as it is a winter month. We have had a lot of rain and quite a bit of snow which means that the ground is... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• A Slight Covering of Snow

  

  Only the other day I wrote about The Uncovering and now it is it has been covered, briefly, with snow. We have had our first Winter covering of snow for the... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• The Uncovering

  

  It is the time of the year that I call 'The Uncovering'. I have confessed previously that I am not a fanatical tidier in the garden (or in the house for that... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Wet January

  

  Whilst all around here seems to be having frequent snow, here it keeps raining, and raining, and raining. Admittedly as I write this there is some sun taking... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• The Snowdon Chronicles - Back on the Path Again

  

  Some weeks have passed since I last set out on a walk as training for my fundraising nighttime trek to the summit of Mount Snowdon. I am doing this to raise... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Letter to the Garden - January 2021

  

  Dear Garden, I write to you as the misery that was 2020 has thankfully drawn to a close. I think back to the hopes I had for the year and despair more than a... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following January 2021

  

  The new year has arrived and with it all the hopes that a new year usually brings are dulled by the sadness and worries of the pandemic. Out in the garden the... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• The Veg Diaries - Fresh Potatoes for Christmas and the New Year

  

  It is cold out there at the moment and whilst Leicester is so far snow free, some parts of the country not that far away have had their first snowfall. Whilst... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review December 2020

  

  The year ends on a cold note; very apt for the year it has been. Yet whilst it is cold the garden remains resilient and continues: I could extrapolate the... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• The Blackberry Garden Plant of the Year Award 2020

  

  Yes we are at that time of year again when I have been making my final decisions on what will be the Plant of the Year. The entry criteria is simple: the... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Festive Best Wishes to All My Readers

  

  I wanted to take a moment and wish every one every good wish at this festive period of time. Whether you have a celebration at this time or don't; this is a... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• A Handful of Magic Beans

  

  There I was, taking the cow to market* when I was approached by someone who asked me if I wanted to exchange the cow for a handful of beans. I thought about... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Plant Review - A Crafty Christmas with Bloom & Wild

  

  I have been a customer of Bloom Wild for a couple of years. I often buy flowers from them as their selling point is that the flowers are sent in boxes that... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Plant Trial - Dutch Grown Bulbs

  

  I was recently approached by Pete and Ben from Dutch Grown offering to send me some bulbs so that I could try them for myself. I have not paid for these bulb... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2020 GARDENING, HOME