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• Hope and Tears

  

  Remember last October I wrote about The Great Tree Fern Saga? No? I cannot remember yesterday at the moment never mind last October. Anyhoo, last October I... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review: ARS VS Rotating Handle Secateurs and GR17 Curved Folding Saw

  

  As regular readers will know it is usually this time of year when I attend the Garden Press Event to find out about all the new and exciting products that will... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• The Rose Garden in My Imagination

  

  There is a list, there are many lists: lists of places to visit and lists of plants to grow. Then there are lists within the lists including the rose list. I... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Are You Team Your Garden Made Perfect Or Team How to Garden with Carol Klein?

  

  We gardening types are currently being a bit spoiled at the moment on television. Thursday evenings are Gardening with Carol Klein at 7pm (Channel 5) followed... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following March 2021 - Nearly.....

  

  Here we are, waiting at the gates of Spring with our faces pressed hard against the bars trying to get the first glimpse of the joys that await. The Quince... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Farewell Trevor De Tesco

  

  Of all the things I did not expect to be doing this week: not even anywhere near the list, was saying farewell to my wonderful cat Trev, or Tesco Trev as was hi... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review February 2021

  

  I am not going to say that February has flown by as I am not sure it has. It might have been the longest February in living memory and it isn't even a leap... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• My Little Tannenbaum

  

  A couple of months ago on the lead up to Christmas I wrote about my purchase of a mini Christmas Tree. I explained I do not usually have a 'real' Christmas tre... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• Plant Review - Eddington House Nursery Succulents

  

  I was asked the other day if I would like to receive some succulents from Eddington House Nursery to write about on my blog. I do love a good succulent so I... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2021 GARDENING, HOME

• 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