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• The Malvern Plant and Garden Fair

  

  So much has been cancelled this year and rightly so, but still it has made for a sad year for me with so much just not happening. My sadness is nothing though... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Tokachi Millennium Forest by Dan Pearson with Midori Shintani

  

  It is now two years since I went to the Beth Chatto Symposium which I still think of as one of the best garden related events I have ever attended. It was... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• The Snowdon Chronicles - Let's Get Hilly with It

  

  The training for my trek up Mount Snowdon continues. One thing that I know I must particularly focus on is stamina and walking uphill (up mountain!) I have... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• The Belvoir Flower and Garden Festival 2020 - My First Garden Show of the Year

  

  I am going to admit that when the Belvoir Flower and Garden Show was postponed from July to September because of the pandemic I shook my head and thought 'it's... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following September 2020 - and Then There Were.....

  

  This rainy, sunny, chilly, warm start to September is telling us that Autumn is knocking loudly on the door. The Quince trees are bracing themselves for the... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - August 2020

  

  August has flown by, as it often does, it is generally a month where I lose a week or so to work priorities so that we are at the end of it is no great surprise... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• The Snowdon Chronicles - First Steps

  

  I visit North Wales frequently and Snowdon sits as the backdrop to these visits. We have discussed walking up Snowdon one day, we talk often about taking the... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Rewild Your Garden by Frances Tophill

  

  Regular readers will know that I have what I call 'The Wild Garden' at the top of my garden. It is about a quarter of the garden space in total and I have alway... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• The Veg Diaries - Harvesting and Planting

  

  Suddenly it is late August and this year that is unlike any other year is suddenly feeling like it is getting to its later phase. Whilst never believing that... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month August 2020 - the Overheated Begonia

  

  Regular readers will know that most plants I label as irritating is because I am irritated with myself. This is a prime example of this genre. Dear Reader I... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• A Flower for These Troubled Times

  

  Rainbows are currently our way to show our support for the NHS and all key workers who have kept this country going whilst we try and stay safe. The notion of... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• The Mini Meadow

  

  When someone randomly sends you a packet of seeds, it is churlish not to sow them. Back in May I received an order from a local company and tucked in the top... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following August 2020 - the Quince Count Continues

  

  Oh what a joy it is to have a quince count again this year. Last year there was one successful quince grown, which was fewer than the year before but in... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• A Visit to Swines Meadow Farm Nursery on the Hottest Day

  

  So here I am, starting cautiously, carefully, venturing out into the world again. I was taking a few days off from work and after a chat with a friend we... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review July 2020

  

  July has been a month of rain and scorching hot sun. The garden is half crispy and half lush. A confused garden in a confused world. Thankfully my part of... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month July 2020 - Like a Rubber Ball....

  

  A rubber plant, Ficus Elastica Robusta, is a great house plant to grow. I remember when I first left home buying one for the house and being very proud of it.... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• A Plant Buying Trip to Avondale Nursery

  

  Some of my favourite words particularly when put together - plant. buying. trip. Add in the company of a good friend (socially distancing obvs) and you have th... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• The Veg Diaries - Harvesting Begins

  

  Things are now getting very exciting in the veg garden as I am now starting to harvest some of my produce. I know everyone says that there is nothing as good a... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Tatton Park is at Home This Year

  

  This year of cancelled events continues and this week I am not going to RHS Tatton Park Flower Show. I was determined to visit this year as I had enjoyed... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• A Letter to the Garden - July 2020

  

  Dear Garden I last wrote to you in April when the lockdown was still relatively new, now I write again whilst all around us the lockdown is easing. There is... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2020 GARDENING, HOME