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• A Conversion to Parrot Tulips

  

  I love a good tulip and I love all sorts of tulips. I am a great fan of species tulips for their simplicity and ability to clump up. I love simple single colou... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month February 2020 - Yuk

  

  I have disliked this plant from the first time I saw it, whilst I cannot tell you when that was, it was a good few years ago. Then four years ago it came into... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Reviews: Three Books to Get You out into the Garden

  

  It is the time of year when many people look out of their windows and realise they have a garden they have not seen for a while. It is also currently a time... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• The Veg Diaries 2020 - April

  

  Regular readers may recall that last year whilst worrying about the B Word I decided to be more serious about growing veg. Do we even recall the B Word anymore... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• A Letter to the Garden: April 2020

  

  Dear Garden, Gosh so much has changed since I last wrote to you. I have not written to you since December and I could not have imagined what would be... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review - Corona Max Forged Convertible Bypass Branch and Stem Pruner

  

  Corona Tools has been in existence since 1928 and is a well known and respected brand in America. Their products have been available here in the UK for a coupl... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following April 2020 - Are They Looking a Little Pale?

  

  Is it really one month since the last tree following post? Surely not? I reckon it is about three weeks tops. It must be four weeks as there has been... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review Henchman Tripod Ladder

  

  So there I was at the Garden Press Event in Early March; standing in front of the Henchman Ladder stand, as I do at every garden event where these ladders are o... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• At Long Last I Have Found You

  

  Regular readers will have to have an extremely good memory to remember that back in 2012 I wrote about one of my favourite plants that has a connection to one o... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review March 2020

  

  It is fair to say that March has been a bit of a month and the garden has carried on regardless. I am going to start this month's review of the garden with a... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review - The Secret Lives of Garden Bees by Jean Vernon

  

  Jean Vernon is, like I am, a member of the Garden Media Guild and we have met a few times on some of the Guild garden visits. When I heard that she had writte... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• How We Can Help Support Closed Nurseries, Gardens and Gardeners

  

  Never has the word 'unprecedented' been used so much as it is at the moment. We are living in the strangest and darkest times for decades. Public places... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• What a Difference a Week Makes

  

  In so, so many ways, what a difference there has been in the last week. For the garden it feels like it has stepped up a gear to welcome spring. Magnolia... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Fantastic Day

  

  This year it has been difficult to achieve a lot in the garden so far as it has felt like it has rained every weekend. When the rain pauses I rush out to do... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• The Last Day out

  

  Some weeks ago I booked to go on a tour of RHS Bridgewater, the new RHS garden near Manchester. I have visited previously back in October on a very rainy day.... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• To Kindness

  

  There is no avoiding that we are currently in dark times. The news is invariably alarming and it is not unreasonable to believe that it is not going to get... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• The Questions - Sam Ovens, Garden Designer: Animal Health Trust Garden

  

  RHS Chelsea Flower Show will soon be upon us. Before we have time to blink an eye hoards of people will descend upon the site and the gardens and exhibits... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review - How to Get Kids Gardening with the Skinny Jean Gardener by Lee...

  

  I was recently invited to attend the book launch of this great new book from Lee Connelly AKA the Skinny Jean Gardener. I was delighted to attend the book... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following March 2020

  

  March already, it is March already! How did this happen? I know, like it always does: one day at a time..... Meanwhile at Quince Central... Life is... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• A Winter Walk at Waterperry Gardens

  

  It appears that it is six years since I last visited Waterperry Gardens, six years! I feel more than slightly ashamed as it is a garden worth revisiting. I ha... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2020 GARDENING, HOME