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• A Hedginess of Quince

  

  When I first moved into this house way back in 2007, I looked at the front of the house and the space underneath the lounge window and thought 'ornamental quinc... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review January 2020

  

  Sodden, the garden is sodden. I could just leave this month's review as those five words and leave it at that. I had a good few gardening days in the few... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• A Plantation

  

  I had a farm in Leicester..... no, no, that is not true, I have garden it is just a garden and yet, and yet here I am on the cusp of my own coffee... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month January 2020 - Hanging Violas

  

  I try not to think too hard to choose an irritating plant each month. I tell myself not to force a decision and indeed, if nothing springs easily to mind to le... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Good Decisions

  

  Gardening is often about making decisions. Deciding what to plant, when to plant, what to remove, what to let be, do I do this today or tomorrow or ever? Many... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• A New Year in the Garden

  

  Mid-way into January and it is starting to feel like we have turned the corner into a new year at last. There is still a lot of winter to come, we have not... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Beneath the Magnolia

  

  I make no claims to be a tidy gardener. I am apologetically untidy and one of the primary ways it manifests itself this time of year is that I do not remove... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following January 2020 - They Sleep

  

  We are only a few days into January 2020, just on the very start of the decade and the quince trees are currently sleeping. As is my habit I stand in front of... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• A Tidying of Hellebores

  

  I have often said that the garden often tells me what it wants me to do. I wander around as a prelude to starting gardening most weekends and sometimes I... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review December 2019

  

  The last End of Month Review of the decade! How can this be?? It feels like the 2010s have flown by. Anyhoo, in the garden all is wet. Very wet. It has... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2020 GARDENING, HOME

• The Blackberry Garden Plant of the Year Award 2019

  

  Now in its seventh year, it is time for the Blackberry Garden Plant of the Year 2019 Award. This award, which at first was mocked in the garden by those who di... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• A Hanging Basket for Spring

  

  As the winter solstice turns and the days have reached their shortest, there is on the horizon the prospect of spring. We have winter to get through yet and I... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• A Letter to the Garden - December 2019

  

  Dear garden, The year is coming to a close and I have kept my promise to write to you more frequently. It feels like writing to you is the best I can manage... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• The Garrya Reborn

  

  The Garrya elliptica at the top of the garden is one of the few plants that was growing here before I bought this house. I have to confess, they are not... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• The Song of the Bulb

  

  Currently as I walk around the garden I can hear the sound of gentle humming rising from the recently planted bulbs. Bear with me, I will explain. It is... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following December 2019 - the Last Leaf

  

  We have arrived at the last month of the year and meteorologically winter began on December 1st. Personally I admit to being a 'winter starts after the soltice... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• There Has Been Tree Buying

  

  There seems to be a lot about trees in the news at the moment. How many should be planted/will be planted and so on. I am old enough to remember 'plant a... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Promotion - a Party in a Hamper for a Winter 'summer House'

  

  I was contacted recently by the nice people at GBC, who are the UK's premier retailer of quality leisure and garden buildings, to ask if I would like a hamper... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - November 2019

  

  Apparently Leicestershire had more than its usual monthly average of rain by November 17th this year. To say it has rained a lot this autumn is a bit like... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2019 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month November 2019 - Peperomia Angst

  

  It has been a bit of a 'year of the peperomia' for me this year. I've indulged myself in buying some different types of this houseplant and falling rather... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2019 GARDENING, HOME