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• A Rose Called Ginger

  

  Earlier this year my dearest ginger cat Bruce made his final journey It was time for him to take his rest. He was a fabulous cat and I still miss him. I... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Sweetpeas at Easton Walled Gardens

  

  Hurrah it is sweetpea time again, always a joy. I was thinking of where to go and spend an afternoon with a friend and suddenly Easton Walled Gardens sprang... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following July 2024 - Oh

  

  Oh, oh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. The quest for a quince this year is not going well. This is Quince Minor, whom, when I went to go and check, has no... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review June 2024

  

  No, no, I refuse to believe that the end of June has been and gone already. This year has been ridiculously fast which means, of course, I am now getting rathe... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Rose of the Year 2025 - You're My Everything

  

  Yes I do mean 2025 as the announcement is always made the year before the actual year. This is for very practical reasons so that the nurseries can build up... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• An Abundance at Sezincote

  

  I think abundance is the right term for Sezincote, this is a house and garden of glorious abundance. I first visited way back in 2012. I teased I would write... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• The Catalpa

  

  I am not exactly certain when I bought my Catalpa aurea tree, but it is more than twenty years ago as for several years it lived in a container in the front... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review - This Allotment Edited by Sarah Rigby

  

  This Allotment: stories of growing, eating and nurturing - edited by Sarah Rigby is an anthology of essays written around themes of allotment owning and growing... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Letter to the Garden - June 2024

  

  Dear Garden Well here we are in June and the year is half way through. It has been quite a year already and frankly it looks like the rocky ride is not over... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following June 2024 - a Celebration and a Lament

  

  Let us start with happy, let us start with a celebration of Quince Minor who is having his best.year.ever. Quince Minor is bedecked with quincelets. Bedecked!... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• The Halesia Carolina Quest

  

  Sometimes it feels like things are just not meant to be. There are plants I have on my list, some have been on the list for many years and some will always... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review May 2024

  

  May has felt like a brief month, no sooner has it started then it finished. I think its because its been a busy montth. There has been a lot going on in the... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• A Fuzz of Blue at Portmeirion

  

  Regular readers will know that Portmeirion is a place I like to visit often. I have recently returned from staying there for a gloriously relaxing week, a... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024 - Part Two

  

  I find it impossible to compress RHS Chelsea Flower Show into one blogpost. I mean, I could if I wanted to but it would be sooo long. So here is part 2 of my... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024 - Part One

  

  RHS Chelsea Flower RHS Chelsea Flower is one of my favourite events of the year. I look forward to it every year and every year it is sufficiently different... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Oh Hello - Who Are You?

  

  There I was, wandering around the around the other week, when I noticed a peony bud on a plant I did not remember planting. This is not that unusual, I plant... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• The Questions - Ben Newell: Author Hello Tiny World

  

  I was recently asked if I wanted to review this new book by Ben Newell: 'Hello Tiny World' so I took the opportunity to ask whether Ben would like to take... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2024

  

  I do not get to the RHS Malvern Spring Festival every year, but when I am able to I make sure I do and I always enjoy it. This year the fates were on my side... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following May 2024 - Quincelet Time

  

  Hurrah Hurrah Hurrah! We are at the time of the year when the quincelets should be forming, and..... look, look, look! there they are, as the petals wither awa... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME

• A Day at Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway

  

  I was delighted to recieve an invitation to visit Exbury Gardens in the New Forest. I have been invited a couple of times previously but have never been able t... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2024 GARDENING, HOME