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• Pruning Day

  

  (note: no prunes are involved) Like with many gardening days, I often have no plan when I first set foot outside, as I walk around the garden it tells me what ... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Reviews: Death in the Garden by Michael Brown and The Almanac (2019) by...

  

  I get offered books to review fairly regularly and I make a point of only agreeing to books that cover something I want to know more about, or just sound plain... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following - December 2018

  

  and then it was December, the quinces are all picked, admired and eaten and the quince trees prepare for slumber..... The last few leaves are clinging... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Let It Rain

  

  It has started to rain, quite a bit of rain in fact, which is currently needed but I am not sure if I can quite use the word welcome. There will be a point whe... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review - Lechuza Self Watering Planters

  

  Christmas is now getting closer, there are not that many shopping days left and I think now we have reached December I can actually talk about it without feelin... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review November 2018

  

  November has been mild and cold and is ended wet and grey. It feels like winter is now upon us. In the driveway the mahonia I bought a couple of years ago is... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• A Sunday Weeding

  

  There are days when I know what I need to be doing in the garden and I just get out there and get on with it. There are other days when I faff about to no grea... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review - Donkey Gloves

  

  The gloves quickly arrived and looked beautiful. I tried them on and the 'Small' size fitted my hands perfectly. They have a nice elasticated cuff that means... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month November 2018 - Less Fire, Maybe a Spark

  

  You know when you go and visit winter gardens? You go on those lovely crisp walks and you oooh and aaah at the fantastic colours of stems and think that you... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review - Hardy Garden Chrysanthemums by Judy Barker

  

  I have mentioned previously that I am a member of the and that I am privileged to be a Hardy Plant Society member of their Board of Trustees. One of that grea... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Patiently Waiting Impatiens

  

  There are few things as satisfying in life than successfully taking cuttings from plants. Sowing seeds probably probably has the edge as that involves an... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Don’t Get Cross...

  

  It was one of those days, you know the sort, nothing is hugely wrong but things could be better. In the scheme of things worse things happen at sea (as they... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday - Berry

  Regular readers will know that I have reviewed a few products for Stihl from their domestic battery range. It was therefore a delight to be asked if I would... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Autumn, You Make My Heart Sing....

  

  Autumn, you make my heart sing, A sunny autumn day is such a wonderful thing. The light has a colour to it that is only autumn. The earth has dipped past... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following November 2018 - Quince Crumble

  

  There is only one thing better than the excitement of seeing more than once quince grow; and that is getting to eat the quinces. Firstly I had to find out how ... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The Questions - Gary Philpotts

  

  It has been a while since I have had a new 'The Questions' post and when I was asked if I wanted to interview Gary Philpotts, Chairman of the Common Sense... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• A Stay at Denman College

  

  Denman College is just outside Abingdon near Oxford and since 1947 it has been the home of the Womens' Institute (WI) educational centre. You do not have to... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review -October 2018

  

  As October comes to a close the season has stopped turning, it has turned. The grey, cold, dampness has arrived that will typify the next few months. There... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Japanese Knotweed Unearthing the Truth by Nicholas Seal

  

  Fallopia japonica, or Japanese Knotweed, is a plant whose infamy leads to a lot of misinformation (dare I say fake news?), misunderstanding and fear. This... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• An Afternoon of Chrysanthemums and Asters

  

  The season is now really on the turn: actually more than on the turn, it is turning - fast. The week in particular it suddenly has that cold and dark feeling... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME