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• Product Review: Stihl Cordless Hedgetrimmer, Brushcutter and Leaf Blower

  

  I think it is fair to say that I am very much a fan of Stihl products.  I have reviewed products for them previously and genuinely think they are a high... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• A Moment of Autumn Sun

  

  The past week feels like it has been very grey and cloudy.  We are now properly in autumn and the days get shorter one after another. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - October 2017

  

  This year has flown by so it is quite astonishing that October has been and gone in a blink of a blinky eye.  It was a month that also involved some weather,... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review - Moorland Wildlife and Garden Wildlife by Villager Jim

  

  When I am not obsessing about my garden and reading gardening books, I obsess about photography and photograph books so when I was asked if I would like to... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• A Portmeirion Pause

  

  As regular readers will know, Portmeirion is my favourite favourite place. I usually holiday there every two years apart from when I go inbetween that. Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• A Tree Mood

  

  It turns out I am in a bit of a tree mood at the moment.  I love trees at all times of the year but there is something about the last gasp of autumn that I trul... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review - the Wildlife Gardener by Kate Bradbury

  

  I was asked if I would like to review a copy of Kate Bradbury's new book 'the wildlife gardener' and I was very pleased to say yes.  I therefore have not paid... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month - October 2017

  

  Stand up Dahlia Waltzing Matthilda, you are this month's irritating, nay, really annoying plant. You have been flowering really well, but then just when I need... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• The Bridal Flowers 5 - The Wedding Day Arrives

  

  The long awaited wedding day arrived in mid-October and not only did the flowers have to be ready, but I had to be able to make them up into the required... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• The End of Summer

  

  Summer has been a flibbertigibbet this year, here for a while, gone for a while; back for a short burst and then disappearing again. Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• A Cercidiphyllum Autumn

  

  Any time of year it is the time for trees, as autumn reaches it peak they have that moment when you stop and consider their beauty with wonder. Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review - the Gardeco Altiplano Mexican Art Chiminea

  

  I was lucky enough to be asked to review the Gardeco Altiplano Mexican Art Chiminea from Chimineashop.co.uk (wwww.chimineashop.co. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following October 2017 - Getting Chubby

  

  Oh the joys of writing about an actual quince, after all these years of waiting: to not only have a quince, but then I get to watch it develop and ripen. Well, ... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• A Book Review in Two Parts: Monty Don's 'Down to Earth'

  

  Part 1 - the launch I was delighted to be invited to a book launch for Monty Don's new book 'Down to Earth' which is published today by Dorling Kindersley. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: The Almanac by Lia Leendertz

  

  This new book from Lia Leendertz is the second book I have bought from Unbound, the crowdfunding publishing company.  I first heard of the book via twitter and ... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2017 GARDENING

• End of Month Review - September 2017

  

  It feels like autumn has arrived early and suddenly this year.  Almost as September started it felt like the season had turned.  There has been much rain, mist... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Absalom

  

  Long after the mania had sated an object of desire. Virussed beauty covenanted through the years. Blazed fratricidal retribution, principled, vengeful. You... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Three Sisters - This Year's Veg Patch

  

  This year I have planted fewer vegetables than usual.  Partly because I have been growing flowers for my daughter's wedding but also because, well, I was just... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review: Burgon & Ball Hanging Pots

  

  Regular readers may recall that I bought a pretty little cactus from Hampton Court Flower Show, a rather cute little thing that I said at the time needed a... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month September 2017 - the Small One

  

  It was probably about this time last year that there was a Twitter discussion about the size of our ricinus plants.  It was a jolly 'mine is bigger than yours'... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2017 GARDENING, HOME