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• RHS Chatsworth - a New Show for the Midlands

  

  I have to state my bias right from the start, I have lived all my life in the Midlands, I am of the Midlands.  The prospect of a new RHS show just over an hour... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following - June 2017, the Predicable Failure Episode

  

  I took the photographs for this month's treefollowing post a few days ago.  I often take them a little early so I will have enough time to write the post... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• The Crowned Trees

  

  I have never visited this part of Yorkshire before, just above Hepstonstall in what was the West Riding.  It is a place of pasture and wood and the fields roll... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - May 2017

  

  This year seems to be whizzing by faster than a whizzy thing.  We are rushing towards the half-way point in the year.  The garden which had a coldish and a... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Review: Elementum

  

  I happened upon this new journal a couple of weeks ago and was immediately very interested in  Elementum. The journal describes itself as a 'journal of nature... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month - The Wrong Rose

  

  I had no hesitation this month when thinking about which plant was irritating me the most.  For there it is, flowering away in the front border, the wrong... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Chelsea Flower Show - Show and Artisan Gardens and a Sprinkling of People

  

  In my previous post I covered the feature gardens and some of the show gardens.  I will look at some highlights from other gardens at the show here. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Chelsea Flower Show - Less Can Be More

  

  RHS Chelsea Flower is one of my favourite events of the year.  This year though, even as I travelled up to London on a very early train, I already knew that it... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review: Envii Seaweed Xtra

  

  I have trialled products for Envii before so when they asked me if I would like to try their Seaweed Xtra I was happy to say yes.  Liquid seaweed is my... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• An Ulting Return

  

  When I sat down to write this post I was going to say that last year we visited Ulting Wick and enjoyed it thoroughly. When I checked it was actually two years... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review: Baby Bio® Orchid Mist and Feed Test

  

  Sponsored Post Baby Bio® Orchid Feed Mist Test When I agreed to review the Baby Bio® Orchid products one of the things they asked me to do was to... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Hyde Hall - a Fleeting Visit

  

  I had reason to be near RHS Hyde Hall the other day and decided I should stop in. I have visited previously a couple of years ago and I thought another visit wa... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• A Laskett Afternoon

  

  Way back in the mists of time, when this blog was still a seedling, I visited The Laskett with a group of twitter friends. It was an excellent day that started... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• A Morning at Stockton Bury Gardens

  

  I was very proud to have been accepted as a member of the Garden Media Guild, which is an organisation that aims to raise the quality of garden writing,... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following May 2017 - After the Frosts

  

  At the end of the April, just when Quince Major and Quince Minor were budding up well, we had a week of sudden sharp frosts.  This was not good news for my ques... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review: Baby Bio® Orchid Care

  

  Sponsored Post I have been a customer of Baby Bio® for more years than I care to remember, it can be measured in decades. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Thenford Revisited

  

  One of the best things about visiting gardens is to return to see them again in different seasons.  A garden's character can be totally different dependent on... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review - Iconic African Plastic Kettle

  

  I received an email relating to this plastic kettle and I was lucky enough to be sent one for me to feature. Not only does this kettle look good, it is perfect... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review April 2017

  

  April has been extraordinarily cold with several frosts over the last seven days, it has also been fairly dry though it looks like some welcome rain is... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• The Bristol Bearpit

  

  I recently had reason to be in Bristol for work and whilst I was there I thought I should visit the Bearpit. I had heard of it through my friend, Sara Venn,... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2017 GARDENING, HOME