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• A Visit to Croome to See the Snowdrops

  

  I had reason to be in Worcester the other day and I thought on the way home I would find a snowdrop garden.  After a bit of looking around, I realised the Croom... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following March 2017 - a Little Late

  

  Last year spring arrived rather early, this makes this year feel late, when I think it is actually probably more like it should be.  This means that the quince... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• The Snowdrop Walk at Holme Pierrepont Hall

  

  Recently I visited Holme Pierrepont Hall for the first time. I am slightly ashamed that it was my first time as I grew up and lived close-by for many years. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• #mygardenrightnow March 4th 2017

  

  This is my contribution to Michelle Chapman's new meme celebrating what is the in the garden right now. I did not have to think too long and hard about what my... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Good Soil by Tina Raman, Ewa-Marie Rundquist & Justine Lagache

  

  So the email went something along the lines of "we have this new book that you might be interested in reviewing, it is a little out of the ordinary............. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review: February 2017

  

  February has been cold and mild and finally rather stormy.  We had the first big storm here in the generally mild Midlands that we have had for a quite a while. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• The Blackberry Garden Snowdrops

  

  I am currently enjoying visiting some amazing snowdrop gardens.  This has become a favourite pastime this time of year as it helps keep the winter blues at bay. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month February 2017 - the Viburnum

  

  This plant is clearly very irritating.  This small viburnum bodnantense has created its own demise by its sheer level of irritatingness (ok that is not a word,... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• The Thenford Snowdrops

  

  As regular readers will know, I recently reviewed the new book from Anne and Michael Heseltine that is a celebration of their garden at Thenford. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Snowdrops and Aconites at Little Ponton Hall

  

  This year Little Ponton Hall opened for its annual snowdrop weekend on the 11th/12th February to raise money for the Lincolnshire Down's Syndrome Support Group. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants

  

  or to give its full title "The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants. an A-Z of healing plants and home remedies." by Monique Simmonds, Melanie-Jayne Howes... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• An Easton Afternoon

  

  This time of year I enjoy myself hugely by visiting snowdrop gardens.  I am by no means a galanthophile,  but I love seeing these incredible carpets of snowdrop... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Hodsock Priory - a Morning of Scents and Snowdrops

  

  I was delighted to be invited to Hodsock Priory's media event the other day. This has become one of my favourite events of the year. It has become for me the... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following February 2017 - Here We Go

  

  I'm fairly sure that the quince trees are waggling their branches in the air and singing 'here we go, here we go, here we go' in quite frankly, a mildly... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• One Week Later

  

  It is suddenly the time of year when a week is a long time in the garden.  In the last week suddenly there has been a lot of movement, suddenly the pace has... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review January 2017

  

  January seems to like starting the year off by testing all the weather that it can just to make sure that it is all still working.  So we have had rain and snow... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• The Blackberry Tales 13 - The Devil's Ring-pull

  

  I've recently been edging the borders, this is a patient and quite satisfying task.  It enabled me to tidy up the lines of the borders and smooth out some of th... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Movement

  

  Suddenly there is some real movement in the garden.  Not that it ever stops growing completely, but now there is a sense of stirring and growth. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Wednesday Metre - A Splinter of Summer

  

  A Splinter of Summer It starts from the deep, A twinge, a feeling A slight tenderness. Up it works, a reverse burrow, That memory from summer That day you... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month - January 2017

  

  I struggled a bit this month to think of an irritating plant.  I'm just happy that most seem to be getting through the winter alive, so to label one as... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME