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• 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

• Looking for a Vindication

  

  The other day I was lucky enough (very lucky) to win tickets to the Party for Perennial, a fund raising event for the horticultural charity Perennial. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• The Bridal Flowers 1 - The Certainty of Uncertainty

  

  ..... Certainty is ridiculous (Voltaire) There are certainties in gardening: every year the circle turns, the seasons come and go and there will be gardening... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: She Sheds, a Room of Your Own by Erika Kotite

  

  I was recently sent a copy of the new book by Erika Kotite that is a wander through the world of she-sheds.  Now I am going to have to say up front that I am no... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• The Blackberry Tales 12 - A Window onto the World

  

  So there I was digging away, happy in my own little world when the spade snagged on a stone. As is my habit and as I was taught by my gardening neighbours many... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Of Pruning and Pigeons

  

  In previous posts when I have been hacking pruning trees and roses I have referred to Monty Don's imaginary pigeons. These pigeons like to fly in formation... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review - Wilkinson Sword Stainless Steel Edging Blade

  

  I was sent the Wilkinson Sword Edging Blade to trial some weeks ago and I kept looking at it wondering when would be the day I would feel it was right to give i... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following January 2017 - You Got a Friend

  

  Way back in the day when I purchased my quince tree it said very clearly on the label that it was self-fertilising.  I believed this and took it at its word. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Anglesey Abbey - a Wintery Walk

  

  I have driven past the turn-off for Anglesey Abbey on the A14 too many times. I decided the time had come to make a determined effort to drive to this garden an... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Wednesday Metre - On New Year's Day

  

  On New Year's Day Silence falls For that brief moment The ring-road quietens The constant roar Ceases On New Year's Day On New Year's Day Despite the news The... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME