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• Book Review: Landscape of Dreams, the Gardens of Isabel and Julian Bannerman by...

  

  I was sent this book to review and what an incredible book it is.  I have had the good fortune to visit a couple of the gardens in the book so I was really... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Dark Waters

  

  I love my pond, I really do, it is probably my favourite bit of the garden and it makes me very happy.  I have written previously that I spent quite a while... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review - Build a Better Vegetable Garden by Joyce Russell

  

  I was asked if I would like to review this new book by Joyce Russell:  Build a Better Vegetable Garden, 30 DIY projects to improve your harvest.  I was very... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - November 2016

  

  November has been mild and cold and has also seen the start of the rainy season.  Lots of rain in has fallen this month, mainly in a two day period and the... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review - VivaGreen Biodegradable Compostable Bags

  

  I was contacted recently by the people from VivaGreen which is a company that makes compostable and biodegradable products. They use natural materials that... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Cardiff Wetlands

  

  At the time of writing this we have just had torrential rain interspersed with persistant drizzle for nearly three days.  You could be forgiven for thinking tha... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants

  

  I was asked if I would like to review the new edition of the RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants and I immediately said yes. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month November 2016

  

  Dear reader, for this month's irritating plant wall of shame I give you...... .....Magnolia 'Fairy Blush'. I have had this shrub for good few years now. I was... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Last Sweetpea

  

  "We are the last of our kind" cry the sweetpeas, "the very last." "You are the last for this year, yes, the season is almost over. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Year Has Passed

  

  The day I am writing this has been day about trees.  It is still, just (only just) the time to plant them and it is the time to be pruning them.  It is also... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wednesday Metre - Calling Winter

  

  The horse chestnut has called winter Has thrown its arms to the sky Has stretched and reached Has shed and laid bare The horse chestnut has called winter Has... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review: Stihl Compact Cordless Chainsaw MSA 120 C

  

  Some weeks ago I wrote a product review for the Stihl Cordless Grass Trimmer. I said at the time that I had a couple of Stihl products to trial and now is the... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Letter to the Garden

  

  Dear garden, It's been a while since I feel like I have paid you proper attention. Yes I have been with you, yes I have pottered about, cut lawns and tidied... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Pitstop at Hidcote

  

  How does one start to write about Hidcote? The issue is it has all probably already been said. Is this going to stop me? Of course not. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following: Autumn Beckons

  

  The quince tree is denying autumn.  It is standing, thinking, waiting, making a small concession but not allowing autumn to take complete hold. The tree is... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Box with a Secret Inside

  

  "Here is a box, a musical box, wound up and ready to play. But this box can hide a secret inside. Can you guess what is in it today? Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wednesday Metre - Berries

  

  Consider Consider How it glisters, The light almost Shines through Squinting into the light Trying to Make out shape Make out colour It is the time for hips... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review October 2016

  

  As September ended I mused that Autumn was holding its breath, It has now started to exhale.  There is now a real feel of Autumn in the garden and I would go... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Day at Allt -y- Bela

  

  I have not been to as many garden talks and workshops as I do usually this year.  There is no particular reason for this, I just found that things were not... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wednesday Metre - Filaments

  

  Tibouchina urvilleana filaments hooked eyes looking, stretching reaching filaments arachnid the mantle of purple falls away creating an allusion of... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME