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• Irritating Plant of the Month - October 2016

  

  This month's tale of woe is indeed one of woe.  I am sad that this plant has entered these hallowed halls of disappointment but, dear reader, there is little... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Exotic Border Reviewed

  

  The Exotic Border has been through more iterations than any other border in the garden.  It has in truth lacked direction and yet there has been a slim thread o... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review: Wilkinson Sword Razorcut Comfort Medium Bypass Pruner

  

  I was contacted recently to ask if I would like to trial some Wilkinson Sword garden tools.  I had a look around their website and the first product I chose... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Year of the Snail

  

  We have had a couple of relatively mild, wet winters; followed by relatively wet springs and summers and autumns.  Earlier in the year there were warnings in th... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Bowl of Happiness - Verbena and Bacopa

  

  Earlier in the year I was sent some plug plants to trial by The Vernon Nursery.  I have various plants from them previously, especially some rather nice... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review - Tri-Truk Trolley

  

  Dear reader at certain times of the year I manage to give myself a slightly strained back.  One of the worst times I do this is at this time of year when the... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Magazine Backlog

  

  I had again allowed a backlog of magazines to accumulate.  I hadn't been this behind for some time.  I usually read magazines on rainy afternoons and train... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following October 2016 - I Have a Cunning Plan....

  

  The quince tree has spent the last four weeks contemplating its lack of fruit and we have agreed that things cannot continue as they are. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Day of Plant Buying at Felley Priory

  

  Felley Priory in Underwood, north of Nottingham is about an hour ish from where I live. They host a Plant Heritage rare plant fair a couple of times a year and ... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Elizabethan Garden at Kenilworth Castle

  

  I had to drive close by Kenilworth Castle the other day, so I set out a little early so I could visit the Elizabethan Garden.  I had heard of this garden some... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - September 2016

  

  September has come to a close quite mildly, a bit rainily and fairly sunnily.  In some ways it is clearly autumn, the nights are longer and there is a bit of a... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Revamping the Front Garden

  

  Just in front of my house is a small border, probably around 3 feet deep and 5 foot long.  It is quite a warm border but it suffers from the dry margin that... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month - September 2016

  

  This month I am irritated by Ricinus.  What what! you say, careful now, that plant is more than just irritating it is exceptionally poisonous.  Fear not, it is... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Kelmarsh Hall Dahlia Festival

  

  I was invited to go along to the recent Kelmarsh Hall Dahlia Festival that took place over two Sundays in September. Kelmarsh is about thirty minutes from... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Update Product Review - Gtech Cordless Lawnmower

  

  A couple of months ago I wrote a product review for the new Gtech Cordless Lawnmower. At the time of writing I had two unfinished thoughts that I mentioned. Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Welsh Rock Garden

  

  As regular readers will know I spend a fair amount of my time wandering around North Wales.  This most recent visit saw me staying somewhere I have not stayed... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Norbury Knot Garden

  

  I had reason the other week to visit the Church of St Mary and St Barlok, near Ashbourne in Derbyshire. I do not visit churches very often but I do find them... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: New Small Garden by Noel Kingsbury

  

  I have several books on planting and design written by Noel Kingsbury (usually in conjunction with Piet Oudolf) so when I was asked if I wanted to review this... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Sunday Morning Plant Buying Spree

  

  The other week I had not intended to go on a spree, in fact I told myself I had a clear budget and that I had to stick to it.  I had thought of nipping out to... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following - September 2016: the Cold Shoulder

  

  This month I am giving my quince tree the cold shoulder.  I am not going to stand in front of it and stare at it.  I am not going to look despairingly at the... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME