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• 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

• 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