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• Book Review: Charleston Farmhouse 1981 by Kim Marsland

  

  Charleston Farmhouse was the home is known as the home to the Bloomsbury Group.  It was the home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and it was decorated by them... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Doddington Hall Sculpture Exhibtion

  

  I had a spare moment the other day and the weather was set fine.  I decided it was a good day to visit the Doddington Hall sculpture exhibition. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - August 2016

  

  August has been quite warm, indeed rather hot.  Just when I was beginning to worry that we had not had rain for a while it then rained rather a lot.  This... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: All the Presidents' Gardens by Marta McDowell

  

  I was really interested to review this new book 'All the Presidents' Gardens' by Marta McDowell because of, and this might sound odd, my general lack of... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Iford Manor: an Italianate Gem

  

  There is something about saving the best until last, there is also something about not knowing that you were saving the best until last but it turns out that yo... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Viburnum Kilimanjaro Sunrise = with Added Earworm

  

  "The wild dogs cry out in the nightAs they grow restless, longing for some solitary companyI know that I must do what's rightAs sure as Kilimanjaro rises like... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Irritating Plant of the Month -August 2016

  

  Ok now this one is really annoying because it has proved me right.  There are few things as irritating as giving a plant a chance against your better judgement... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review: Sleeper Bench from Buy Fencing Direct

  

  I was approached by the very nice people from Buy Fencing Direct to see if I would like to review a product for them and take part in an interview on their blog... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Piet Oudolf Meadow at Hauser and Wirth, Somerset

  

  As I continued home from my visit to Devon I planned in a couple of stop-offs on the way back.  This  would enable me to a) rest from driving and b) eat.... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Piet Oudolph Meadow at Hauser & Wirth, Somerset

  

  As I continued home from my visit to Devon I planned in a couple of stop-offs on the way back.  This  would enable me to a) rest from driving and b) eat.... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Wildside - the Return

  

  I first visited Wildside waybackwhen, well, about seven years ago I think. It made quite an impression on me and I knew I wanted to return. Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review - Stihl Compact Cordless Grass Trimmer FSA 56

  

  The extremely nice people at Stihl asked me if I wanted to trial a couple of their products.  It did not take me long to decide which ones I wanted to try. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Pause at Buckfast Abbey

  

  I needed a stopover for my recent trip down to Devon.  I decided to choose somewhere that was not quite where I wanted to be, but that was when I knew I would b... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Day at the Thompson and Morgan Open Garden 2016

  

  Hang on a minute I hear you say, didn't you go there last year? Yes I did and I was delighted to be able to go and visit again as a guest of Thompson and Morgan. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Raised Bed Revolution by Tara Nolan

  I have seven raised beds in my garden that originally were made to be vegetable beds.  They are still vegetable beds, but they have also been used as the holdin... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following - It Time to Admit Defeat

  

  Sometimes you just have to accept that yet again, there will be no quinces.  There will be no home grown quinces for me this year, that is for sure.  The last... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Last Chance at Wyndcliffe Court

  

  I had placed Wyndcliffe Court on that imaginary yet no less real list of places that I wanted to visit. I enjoy a sculpture garden and I enjoy an Arts and Craft... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review - The Buff

  

  I received an email some weeks ago now asking me if I would like to trial a Buff. I knew what a Buff was because of a previous conversation with some gardening... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - July 2016

  

  As July ends the year still feels slightly behind, summer has finally arrived and the weather has definitely warmed up. This Knapweed is the legacy from a packe... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The 1960s Project

  

  I have been thinking about doing some retro-planting for a year or so now.  It started with some alyssum and quickly developed into a wish to grow some alyssym... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2016 GARDENING, HOME