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• A Brave Planting

  

  Gardening can be a very risky business: cuts and scratches, bumps and bruises are a common occurrence.  The equipment that is used can also have its perils,... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following - Time Marches on

  

  The Quince Tree is refusing to take any notice of the recent frosty nights and continues to unfurl. Whether I get fruit or not from this tree this year I do... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Winter Picnic in a Fine Garden

  

  Even though it is rather cold it is good garden visiting weather.  The other day when wandering around the garden we mused that this year there should be more... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - February 2016

  

  February is such an odd month, it is not one I look forward to nor particularly enjoy.  It tends to be rather grey, often cold and usually icy and rainy. Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Burgon & Ball Poc-kit Review

  

  I recently attend the Garden Press Event which is where many garden-related businesses go to show their wares to press and bloggers. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Stop off at Belton House

  

  When my children were younger we used to visit Belton House often. It was one of the few National Trust houses that they willingly would visit as it had a super... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Snowdrop Kokedama

  

  I first saw kokedama being described on Gardeners' World earlier in the year.  Kokedama is a plant that is growing in a ball of moss, held together with string... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Return to Little Ponton

  

  It is a year since I last visited Little Ponton, but it was a return visit that was always going to happen. This year the gardens only opened on the 13th/14th... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Snowdrops at Easton Walled Gardens

  

  This was my fourth visit to Easton Walled Gardens at snowdrop time, it has become an annual event that I look forward to very much. Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• 25 Years of Hodsock Snowdrops

  

  Snowdrops have been growing at Hodsock Priory in north Nottinghamshire for a lot more than 25 years, but the gardens have only been opened to the public for... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following - February 2016 Some Day My Quince Will Come

  

  or should it be 'The Unfurling'? Some day my quince will come Some day I'll find my love And how thrilling that moment will be When the quince of my dreams come... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Quick Wander Around Winterbourne Gardens

  

  It is always nice to be asked to do things so when I was asked to help present a session at a work event that was on a Saturday I happily agreed to do it. Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - January 2016

  

  January has been, as ever, rather long.  There is something about January that involves it having at least one week longer than any other month, possibly two. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Wind Cries

  

  Will the wind ever remember The names it has blown in the past And with his crutch, it’s old age, and it's wisdom It whispers no, this will be the last And the... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Life Less Wonky

  

  The pergola has been an integral part of my garden for a long time now, I cannot remember exactly when it was constructed, but I think it was within the first... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Descent of Winter

  

  Finally Winter has made its presence felt.  It has been mild and rainy for so many weeks.  We had the odd frost but generally nothing serious and nothing that... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• and Then It Snowed

  

  Yes the first snowfall of this winter has arrived in this corner of Leicester.  After weeks of grey mild rain, the temperature suddenly did a dive. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• What Sort of a Person Has a Power Complex About Flowers?

  

  Or to use the full quotation: "What, are you gardeners? I hate gardening! What sort of a person has a power complex about flowers? It’s dictatorship for... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Grey of the Day

  

  "There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning;but since dinner (Mrs. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following - Ahead of Schedule

  

  As January starts the recent gales and rain have now stripped the tree of all of its leaves. As I look at the tree, even though it has now been in the garden a... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME