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• Stoneywell, Where Daffodils Are the New Snowdrops

  

  I do love daffodils, I always have, even as a child their cheerful beauty is something that has always delighted me.  I plant some every year, some in the... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Spring at Baddesley Clinton

  

  I am very fond of Spring flowers, I am very fond of many flowers, but the early flowers that pave the way for the height of the growing season are to be... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following - An Anxious Wait

  

  So I was already worried that the quince tree might have been peaking too early.  Blossom was forming very early this year and we are not out of the frost perio... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Spring Visit to Rousham

  

  I tend to think that Rousham gardens in hushed respectful tones, not in a Voldemort kind of way, but out of respect.  It is talked of as the garden of gardens... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - March 2016

  

  March was probably the driest month so far this year, until in recent days we have had the return of the rain and some blustery weather and some (now getting a... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review: Solar Path Lights and Party Festoon from Festive Lights

  

  I like to have lights in my garden but I do not like to have electric cables.  This means if you visit my garden you will see that  I use solar lights and over... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Graveyard Flowers

  

  The other day I was reading an article in the Guardian written by Alys Fowler about what to plant on a damp grave. This coincided with a recent conversation I... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• An Afternoon at Canon's Ashby

  

  I first visited Canon's Ashby about twenty years ago so when the chance came to visit again I thought it was probably about time that I did. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• A Capite Ad Columbam

  

  I have a fondness for statues, I like looking at them and pondering.  So many times I visit large country houses and there is a lion eating a dragon on a... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review - Living on One Acre Or Less by Sally Morgan

  

  I was invited to attend the launch of Sally Morgan's new book 'Living on One Acre or Less' published by Green Books. The book was launched at the Edible Garden... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• The Quinquennial of the Quince Hedge

  

  Way back when in 2011, when this blog was quite new and the garden was five years younger, I wrote a short piece on the quince hedge I planted in front of the... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• 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