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• A Look Back

  

  or rolling back the years. I often have a look back on my End of Month Reviews to see what was happening at the same point in previous years. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - December 2015

  

  December is going out on a rainy and stormy note.  It feels like it has rained, at least a little and often a lot, every day for some  time. Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Still Flowering

  

  Back in October I wrote about how happy my Brugmansia was making me as it had begun to flower. I brought it into the house in November as I started to worry... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Its Traditional.....

  

  The first time you do something it is not a tradition, it cannot be as there has only been one occurrence.  The second time you do something it is also not... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The First Snowdrop

  

  So far this winter has been wet, windy and mild.  There have been reports in the newspapers of early daffodils and the lawns and weeds keep on growing. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• One Minute Later

  

  The darkness continues to descend but the end is in sight; on the 19th December it will get dark one minute later than the day before.  One whole minute, not a... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Window into the Garden

  

  It's that time of year again, that time when I only see the garden usually at weekends.  I have likened it to Brigadoon before as it disappears into the murk... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following - The Quince Perseveres

  

  It is December and most of the trees that have a wish to have given up their leaves. The quince tree has decided to keep hold of its for a bit longer. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• If I Had a Time Machine .....

  

  .... where and when would I visit? 1. My own garden, maybe stopping off in 10 year leaps, tracking it right back to before the house was built. 2. I would then... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Blackberry Garden Plant of the Year Award 2015

  

  Yes it is that time of year again, the now annual declaration of the plant that has made the most impact in the garden this year.  This is the third year I... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review November 2015

  

  November has been relatively mild, though there has been the odd frost and quite a lot of rain. In the driveway the pin oak is hanging on to the last of its... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Trial - 12 A New Rose

  

  I really need to keep up to date with these trial posts, next year I will do better! Late-ish last year I was sent a 9cm pot containing Rose 'For Your Eyes... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Sheffield Pitstop - Part Two

  

  After spending a nice time at the Winter Gardens I still needed more garden-therapy to make up for spending the previous day and a half in a work-based... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: The Half-Hour Allotment by Lia Leendertz

  

  When I was asked if I would like to review this book at first I thought maybe not for a few reasons.  Number 1 has to be that I do not have an allotment or... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Coronation Street Gardens

  

  Pardon I hear you say, Coronation Street gardens?  Yes indeedy, I recently went on the Coronation Street tour and part of what made this exciting was the... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Sheffield Pitstop - Part One

  

  This time of year I have to go to a conference that is work related.  I am lucky that it has so far been in nice interesting places that always have a good... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Reviews: Terrariums, Gardens Under Glass by Maria Colletti

  

  I was recently asked if I would like to review Maria Colletti's book "Terrariums: Gardens Under Glass".  I did not have to think long and hard about saying yes... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Quiet of Autumn

  

  and suddenly it is Autumn.  There is no getting away from it now, the leaves have turned and many have now blow away.  The signs of Autumn are all around us. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Quest for the Right Liquidambar

  

  One of the joys of my garden is that I have the space to plant some trees.  I have been able to plant many of the various trees that are on that list that has... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Neglected Desk Orchid

  

  A long time ago, back in 2014, I was bought an orchid by my line manager.  It was a gift just as a thank you. It was in flower and I was really pleased with it... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME