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• End of Month Review - August 2014

  

  It seems hard to believe we are three-quarters of the way through the year already, but here we are at the end of month eight and summer is almost done. The... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Wander Around the Langtons

  

  Ok I am going to deal with this straight away, yes, an afternoon with Ray, Deirdre and Tracey.  Can we move on now? To the southeast of Leicester there are a... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Lilac Squirrels

  

  Or a visit to Avondale Nursery. The a week or so ago I went to visit Avondale Nursery, which I had heard of yet never visited despite it not being that far... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Old Horts Do Euridge

  

  Little did  I know when I joined the Old Horts network a couple of months ago that it would lead me to meet such great people and go to such interesting places. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Pumpkins and Pom-poms

  

  I recently went on a visit to Calke Abbey, I have visited many many times and yet I never seem to get tired of it.  There is always something that catches my... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Visit to the Thompson and Morgan Trial Grounds

  

  The other day I received an email that I can only equate to being like finding one of Wonka's golden tickets, it was an invitation to visit the Thompson and... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Contained

  

  I have always grown quite a few things in pots.  In previous gardens this has been due to the garden not being big enough for hold all I wanted to grow and... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following - the Tree Grows

  

  and so we reach August and it is time to go and stare at my Quince Tree to think about what to write about this month.  I realised as I stood there and looked a... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Teabag Update

  

  April seems a while ago now, but way back those couple of months ago I wrote a post about some trial plants I had been sent by B Q about their Teabag Technology... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - July 2014

  

  July has been hot, yes, really hot.  It has been a bit rainy but as I write this the garden is getting rather dry and new plantings are needing watering, and... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Trio of Tools - Product Review

  

  I was contacted the other day to see if I would like to review some tools by easyshed.co.uk I thought about this for a millisecond and said yes. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Sweet Pea Moment

  

  A moment with sweet peas is rarely wasted and they are at their peak this time of year.  I grow sweet peas, not a lot of varieties, but enough to make me happy. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Hampton Court Flower Show - for a Few Gardens More

  

  Three posts is probably enough from a Flower Show in my view, so this is the final post relating to Hampton Court Flower Show and I should warn you, it does... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Big Butterfly Count - 19th July - 10th August

  

  The nice lady from Butterfly Conservation got in touch with me again and asked if I would help promote the Big Butterfly Count that starts on July 19th. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Hampton Court Flower Show - Some Gardens

  

  The thing about Hampton Court Flower Show is that it is big.  No I mean really big, you have to buy a catalogue with a map in it otherwise you could wander... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Visit to Hampton Court Flower Show

  

  or, more accurately, a visit to Hampton Court Flower Show in the company of the Seven Dwarfs. I do not go to Hampton Court Flower Show very often, this was my... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Speechless

  

  You know that moment when you stand in front of a plant and words just cannot sum up what you are seeing, it is so beyond anything you have seen before? Well... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following - Oh Dear

  

  and so we reach the sad, yet somehow I feel inevitable moment when I have to tell you dear readers that the quest for the quince is over. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Tussle of the Roses

  

  Its not a war, its not a battle, but it is a bit of a stand off I think. It is now three years since I wrote about Rosa Mundi, a stripy rose that I liked despit... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - June 2014

  

  What an extraordinary growing season it has been this year.  The winter was mild and the spring warmish and wetish.  June has also been very warm at times and... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME