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• Chelsea Flower Show Episode Two - Three Trends

  

  People always like to talk about the trends at Chelsea Flower Show, they tell you the in-colour is purple, that there are lots of poppies, that oh, you know, et... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• For I Will Consider My Cat Geoffrey

  

  This week I said a final goodbye to my cat Geoffrey.  He was almost exactly twenty years old and old age finally took too much of a toll on him. Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Chelsea Flower Show, Episode One: the Shell and the Dinosaur

  

  I will be upfront and say quite easily, I like Chelsea Flower Show. I've been going for many years now (more than ten is officially many) and it is for me one o... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A New Phase Begins

  

  I have spent the last few years sharing my garden with you, but there is one part of the garden I have never shown, I am not sure I have ever even alluded to... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Peony Grown from Seed

  

  or a smug momentI think I am not alone that when faced with a superb amount of choice from a seed catalogue I sometimes buy seeds that are beyond my ability to... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Pelagoniums, Pots and Christine

  

  I haven't been to Whichford Pottery for a good six months, so it was time I visited again. I had intended to go to the seconds sale in April, but I had seen tha... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following - the May Update

  

  Suddenly we are at chapter three of tree following. This year is just zipping by!The quince tree has blossomed in the in the last month. Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Fenced in

  

  I have a couple of plants that I prize very highly, its not that they were particularly expensive (they were not) but it is that they are particularly tricky fo... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - April 2014

  

  In general April has been quite mild, warmish and wettish with only the occasional frost; ideal growing conditions really. So the garden has been growing well... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• and Then I Go and Spoil It All by Saying Something Stupid....

  

  .....like 'that's looks a nice innocuous plant, I think I shall plant some of those.You know when something feels like a good idea at the time, you think that... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Cold and Chilly Plant Fair (or Two.....)

  

  It was remarkably cold, windy and at times rainy on Sunday. This was in some ways a shame as I was going to a plant fair, yet in other ways not a shame as it... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• They Have Enough Nerve

  

  I'm afraid there's no denyin'I'm just a dandylion(The Wizard of Oz 1939)My garden is currently in the grip of its annual dandelion invasion. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Problem Shared

  

  Dear (insert name of favourite problem page)My Magnolia 'Fairy Blush' is poorly, it has been declining pretty much from day 1 of planting which was two years... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Wood Wandering

  

  The other day I went to a plant fair at Evenley Wood in Northamptonshire, it is about an hour's drive so not too bad to get to. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Long Recovery

  

  I bought this Magnolia loebneri 'Leonard Messel' six years ago on the way back from the Isle of Man. It was a bargain buy as it was reduced to only £25. It was ... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following - April

  

  Last month I joined in the memo of 'tree following' hosted by Lucy at Loose and Leafy. So April is my first update of following my quince tree. Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Just Add Water

  

  I was recently asked to trial some micro-watering kits in the form of a drip-line from Easy Watering. Now I said yes to this as one problem I have is keeping th... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Episode 2 - Ladder to Another World

  

  Or the Hop Hornbeam, aka Ostrya carpinifoliaAt a recent visit to Hammond Arboretum I met this rather fantastic tree. From a distance it beckoned to me, saying... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Teabag Technology™

  

  So, after recently posting saying that I do not promote things very regularly, here I am doing it again. Why did I say yes this time, because I was intrigued an... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Mention for the Butterfly and Moth

  

  As regular readers will know I very rarely promote things for other people though I do confess to a bit of plant trialling (always clearly mentioned as such whe... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME