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• End of Month Review - March 2014

  

  March has given us a bit of most sorts of weather, some hard frosts, some warm days, quite a lot of rain but also some dry periods and the odd hail storm. Yes... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Episode 1 - a Meeting with Trees

  

  It was a sunny, rainy, haily, cold sort of day so it seemed a good idea to go and visit Hammond Arboretum in Market Harborough. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Spring, You Have Been Missed

  

  Spring is my current favourite season and in some ways might always be my favourite (in Summer I shall say this of Summer, shhh). I think I even know why... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• For the Love of Willow

  

  I have been thinking about willow quite a bit recently, my neighbours have a fantastic willow tree on their drive way that is currently covered in furry catkins. Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Bit of Support

  

  This time last year I booked onto a willow plant support making course at Coton Manor. Something urgent happened on the day and unfortunately I was not able to... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Aconite Lawn

  

  There are some plants that I really want to grow, but no matter what I do they do not survive. I have my 'three tries and you're out' rule and this saves me... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following - Where's My Runcible Spoon?

  

  Lucy at Loose and Leafy has this great idea to follow a tree for year. The idea is that you follow the same tree, showing what it is doing on the same day... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Fuzzy

  

  Spring is very nearly here, which means that buds are starting to show signs of change,there is movement as soon there will be leaves and flowers; the... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Rescued from the Cardoon Empire

  

  I do love a cardoon, they are fantastic plants. They have the fantastic structural foliage and flower heads that bees just adore. They grow quite tall but do no... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review -February 2014

  

  This year so far has been very wet and February has been very wet. There was a little flurry of snow one day but otherwise it has been remarkably mild with few... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Year On, a Snowdrop Return

  

  I have visited Easton Walled Gardens a few times over the last year and snowdrop time has come around again so it felt appropriate to return. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Country Living Magazine Spring Fair Competition

  This is a little bit exciting, well I think so anyway. I have never run a competition through my blog before but I was given the opportunity to offer two... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Plantify Trial Update 4 - Helleborus x Hybridus 'Red Lady'

  

  Its been eleven months since I took delivery of Helleborus x hybridus 'Red Lady' as part of a trial I was asked to undertake by Plantify.co.uk. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Time for Action

  

  Is it the time for action yet?Winter now in its final weeks and what a winter is has been. Here in my part of the East Midlands we have not suffered anywhere... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Quinquennial

  

  I was talking to a delivery man the other day, who was looking at my garden in disbelief as it was his idea of a total nightmare. Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Barracked from the Sidelines

  

  I have written before about how important my garden is to me. I see it very much as my territory and it is my sanctuary. When I get out in the garden whatever... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• I'm Not Bitter

  

  To say I have a love-hate relationship is an accurate description as there is little I like better on a cold but bright winter day than to get outside and get o... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Is Winter Ugly?

  

  I read this article in the Guardian the other day called 'What's wrong with an ugly winter garden?' by Lucy Masters, an article that spoke very much to my... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - January 2014

  

  January started off with some rain, in the middle it was still raining and as it ends it had continued raining a lot. I have rarely seen as much rain as we... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Ivy Project

  

  I have been a bit ivy-obsessed over the festive break. It started with some general pruning and sorting out of the side hedging but developed quite rapidly... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 GARDENING, HOME