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• 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

• The Blackberry Tales 10 - I've Got Your Number

  

  I was wandering around the garden, as you do, camera in hand looking for emerging snowdrops. They are on their way up now so I was having to be careful not to... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Planting Interlude

  

  It has been very rainy recently which has also meant it has been relatively mild. It remains still possible to get some planting done in the dormant pause just... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• And Then There Were Three

  

  You know that moment when you realise you have invited three quite different members of the same family to stay which could make you feel nervous but you are... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• On a Frosty Morning

  

  After many days of rain we have now returned to having frosts. This morning was quite a deep frost and the saturated ground is now frozen. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Excitement of a New Plant

  

  There are few things as exciting to a gardener than a new plant, not just a new plant but a new type of plant you have not grown before. A new plant has real... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Year Starts

  

  "January is named for Janus (Ianuarius), the god of the doorway; the name has its beginnings in Roman mythology, where the Latin word for door (ianua) comes fro... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Pass Me My Samurai Sword.....

  

  It is my ambition to grow up to be Uma Thurman. There are some minor issues with this wish: I am (much) older than her, shorter, dumpier and far less beautiful ... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - December 2013

  

  December is ending cold and stormy, it has been a stormy month. We are lucky here living in the mainly sheltered midlands so whilst it has been a bit scary at... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• For a Few Heathers More

  

  A couple of months ago I was given cause to think about heather, I thought about it quite a bit in fact.When thinking about heathers I came to the conclusion... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• The Blackberry Tales 9 - Doorway into Doom

  

  I like to have a garden project or two over the winter months. It is a good time to do a variety of things that prepare the way for the next growing season. Thi... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• The Season Turns Again

  

  We are at the shortest day again, the Winter Solstice was yesterday and the daylight will get longer minute by minute.When I am walking around the garden I... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Hedera Not Tilsley

  

  I have lots of ivy in my garden. More than lots, I actually have too much. I don't like it very much either, I find it rather dark and foreboding and I worry... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME