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• 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

• Three Gardens

  

  "From December to March, there are for many of us three gardens -the garden outdoors,the garden of pots and bowls in the house,and the garden of the mind's... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Berry Deficit

  

  I do not have enough berries, I feel bereft of berries, I need more berries in my garden.I do have the wonderful Sorbus Cashermeiriana which I bought last year... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Orion - the Winter Maker

  

  I wrote about The Eye of Orion some time ago, which apart from the quotation in which it appears, was the only mention of Orion in that post. This is odd... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Nearing the Boundary of Mordor

  

  Here we go, we are now in December and Winter is knocking at the windows asking to get started. We have had a few frosts now and the pond has started to ice... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review - November 2013

  

  So we reach November, the end of the year is rushing towards us. November has been fairly standard this year, its been foggy, rainy (very rainy at times) moment... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Autumn Revelations of Structure

  

  One thing I rarely manage to do is to visit the same garden more than once at different periods in the year. This is usually because if they are at a distance... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• The Blackberry Garden Plant of the Year Award

  

  I know its only mid November, but there is no point in putting this off, its been fairly clear all year which plant or group of plants was going to win the... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Visit to Bristol Botanic Garden

  

  I had a recent visit to Bristol for work purposes, the weather was cold but beautifully sunny and it was too good an opportunity to waste, so I took a detour... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME