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• Patterns of the Palm House

  

  Last week, on a rare dry day, I made my very first visit to Kew Gardens in London. It is almost ridiculous that I have never visited before but living where I d... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• New Year Day Delights

  

  There is nothing better after what seems like interminable days of rain than getting outside and having a good look around the garden to see what the plants hav... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2016 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Year View 2015

  

  I thought I would do an End of Year View post instead of an End of Month post so I could see how areas had changed through the year. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• That Was the Year That Way – 2015

  

  The only snow in 2015 – January Excitement over Melianthus major flower – February Stockton Bury Garden – March Shed finally painted – April Rome – May Great... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Boxing Day Flower Count 2015

  

  AbeliaMy Boxing Day Flower Count is becoming a real tradition now as this is the fifth year I have done it.  It is simply a case of going round the garden and... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Malvern Hills Challenge 5 & 6 – Pinnacle and Jubilee Hills

  

  I keep wondering if I have forgotten something important for Christmas as I seem to have lots of wonderful luxurious free time this week. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• A Timely Reminder

  

  I read last night and into the early hours and wept. It’s rare for a book to hold me in this way. Despite its title, Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening is not a... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Unseasonably Spring-like

  

  Weeding in the garden today, listening to a big fat bee buzzing around the Salvia ‘Phyllis Fancy’, and feeling the sun on my back you could be forgiven for... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Foliage Follow Up December 2014 – Variegation

  

  Fatsia japonica ‘Spiders Web’If you were to ask me if I liked variegated foliage I wouldn’t immediately say yes but then again I wouldn’t immediately say no... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• GBBD December 2015

  

  The mild Autumn is certainly causing some surprising combinations in the garden this December.  There are a number of flowers which seem to have been in flower... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Festive Stitching

  

  I am rather pleased with myself for having finished my Christmas sewing projects before Christmas.  I did think I was being somewhat optimistic at one point... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Things That Make Me Happy

  

  I have a weakness for books, for plants and gardens and for embroidery so to discover a book that brings all these together makes me very very happy indeed. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 6/12/15

  

  Hellebore Anna’s RedI hate to say I have had a good gardening weekend when so many people are coping with floods or howling gales,  but I have. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Surprises and Expectations

  

  What a surprise! 5th December and the first snowdrop is flowering in my garden.  Even more surprising is that it isn’t Galanthus Ding Dong which I know I have... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View – November 2015

  

  The garden at the end of November reflects my state of mind at the moment.  Slightly chaotic and dishevelled!  It has been ridiculously mild but over the last... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Banishing the Black Dog

  

  I’ve been out in the garden this morning to dutifully take some photographs for tomorrow’s End of Month View.  Whilst it is blowing a gale this hasn’t normally... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Aversion Therapy – NaBloMoPo

  There are two ways to look at most things in life – either you take a positive approach, the old glass half full approach, or a negative approach, the glass hal... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Foliage Follow Up – November 2015

  

  Having managed to do the Garden Bloggers Bloom Day post in a timely fashion this month I thought I would also join Pam over at Digging in the Foliage Follow Up. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Blogger Bloom Day – November 2015

  

  Rose OpheliaWho would have thought that a November Garden Bloggers Bloom Day from the UK Midlands would feature a rose in full glory.  I keep posting ‘last... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• School Dinners – a Blast from the Past

  

  In search of inspiration for this ridiculous blogging daily challenge I have inflicted on myself  I came across some prompts and one of them was to write about... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 GARDENING, HOME