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• End of Month View – April 2015

  

  It’s amazing how much growth there has been in the last month.  The temperatures in April have been higher than normal and there has been little, if any, rain. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• In a Vase on Monday – A Dainty Posy

  

  It hadn’t occurred to me to use violas in my weekly vase until Saturday’s HPS meeting.  We have a display table on which more confident members than me display... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 26th April 2015

  

  Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘Valentine’Today the forecasters predicted low temperatures of around 10C and wind and maybe rain.  Now I would certainly have... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: The Plant Lover’s Guide to Tulips

  

  I have to admit that I didn’t greet the new The Plant Lover’s Guide to Tulips by Richard Wilford, published by Timberpress in association with Kew, with the sam... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• In A Vase on Monday – Mid Spring Delights

  

  My Vase on Monday has been through a couple of guises today.  I wanted to feature the Ballerina Tulips which are really the only tulips I have. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 19th April 2015

  

  I’m struggling a little with life at the moment and to top everything else off my car has died on me so I have the irritation of having the phone the garage... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Crewel Progress

  

  I thought I would give you an update on my embroidery progress. I have to admit to not picking it up for a week or so until last night.  I have been off colour... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Foliage Follow-Up – April 2015

  

  I didn’t do a foliage follow up post last month as I was bored with posting about the same plants all winter – even I couldn’t face another photo of Melianthus... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – April 2015

  

  The last couple of weeks have given us the occasional bright sunny days with temperatures just nudging 20C.  It seems like the garden has had its touch-paper li... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• In A Vase on Monday – Narcissus

  

  I am really getting into Cathy’s weekly meme – In a Vase on Monday.  As someone who has never really embraced picking flowers from the garden or arranging... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 12/4/15

  

  I’m sure you won’t mind me saying that I am rather pleased with my garden at the moment.  It makes me smile so much especially when the sun shines, as it has... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• The Greenhouse Review – April

  

  Here we are and the greenhouse is just as full as last month although the occupants have changed a little.  Some salvias and an agave which were being... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Outwitting Squirrels

  

  I was asked to review Anne Wareham’s latest book – ‘Outwitting Squirrels, and other garden pests and nuisances’. The book’s strap line intrigued me “101... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• In Vase on Monday – Oriental Charm

  

  This week’s Vase on Monday features just one species – the Prunus Kojo-no-mai. I wanted to capture the charming cherry blossom before it went over. Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Fruits of My Labour

  

  I have finally painted the shed.  As I said in my End of Month post I have been dithering about what colour to paint it for a year or more. Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Happy Easter

  

  As I said back at Christmas I am not a religious being and so I don’t celebrate Easter.  However, I enjoy the long Easter weekend as it is an opportunity to... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Stockton Bury Gardens – A New Season

  

  Yesterday I made my first visit of the year to Stockton Bury Gardens near Leominster in Herefordshire. Stockton Bury is one of my favourite gardens. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View – March 2015

  

  Well March has been a blustery month from start to finish and last night was the worst for some time.  Whilst the temperatures haven’t been particularly low... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• In a Vase on Monday – Never Work With Animals

  

  The theme for my vase this week is red.  I wanted to use some of the Euphorbia characias ‘White Swan’ as I love the flower heads. They have red eyes on each of... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 29th March 2015

  

  My garden this weekend is soggy and blustery which is fine as I have the start of a cold and as I have next week off as annual leave I have decided to give in t... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2015 GARDENING, HOME