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• Sample of a Sampler

  

  I haven’t posted about my crafty exploits for a while so I thought an update was due.  Having completed the Sheep Pincushion I had started on a beaded scissor... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Depth

  

  I have struggled with this week’s photo challenge theme: depth. So I have decided to choose some images that show a depth of field, the depth of the garden so t... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View – January 2015

  

  Another year and the start of another series of End of Month posts.  Time for some new views, projects and pondering.I plan to start with the view above which i... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• You Say Amaryilis, I Say Hippeastrum

  

  When I was growing up we frequently visited my Aunt’s mother’s house.  Mrs Barker, as I called her, was the lady who inspired my horticultural passions. Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• ‘England’s Greatest Snowdrop Garden’

  

  Galanthus nivalis Sandersii GroupWhen I tell people that I am going to look at snowdrops they often look at me quizzically -” surely a snowdrop is a snowdrop... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 25th January 2015

  

  With a little sunshine this weekend and a slight increase in the temperatures the first hellebores are starting to open.  This is the plant that hooked me on... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Express Yourself

  

  This week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is ‘Express Yourself’ – which is a very wide open topic.I think I express myself best in writing, hence the blog,... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Secret Gardens of The Cotswolds

  

  I am lucky to frequently receive books from Frances Lincoln to review but I have to admit that I was thrilled to be asked to review Secret Gardens of The... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• 7 Years of Blogging!

  

  Iris unguicularis ‘Walter Butt’Well who would have thought it! I had a message from WordPress this morning congratulating me on 7 years of blogging! Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 18th January 2015

  

  As you can see the garden has had a dose of winter this weekend albeit short-lived with the majority of the snow having melted by Saturday lunchtime. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Serenity

  

  This week’s photo challenge theme is: Serenity. I find this image very calming, and a reminder of a happy week with my sons. It was taken at Lake Maggiore, Ital... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Foliage Follow-Up – January 2015

  

  Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Prostratus’Despite the wintery showers this last week there is still plenty of foliage in the garden.  I do like evergreen foliage. Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – January 2015

  

  Hellebore nigerAnother year and the first Garden Bloggers Bloom Day post of 2015 and I am pleased that I have quite a few blooms to share although you really... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 11th January 2015

  

  Amongst the gusty wind and grey skies there were moments of still and sunshine this weekend when the garden shone giving me the perfect opportunity to get some... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Weekly Photo Challenge – Shadowed

  

  This week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is Shadowed. I have toyed with the obvious ideas of shadows but instead have gone for a feeling of being shadowed... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Who Needs Pinterest?

  

  I mentioned in my post on Sunday that I had been sorting through garden related paperwork over Christmas and how if I was to have any New Year’s resolutions it... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend

  

  Euphorbia characias ‘Silver Swan’The first weekend of 2015 is coming to a close and the prospect of returning to work after the Christmas break is upon me. ... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• Weekly Photo Challenge: New

  

  This week’s Photo Challenge theme is very aptly ‘New’. Interestingly this has made me perplexed as I just couldn’t think of an image either already taken or tha... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• First Snowdrop of the Year – 2015

  

  Galanthus ‘Ding Dong’I was thrilled to see that the sunshine has encouraged Galanthus ‘Ding Dong’ to open its flowers.  These are the first snowdrops to flower... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2015 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View – Yearly Round Up

  

  As it’s the end of the year I thought I would do a round-up of the End of Month posts through the year showing how various parts of the garden change with the... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2014 GARDENING, HOME