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• Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – April 2014

  

  Tulip Princess IreneI notice that I didn’t bother with a GBBD post in April last year and I think that reflects the lateness of the season; how different this... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 13th April 2014

  

  Maianthemum racemosumAnyone who follows me on twitter regularly will know I have been whining about being ill since Wednesday evening with a cold. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: British Gardens in Time

  

  There is nothing I enjoy more than a bit of history and when it’s coupled with horticulture I am a very happy person.  So I was thrilled to be offered a review... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Stocktonbury Gardens

  

  near Leominster in Herefordshire is a garden I have visited a number of times over recent years but I have never visited this early in the year and I wanted to... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 6th April 2013

  

  The Prunus flowering in my garden is always a sign that spring is most definitely here.  The arrival of the flowers is accompanied by the pollinators and there... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Two Nurseries and a Fish Lunch

  

  There are certain nurseries I enjoy visiting and there are certain people I enjoy buying plants with.  Today the two came together and I visited Cotswold... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review – B&Q easyGrow

  

  Now you may be wondering what I am doing showing you a photograph of a tea-bag and this would be a good question.  However, it is not a teabag in the sense you... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View – March 2014

  

  I have decided to include the view from my living room window as the opening of the End of Month View post.  As you can see Spring as arrived with daffodils,... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 30th March

  

  Ranunculus ‘Brazen Hussey’Another lovely weekend and this time a three-day one as I had some time due to me.  I started clearing the slope on Friday although th... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Gardening Myths & Misconceptions – A Book Review

  

  I firmly believe that a lot of garden lore derives from job creation for the legions of under gardeners that used to exist.  I have a habit of doing gardening... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Plant Me Now – Perennial Starter Plants

  

  Long term readers of this blog may recall that last year I did a number of reviews for Plant Me Now mainly in relation to their bedding plants. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 23rd March 2014

  

  The weather this weekend has been more than changeable.  One moment brilliant sunshine, *as you can see, the next grey and hail stones.  The constant theme has... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Little Malvern Court NGS Opening

  

  Last weekend I went to my first NGS opening of the year at Little Malvern Court. I was particularly keen to go to this one as I know the Head Gardener who is... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Greenhouse Year – March 2014

  

  Here we are in March and my greenhouse is at capacity and I haven’t really started.  I have to start by showing you the two shelves my sons gave me for my... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 16th March 2014

  

  What a lovely weekend it has been – dry, sunny, warm – what more could you ask for. As ever I had some gardening plans for the two days and as ever I knew I... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Foliage Follow-up – March 2014

  

  Choisya ternata SundanceWith the sun shining it nice to spend some time actually looking at the plants that are looking good instead of charging around tidying... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – March 2014th

  

  Pulmonaria Sissinghurst WhiteAs Spring seems to have arrived in my garden I thought I would join in with the Garden Bloggers Bloom Day post. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Backyard Blueprints

  

  I have to admit that Backyard Blueprints isn’t the sort of book I would normally buy as it has a design focus which isn’t my real interest. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 9th March 2014

  

  Yellow describes this weekend – the sun has shone, the daffodils have bloomed and I have had two happy days gardening. Last weekend having only one day’s good... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The 20-30 Something Garden Guide – A Book Review

  

  Hells bells my shoddy compost making has been immortalised in print in my friend Dee’s new book - The 20-30 Something Garden Guide.I met Dee last summer at the... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME