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• My Garden This Weekend – 17th November 2013

  

  Galanthus peshmeniiFor a change I can report back on a productive and enjoyable weekend of gardening.  Saturday was sunny although with a distinct Autumnal chil... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Snowflakes

  

  Helen Johnstone:I am getting in the Christmas spirit over at my other blog Originally posted on Nellie Makes: I haven’t been able to do any sewing or... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Foliage Follow Up – November 2013

  

  Finally I can blog again.  With the shorter days I am struggling to take photographs for the blog and being away last week meant that I couldn’t get any... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• An Alpine Interlude

  

  Alpine Easter Show 2013 There is no ‘My Garden This Weekend’  post this week as I have been away at an Alpine Garden Society conference near Stratford for the... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: The Gardens of Venice and the Veneto

  

  As a bit of an Italophile I was more than happy to receive a review copy of The Gardens of Venice and the Veneto by Jenny Condie. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 3rd November 2013

  

  Oxalis ‘Artic Star’ – Autumn foliageI have to admit that some of my gardening this weekend was down to sheer contrariness.  The weather on Saturday was showery... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• PJ Bottoms Finished

  

  Helen Johnstone:My latest creative efforts Originally posted on Nellie Makes: I am rather pleased as I have finished my youngest son’s PJ bottoms rather... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View – October 2013

  

  Finally, there is some progress to report in the front garden.  I have been bemoaning for months the row of descampsia that were planted at the end of the lawn... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 27th October 2013

  

  I had the benefit of a three day weekend this week and despite the weather forecasts of doom and gloom it turned out to be much better gardening weather than I... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Autumn Arrives in the Garden

  

  Acer changing colourThe all day rain that was forecast today didn’t appear, well it was over by 8am.  The sun came out and I spent a happy afternoon planting... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review: Dalefoot Seed Compost

  

  I don’t tend to review products as I feel that in order to provide a good review I need to test them properly and I am just too disorganised for that. Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday 23/10/13 – Stars of the Greenhouse

  

  Pelargonium ‘White Star’Rhodochiton atrosanguineum Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 20th October 2013

  

  Viola Sorbet XP RaspberryI have to say that I am surprised at how much I have done in the garden this weekend considering the forecast was dire with heavy rain... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Opps More Bulbs!

  

  I hadn’t actually forgotten about my Avon Bulbs order but I was kind of in denial as I already have quite a lot of bulbs to plant! Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Foliage Follow Up – October 2013

  

  Euphorbia characias ‘Silver Swan’Following on from the flowers we have the foliage and it is at this time of year that you really start to appreciate how... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – October 2013

  

  Impatiens omeianaWe are have definitely felt that Autumn is upon us the last week or so although today the sun has shone and made people regret donning their... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 13/10/2013

  

  Sorbus vilmoriniiLate last week I was slowly psyching myself up to tackle the compost heaps this weekend. A job very long overdue and now the temperatures are... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Goodbye Bog Garden

  

  The better side of the Bog Garden – still not that greatI had a lie in last Sunday morning, an unusual event recently but well overdue. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend 6/10/13

  

  Well it seems that my gardening mojo is creeping back and I’m not just going through the motions as has been the case over the last few months. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Let the Bulb Planting Start!

  

  I do like planting bulbs, even more so than I like sowing seeds and with bulbs you don’t have to prick things out, pot up etc.  I think bulbs are wonderful,... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME