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• My Garden Right Now

  

  This post is in response to Gayla’s latest Grow Write Guild challenge - where she asks us to write a descriptive post on our garden right nowMy favourite spot i... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Narcissus Galore

  

  Last Autumn I decided to invest in some different narcissus for the garden to try to add more interest and because I am quite interested in the variety. This... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Monthly Photo – April 2013

  

  Well no surprises that there is no change to the monthly photograph from last month. Though you have to believe me that if you look at the tree closely there... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 14th April 2013

  

  This weekend has been a typical April one – quick short showers with intermittent sunshine.  It seems ages since we have had weather that is typical for the tim... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Change

  

  This week’s theme for the WordPress Photo Challenge is Change.  I struggled with how to capture this theme until my son suggested I show how the back garden... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Potted Delights

  

  Tulipa TurkestanicaAny one who reads this blog regularly will know that I have a new interest in alpines which really means I have lots of small pots with... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 7th April 2013

  

  ChionodoxaI think it is safe to say, if my aching muscles are anything to go by, that I have had a good gardening weekend at last.  Though to be honest it has... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Dream Garden

  

  Stone House, Worcestershire This post is written as part of the Grow Write Guild – this week the theme is Your Dream GardenWhen I sat down to write about my... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Stunning Alpines

  

  Dionysia ‘Tess’On Easter Monday I popped along to the local Alpine Garden Society’s plant show. This was an annual show organised by the group I go to and not... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 1st April 2013

  

  The sight that greeted me when I returned home on SaturdayAs I mentioned in my post last weekend I have had the last week off work but the weather has not been... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View – March 2013

  

  No real change in the last month in the front garden.  You can see there is still a little snow on the lawn.  The snow fell last weekend but the low temperature... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Edcuation of a Gardener

  

  Primula marginata laciniataI cancelled my RHS membership this week, well I cancelled the renewal of it.  This hasn’t been an easy decision which is ridiculous... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Plant Me Now – Perennial Starter Plants

  

  This is my second review for Plant Me Now. This time I was sent perennial starter plants of Digitalis Dalmation Cream and jumbo starter plants of Hosta Brim... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My First Plant

  

  My son’s cactus in the wonky clay potIt’s all a little hazy what my first plant was.  I have racked my brains and finally whilst staring at the snow and... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 24th March 2013

  

  The pictures speak for themselves Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Spring! Are You Sure?

  

  You would think booking the last week of March as annual leave would be a safe bet for some gardening time.  Not so.  Whilst officially we are in Spring the... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• What Comes First?

  

  What’s more important to you – plants or design? For me its plants every time and always has been. Originally I started with some bedding plants and hanging... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 17th March 2013

  

  At last the weather has been kind and allowed me a day in the garden.   The weekend had started well with a visit to Victoria at her new home and meeting her... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Monthly Photo – March 2013

  

  There doesn’t seem to be much difference in my March photo of the tree than my January photo. Though I am sure that if I looked closely at the branches there... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Weekend – 10th March 2013

  

  Any one would think we are heading towards Winter with the amount of time its possible to garden decreasing and decreasing rather than heading towards Spring. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME