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• Snow Blues

  

  Calamagrostis overdam bent over under the snow I really don’t think we English are cut out for the snow, well not in the 21st century. Personally I don’t... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond

  

  The theme for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is Beyond. The idea is that the photo, whilst focusing on something in the foreground should make the viewer... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Week & Five Years of Blogging

  

  Five years ago today I posted my first blog post. I remember being very nervous about raising my head above the parapet and throwing my voice out into the... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Snow

  

  So the snow has arrived. It started about 6:00am just as we were beginning to think the forecasters had been over-cautious. Heavy snow persistently falling... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Beautiful No Mow Yards – A Book Review

  

  This book has suddenly become of great interest to me. Why is my interest now piqued? Because my back ‘lawn’ is nothing more than a quagmire. Due to the... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Monthly Photo – January 2013

  

  Today I am joining in with Katarina’s new monthly meme. The idea is that you post a photograph that represents the current month to you on the 15th of the... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• My Garden This Week – 13/1/2013

  

  I find this time of year challenging in the sense that I don’t see my garden Monday to Friday due to it being dark when I leave for and return from work. I hav... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Illumination

  

  This week’s photo challenge from the Daily Post is illumination.  When I sat and thought about this word and what is meant to me I had images of the amazing... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Seed Sowing Starts

  

  I have been a seedaholic for some years now though the last couple of years I was diverted by growing vegetable seedlings for the slugs and snails. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Squaring Gardening for Wildlife

  

  Badgers leftover tulip bulbI have always naturally gardened organically, environmentally call it what you will.  Even early on before the whole organic... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• How Not to Make Compost

  

  I posted earlier this week at the turn of the year about my plans for the garden for 2013 and how I wanted to be a better gardener. An example of my rubbish... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• I Made Bread

  

  Having watched the Great British Bake Off for a few years I decided it was about time I learnt to make bread. I have tried in the past and produced the odd... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Plans

  

  I don’t go in for New Year resolutions as I think they are unhealthy and put you under pressure to achieve something which you will no doubt fail to achieve as... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A New Project: 365 Project

  

  Happy New Year to all my readers.I have decided to attempt a new project – the 365 project where you take a photograph each  day that captures your day. Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View: The Year That Was

  

  Jan 2012Feb 2012March 2012April 2012May 2012June 2012July 2012August 2012Sept 2012October 2012December 2012I thought as it was December and the end of the year... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 in Pictures

  

  I thought this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge was a clever way to review and capture the essence of my year. Before I started putting the mosaic together I... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Ghosts of the Past

  

  We had planned to go for a walk at Croome Park on Boxing Day but like so much else it was closed due to flooding. So instead we went for a walk on the Malvern... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Boxing Day Flower Count 2012

  

  Last year I started a new tradition of counting how many plants were flowering on Boxing Day. I was surprised last year to find 12 different plants, some of the... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Happy Christmas

  

  A big Happy Christmas to everyone who reads this blog.  Thank you for your comments, advice, encouragement, support and even disagreement this year – its why... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Finding a Voice

  

  I have just spent an interesting hour reading some back articles on line by Robin Lane Fox who writes the weekly gardening article for the Financial Times. I... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME