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• Plant of the Moment: Arisarum Proboscideum

  

  I may be patient but I am also incredibly forgetful when it comes to names and what is growing in my garden. It doesn’t bother me too much as I do remember I... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Table of Delights – May 2012

  

  The Table of Delights is looking less than elegant at the moment.  It isn’t quite groaning with plants  but is definitely heading that way.  My seedlings which... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday 9/5/12 – Blue

  

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  Posted on 09 May 2012 GARDENING, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Crug Farm Plant Fair Or “I’ve Got One of Those”

  

  I have spent a lovely couple of days in North Wales staying with Karen (ArtistsGarden). Although we don’t need an excuse to meet up it was rather convenient tha... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Landscaping for Privacy – A Review

  

  If there was ever a book written for an anti-social recluse like me it is this one. Well so I thought, but actually Landscaping for Privacy changed my way of... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View – April 2012

  

  It’s the end of another month and it has crept up on me so this post is a little late in the day. I though I would open with the photo above as the tulips look... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Allotment Year – April 2012

  

  I had a very soggy visit to the allotment yesterday.   It was a case of having to go as I hadn’t visited for just over a week and as I am away next weekend it... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The Woodland Border – 1 Year On

  

  This time last year I had one of my weekends of enthusiastic activity and lifted the turf (well moss) for a new border in the garden (see below). Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Flemings’ RHS Chelsea Showgarden 2012

  

  I was interested last year at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to see that Flemings had moved away from their usual style of garden, such as the huge outdoor living... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Fab Foliage – April 2012

  

  I thought I would join in with Christina’s monthly meme on foliage this month. Whilst lots of the perennials are still only just emerging especially as the... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Greenhouse Year – April 2012

  

  It’s not as full steam ahead as I remember last April in the greenhouse. The change in weather with cooler temperatures than last year has meant that the... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• I’ve Made Jam….

  

  … I know it’s not that revolutionary but for me it is a huge achievement. My track record on preserves in recent years has been disastrous. Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• English Country Garden – Aulden Farm

  

  I go through periods of wanting to stay at home, potter in the garden and avoid the whole world. However, I then bounce to the other extreme and am itching to... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• GBBD April 2012 – Woodland Treats

  

  I know the photo above is slightly out of focus but the purple haze optimises my garden at the moment. There are countless honesty which have self seeded... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• I Adore Tulips

  

  I am seriously chuffed with my tulips this year despite the colours not being quite what I expected. It is all very pink and girly and the flowers are really... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• A Wet Easter

  

  Whilst I have been looking forward to a long weekend in order to potter in the garden and tackle the allotment (note the difference in the choice of verbs!) I... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2012 GARDENING

• The Queens of Easter

  

  Narcissus ThaliaI was recently reading The Morville Hours by Katherine Swift and smiled when I read her describe her dislike of mass plantings of daffodils,... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The Queens of Easter – Updated

  

  Narcissus MinnowI was recently reading The Morville Hours by Katherine Swift and smiled when I read her describe her dislike of mass plantings of daffodils,... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Old Fashioned Primulas

  

  Primula (Cultivar unknown - not Sir Galahad)Any one who knows me will know I have a weakness for Primulas which has grown in recent years. Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The Garden House, Devon

  

  I knew there must be an upside  to my son studying at Plymouth University, a 3 hour  drive from us, though I was a little slow to pick up on what it was.  My... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME