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• End of Month View – March 2012

  

  I was going to start this post with commenting on the weird weather this past month but I feel like I have been doing that for the last year! Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The First Tulip

  

  s are opening already. I’m sure that is a little earl but I don’t care as I adore tulipsHowever, I have discovered, when going to write this post, that my recor... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The Shady Bank

  

  I was interested to see when I was watching Gardeners World last Friday Carol Klein talking about planting a bank.Living on the lower slopes of the Malvern Hill... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2012 GARDENING

• Blooming Friday – Photogenic

  

  This week’s theme for Blooming Friday over at Roses and Stuff is Photogenic.What makes a plant photogenic? Is it because it is exotic and unusual? For me the... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The Greenhouse Year – March 2012

  

  It’s the 20th of the month so time for an update on the greenhouse – feel free to join in with this meme if you would like to. Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2012 GARDENING

• The Zingy Border

  

  This weekend has been one of those early Spring weekends when you don’t know which way the weather is going to go from one hour to another. Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2012 GARDENING

• A New Look

  

  Sadly the Mahonia is over now but it was wonderfulI have been playing around a bit with the appearance of the blog. Changing the theme to Twenty Ten which will... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• GBBD March 2012 – Tiny Treasures

  

  As dusk falls over my garden the daffodils and primroses are the last flowers to disappear into the gloom.Yellow is one of those colours synonymous with spring.... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Of Cabbages and Well…..

  

  …….cabbages really – not a King to be seen anywhere.  Anyway the point of the title of this post is that I have been a little disgruntled recently, well in... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The Table of Delights March 2012

  

  I started a blog series last year which I then forgot about featuring what I like to call The Table of Delights. This is my patio table which sits outside the... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Review: Encyclopedia of Flowering Shrubs

  

  The arrival of a review copy from Timberpress of the Encyclopedia of Flowering Shrubs by Jim Gardiner was very timely.  I have recently realised, a bit slow... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2012 GARDENING

• A Special Day

  

  One of my new helleboresToday is my birthday, and thank you to all my blogging friends for the good wishes. This year I decided that as it was on a Friday I... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View – February 2012

  

  February ended better than it started. The weather has warmed up, in fact its unseasonably warm. It hasn’t really been warm enough and for long enough to... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2012 GARDENING

• Of Mulch, Hot Brakepads and Sunshine

  

  The first weekend of the new positive rediscovering myself era has been excellent and unusually for a Sunday evening I feel refreshed and recharged.Saturday I... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• This Year Will Definitely Be Different

  

  The subject of my latest Botanical art paintingHaving been through a bit of a soul-searching dithering what do I want to do with my life yawningly boring six... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Day 10 in Sproutapouch

  

  I have been tardy in updating on the success of the Sproutapouch, hence the poor photograph for which I apologize.As you can see the seeds have really sprouted. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 GARDENING

• The Greenhouse Year – February

  

  Things are warming up on my greenhouse, although the temperatures haven’t really yet been high enough for the heater to be put away. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 GARDENING

• Opps! More Hellebores

  

  One of the most frustrating things at this time of year is that I only get the weekends to garden as it’s too dark when I get home from work during the week. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2012 GARDENING

• Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – Feb 2012

  

  As ever at this time of year I am surprised at how much is flowering in the garden despite it looking bare.  But its a case of bending down and peering rather... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Day 4 in Sproutapouch

  

  I was quite surprised today to come home and discover that the tiny indications of growth I had witnessed this morning had gone hell for leather and had well an... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME