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• Day 1 in Sproutapouch

  

  I suspect I am suffering from a need to get outside and start gardening as I have started to be very interested in kits for growing salad leaves inside.  Now I... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2012 GARDENING

• Half Hearted Winter Wonderland

  

  I am getting quite bored of this cold now. I know it isn’t as cold as they have had in some parts of Europe or the US but it is getting annoying. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• A Nation of Magpies

  

  I am becoming increasingly convinced that the English are a nation of magpies.  We seem to have an innate ability to pick and choose the best bits of various... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• In Preference to Snowdrops

  

  I have a weakness for Irises of any description and they are slowly but surely increasing in my garden. For me it isn’t the snowdrop that signals Spring is... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review – January 2012

  

  As they often say on the TV crime dramas I love “Theres nothing to see”. Though I suppose that is really an exaggeration since if you really look there is... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 GARDENING

• Book Review: Making A Garden

  

  If you are confronted with a blank canvas of a garden or want to drastically change an existing garden and don’t know where to start then reading Matthew... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2012 BOOKS, GARDENING

• Confessions of a Seed Addict

  

  It appears that I have acquired a reputation amongst my blogging and twitter friends of being a seed addict – goodness knows why! Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The Allotment Year – January 2012

  

  It’s hard to believe I have had the allotment for just over a year, it seems to much longer but at the same time it seems only yesterday that I stood looking... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The Greenhouse Year – January

  

  Having un-surpressed (is that a word?) my passion for propagation I think my greenhouse will be in even more use than normal in this coming year so I thought I... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2012 GARDENING

• GBBD – January 2012

  

  Looking back I didn’t bother to do a Garden Bloggers Bloom Day post last year which I am assuming is because we had so much snow for so many weeks that I was... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• A Cultural Interlude: Oxford

  

  Last week, just before my youngest had to return to University in Plymouth, we decided to have an outing to Oxford. As he is studying design we thought we... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Anemone Wild Swan

  

  I was most taken aback yesterday to see a flower on Anemone Wild Swan. This is the first flower the plant has produced and I felt quite confused as I thought... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Weeds – Earth’s Sticking Plaster

  

  Why do we get so vexed by what we term weeds – going to huge lengths to eradicate them from our gardens? And why do we categorise some plants as weeds and some... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, GARDENING, HOME

• Embracing My Addiction – Finally

  

  Greenhouse ready for actionI have an addiction which I have tried to deny over the past year but I have now come to the conclusion that I have to embrace the... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month (and Year) View – December 2011

  

  I have been very busy over the Christmas break tidying the garden. There is still a lot to do but at least I am beginning to feel like I am making progress.... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Blooming Friday – Essentials

  

  This week’s theme for  Blooming Friday set by Katarina over at Roses and Stuff is ‘Essentials’ I have been pondering what Katarina’s intention was when she chos... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Boxing Day Flower Count 2011

  

  I remember reading on some blog somewhere that some gardeners do a Christmas Day flower count to see how many plants are flowering in their garden. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Blooming Friday – Christmas

  

  I thought I would join in with Katarina’s weekly meme – Blooming Friday - the theme this week is not surprisingly Christmas. I must start my apologising as my... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Urban Greening – If Only!

  

  Gloucester Docks - another wasteland of hard landscaping I recently read an article in the RHS magazine The Garden about the importance of urban greening of... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• GBBD 15/12/2011 – Some Winter Treats

  

  As I seem to be leaving home for work every day in the dark and returning in the dark opportunities to take photographs for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day have been... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2011 GARDENING, HOME