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• Evolution – The English Garden

  

  I have decided to take part in Garden Walk Garden Talk’s fortnightly meme ‘Word for Wednesday’ as I think the intellectual challenge will get my brain working,... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• GBBD – October 2011

  

  I thought I was going to struggle to find much to include in this months Garden Bloggers Bloom Day post.  The garden is quite colourful but the colour is... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• My Gardening Influences

  

  My sister and I (approx 1974)I have a theory that if you have too much of something in your formative years you tend to avoid it when you are an adult. To... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Another Fabulous Study Day

  

  There comes a point when you realise that there isn’t much more theory you can learn about something and the only way forward is to get hands on experience. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 GARDENING

• Seeing Trees – Book Review

  

  The only way I can describe my reaction to receiving Seeing Trees by Nancy Ross Hugo from Timberpress was like a child being taken into a sweet shop. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• This is Me

  

  Is it possible to have a slow burning Epiphany? Probably not but I do feel that over the last couple of months I have slowly but surely come to a moment of... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View -September 2011

  

  There isn’t much change in the garden since last month’s End of Month View. The Daisy Border (formerly the slope border) is filling out and I have been... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Allotment Update – Leek Moth!

  

  I have been bumbling along as a new allotment holder for the last 11 months thinking that allotment life wasn’t as bad as some make out. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2011 GARDENING

• Wordless Wednesday – Images of Malvern Autumn Show

  

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  Posted on 28 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Foliage

  

  I was interested to read Christina’s recent post extolling the importance of foliage. I have found myself in the last year or so beginning to think more about... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Giving Myself a Pep Talk

  

  Echeveria La FemmeIt has surprised me recently how many people have commented about the disparity between my blog name and my temperament. My response is... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Plant of the Moment: Gladiolus Callianthus

  

  I am completely captivated at the moment by Gladiolus callianthus. Unlike any other gladiolus these plants have an understated elegance about them. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME, PETS

• Garden Bloggers Bloomday – 15 Sept 2011

  

  September is the month of daisies in my garden. I love their happy faces more and more, so much so that I am now creating a ‘Daisy Border’ for late summer... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• A New Passion – Species Pelargoniums

  

  I have a new passion – Species Pelargoniums.  I started to notice them last year, I think initially in the large greenhouse at Wisley but then they seemed to... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Allotment Style

  

  As a newbie allotment holder and a complete novice veg grower when I got my plot back in November I fretted for ages over how to lay out the plot. Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• A Cultural Interlude

  

  I have frequently driven through the town of Craven Arms on my way to Wales or the Welsh Marches and noticed a sign to Stokesay Castle and each time I think I... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• I Dont Care What the Weathermen Say

  

  “More and more I am coming to the conclusion that rain is a far more important consideration to gardens than sun, and that one of the lesser advantages that a... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View Aug 2011

  

  There are times like today when I wish I had never started the End of Month meme but I know quite a few bloggers like doing it so I grit my teeth and carry on. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• At Last the Site is Cleared!

  

  Raspberry Autumn Bliss I am feeling smug, or maybe chuffed but generally elated as I have today cleared the last uncultivated bit of my new allotment site. Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• On the Wild Side

  

  I was quietly excited to receive On the Wild Side by Keith Wiley to review. Whilst the book was originally published in 2004, Keith came to the UK’s gardening... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2011 GARDENING, HOME