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• Confessions of a Secret Petrolhead

  

  Whilst my biggest passion is garden having two sons and being a single mum has meant that I have got drawn into other interests. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2011 TRAVEL

• Welsh Hills Again

  

  After my visit to Karen’s I trekked round Lake Bala and across North Wales to Elizabeth’s. When Elizabeth says she lives on a hillside she isn’t joking. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• An Artist’s Garden

  

  I spent three days at the start of this week mooching around North Wales and the Welsh Marches. The purpose of my mooching was visiting two blogging friends.... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• GBBD Post – August 2011

  

  What a thrill just in time for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day my passion-flower has flowered. This variety is Passionflower Perfumed Passion and I can confirm that i... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Trouble in Succulent Theatre

  

  As I have recently said I fell out of love with my garden at the start of this year but I am slowly but surely re-engaging with it. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2011 GARDENING, HOME, PETS

• Courgette Glut? Make Cake

  

  A glut in waitingI am beginning to think of myself as almost a real allomenteer (is that a word?) or veg grower as I have my first glut – courgettes. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2011 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, RECIPES

• At Last Cucumbers

  

  To say I am chuffed is an understatement.  I have grown cucumbers!!! So far we have three large fruits with more coming on.  I am so pleased because this isn’t... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• The Table of Delights – Mid Summer 2011

  

  The Table of Delights is an arid place at the moment and somewhat neglected. I made a conscious decision this year not to have lots of summer bedding in order t... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View July 2011 – All Change

  

  Changes are a foot in my garden or they will be in a month or two when the weather is more conducive to moving things and digging. I have been struggling for... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• The Plot Driven By Hops

  

  I have nearly come to the end of just over a weeks annual leave and I have managed to spend a couple of hours on six of those days at the allotment.  This has... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• A Watery Gem of a Garden

  

  In the midst of the Herefordshire farmland there is a small but perfectly formed oasis – Westonbury Mill Water Gardens.  The 3 acre garden is made up of a... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• A Selfish Indulgence

  

  Today was one of those achingly wonderful English summer days.  As I drove through the windy country roads of West Worcestershire there was not a cloud in the... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• A Plantaholic’s Heaven

  

  My favourite part of the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show was the floral marquee, but then I can say that about any of the shows as I am really a plantaholic at... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• National Flower Beds – RHS Tatton

  

  One of the reasons I have wanted to go to RHS Tatton Park Flower Show for a number of years is a desire to see the municipal bedding displays.  Not that I am a... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• My New Edible Planter

  

  I am on a steep learning curve were edibles are concerned.  I acquired an allotment in November and have been muddling my way along ever since.  I love those... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – July 2011

  

  The garden is at the half way stage – the early summer flowers have gone over and the late summer flowers are yet to really get underway. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Contemporary Colour in the Garden – Review

  

  Contemporary Colour in the Garden by Andrew Wilson is not the sort of ‘gardening’ book I would normally rush out to buy. I tend to shy away from design based... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Cherrilicious

  

  The art of fruit-growing is all a little obscure to me. However, I am an eternally curious person so leaped at the chance last week to visit the top fruit growe... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• English Country Garden – June 2011

  

  I spent a wonderful day yesterday at Lower Hope near Ullingswick in Herefordshire. I was there on a Pests and Diseases Workshop organised by the WFGA and I... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month Review – June 2011

  

  Another month over and time for another End of Month Review post and another shot at the gravel path border. The border is quite colourful at the moment but... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2011 GARDENING