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• Wordless Wednesday: Final Flush

  

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  Posted on 01 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View: September 2014

  

  I have contributed to the End of Month View meme hosted by Helen at Patient Gardener since 2011, so it is with interest to go back three September EOMV’s to... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• In a Vase Monday

  

  I love the idea of the weekly meme “In a Vase Monday” run by Cathy at Rambling In the Garden and despite all my good intentions to be a regular contributor I... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Chilling Out in the Gravetye Manor Gardens

  

  My first visit to Gravetye Manor and their spectacular garden in June 2013 “Lupins and Alliums at Gravetye” created a lasting impression. I love the... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Getting Ready For Spring

  

  Anyone who watches Monty Don on Gardeners World will know all too well how much he likes a bargain and that he frequently harps on about how cheaply he had... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Win This Book: The Writer’s Garden

  

  It is interesting that so many famous gardens were owned by or are closely connected to authors: Virginia Woolf and Monks House. Rudyard Kipling and... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – September 2014

  

  I haven’t contributed to Garden Bloggers Bloom Day (15th) for some time now. To be honest I had forgotten all about it until I saw a couple of blog posts for... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Mopheads Are Marvellous

  

  I love this time of the year when the Mophead Hydrangea blooms start to change colour and are ready to be used as dried flowers. I have several plants in the... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View: August 2014

  

  I have realised that I missed out the End of Month View for July, but the garden was looking particularly dry and probably not very photogenic which is perhaps... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review: Sarah Raven’s Cutting Flower Journal

  

  Frances Lincoln Limited, publishers, approached me recently to review Sarah Raven’s latest book “Sarah Raven’s Cutting Garden Journal“, I was eager to see what... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• How We Dug for Victory: Notcutts Garden Centres

  

  Recently, I was sent an “infographic” by the marketing guys for Notcutts Garden Centres and was asked if I would like to use it on my blog. First of all I wante... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• My World War One Stories

  

  The remembrance of World War 1 (1914-1918) has featured a lot in the last few months, not only in TV programs but social network media, blogs and a large variet... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday : Water Lilies

  

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  Posted on 20 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• In a Vase on Monday

  

  I have often said that reading interesting and varied blogs is a bit like peeling an onion.  You can find other blogs mentioned within the one you are reading... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Weekly Photo Challenge : Containers

  

  My first thought of a subject for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge theme “Containers” was the variety of pots I have in the garden. Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Parham Gardens at the Height of Summer

  

  I have been to Parham Gardens near Storrington in West Sussex, four times, each one has been different experience. My first visit, quite a few years ago, was... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• End of Month View : June 2014

  

  I was totally inspired by Helene from Graphicality-UK.blogspot who posted a short video of her garden to last month’s Patient Gardener End of Month View, Since... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Friday Flowers

  

  The garden is certainly taking on its summer mantle of colours. As we are nearing the end of the month and the End of Month View blog post for June, today I am... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Peace Rose on D-Day

  

  Today,  6 June 2014, is the 70th anniversary of D-Day.   On 6 June 1944 Allied Forces landed on the beaches in Normandy.   It was the largest seaborne invasion... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Split-Second Story

  

  Split-Second Story In this week’s photo challenge, capture an image that tells a full story in a single frame. Say hello to Shane Francescut. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME