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• RHS Chelsea Flower Show: Part 3

  

  As to be expected, the Chelsea gardens were awash with great features and ideas to take home. This post will highlight a few of my personal favourites. The... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Chelsea Flower Show: Part 2

  

  Meconopsis punicea Show gardens, celebrities, designers and who got what medal are the main headlines during Chelsea week but we all know that the plants are th... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• RHS Chelsea Flower Show: Part 1

  

  After one rather long train ride and an uncertain tube journey, I found myself in a slightly grubby, if not generous guesthouse, with views to the London Eye an... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Looking Forward to Chelsea

  

  Next week we see the unveiling of the Chelsea Flower Show, the cherry on the top of the RHS cake. All the great and the good will be displaying their wares,... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2012 GARDENING

• Ryan's Garden Competition: Win Sarah Raven Chrysanthemums

  

  Image: Jonathan Buckley It's been a while since the last competition ended but this one is a real corker. With most of the bad weather behind us, fingers... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Today I Tasted Summer

  

  Today I tasted a little bit of Summer. Sat on the edge of one of my allotment raised beds with the sun on my back just watching my hens. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Shades of Green and Blue

  

  The past few weeks have been a bit of a blur. Since leaving the 9-5 and going it alone I’ve found myself busier than ever and this has been reflected in a... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• New Blooms from the Cutting Garden

  

  Where once there were blue skies, now we find gray. It’s hard to believe it but only a week ago I found myself sun burnt after a morning of potato planting but... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Operation Araucana

  

  Edna foraging in the garden last year Chicken introductions rarely go without a peck or two but generally, after a few weeks of discord, a wave of harmony... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Ryan's Garden Competition: Win Two Granite Garden Torches

  

  As March has been so gray and damp lately I thought I'd go ahead and spoil you all with not one but two competitions. In partnership with Garden Items, I'm... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Ryan's Garden Competition: Win Garden Bulbs

  

  The kind people at Thompson Morgan have kindly offered one lucky reader the chance to win over £40 worth of Spring bulbs 'in the green'. The prize will... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 GARDENING

• Attenborough Announces New 3D Plants Series

  

  Sir David Attenborough in the orchid room in Kew's Princess of Wales Conservatory. Photograph: Will Benson ©Atlantic Productions I’m extremely excited about... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The Worlds Most Expensive Snowdrop: a Sound Investment

  

  Yesterday saw many gardeners and galanthophiles alike with mouths agape at the news that the Snowdrop 'Elizabeth Harrison' had sold on ebay for the princely... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2012 GARDENING

• Ryan’s Garden Competition: Win a Flymo Lawnmower

  

  In the grip of late winter, and with this week’s snow and ice, it seems almost alien to be thinking of lawn mowers and mowing the lawn, but then again us... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Winter: Normal Service is Resumed

  

  I take it all back. In my last post – ‘A Winter’s technical hitch’, I commented on how the seasons were all out of kilter and how we could really benefit from ... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• A Winter's Technical Hitch

  

  Hamamelis x intermedia in my garden The seasons appear to be in the midst of a technical hitch. Perhaps it’s just that there’s a delay or it could just be that ... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• New Year Competition: Win £20 of Seeds

  

  To get the New Year off to the best start possible I’m offering three lucky people the chance to win £20 of seed from the fantastic Seed Parade. You’ll get to... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Ryan's Garden: Merry Christmas

  

  Sorry everyone for the delay in posting but it’s Christmas, my dog ate my last blog post and my alarm clock didn’t go off? Okay, not all of that’s strictly... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• My Guardian Blog: The New Allotment

  

  Today saw the launch of a new series of blogs posts I'm writing for The Guardian. Posts will focus on taking on and developing an allotment plot and this will... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• A Quick Allotment Update and the Competition Winner

  

  With the days becoming ever darker and with the cooling temperature there is little for me to do in my garden or on the allotment plots aside from tidying up an... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2011 HOME