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• Sporadic Gardening – Hints and Tips

  April, is supposed to be rather busy on the whole garden front but I’m finding that I’m spending more time out of it than in it at the moment.Why? Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Literature Word of the Week – Ben-Hur

  26 Weeks to a Better Understanding of LiteratureI’m aiming to improve my knowledge around all things English literature, and to help me do this I thought I’d... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Chilli-tastic – April

  

  Another month is steaming by and my chilli plants are really beginning to take off now.  In just the last couple of days all 37 chilli plants are showing... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Literature Word of the Week – Satire

  26 Weeks to a Better Understanding of LiteratureI’m aiming to improve my knowledge around all things English literature, and to help me do this I thought I’d... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Dawn Chorus and a Few Expletives

  

  So my alarm wakes me up at 4am last Sunday and I jump out of bed ready for a brand new day.  Okay not quite jump but it was more active than I was expecting eve... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following 2014 – April

  

  It’s month two already of the Tree challenge as started and given detail on the Loose and Leafy blog.My tree, the eucalyptus gunii is rather the same as it was... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Back on the Inspiration Path

  I’ve found myself drifting these last couple of weeks, from my habits and working much less towards my goals, by doing a lot more sitting and watching TV. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Literature Word of the Week – Georgian

  26 Weeks to a Better Understanding of LiteratureI’m aiming to improve my knowledge around all things literature and to help me do this I thought I’d start by... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Self Sufficiency Garden – April

  

  We’ve had a fair amount of sunshine in March and April although it’s actually raining today (Typical but saves me watering today – bonus!). Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Garden Connect – Month 2

  

  As you know I’m part of a growing community called Garden Connect.The idea behind it being that if growers from all over the world grew the same types of... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Literature Word of the Week – Literature

  26 Weeks to a better Understanding of LiteratureI’m aiming to improve my knowledge around all things literature and to help me do this I thought I’d start by... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Nature Report – W/e 30th March 2014

  

  I wander’d lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at one I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils, Beside the lake beneath the... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Stepping up My Jogging Habit

  I don’t tend to post much about my fitness and running on here.  That’s because it usually involves me going through a training plan, solo, on a mixture of... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Soil and Mud Of It.

  Do you ever get slightly dismayed by the copious amounts of compost stacked high in garden centres?  Do you look at the soil in your garden and wonder why it... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Chile, Chilli Or Chili?

  

  It’s rather a confusing set up regarding the word chilli (or chile), that means capsicum.So be confused no more, the answer has now been made clear in a poster... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Nature Report – W/e 16th March 2014

  

  The robin flew from his swinging spray of ivy on to the top of the wall and he opened his beak and sang a loud, lovely trill, merely to show off. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Chilli-tastic – March

  

  Since I started off my chilli growing season last month it’s been relatively quiet but rather interesting.Of the 49 seeds sown in last month’s post only 14 seed... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tree Following 2014

  

  I follow a really nice blog called Loose and Leafy.It’s all about the description and photographs of trees and hedges and other beautiful plants in the Dorset... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Equal Marriage – She4Me

  You know, I’m a big sucker for a good old romantic story and even better if it’s combined with a cause I feel strongly about.So I was pleasantly surprised when ... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Self Sufficiency Garden – March

  

  The weather has finally taken us around a corner and I am sat here writing this with windows open and sun streaming through them which is actually rather... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 GARDENING, HOME