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• Abundant Autumn

  

  FINALLY got down to the allotment yesterday in a window between gardening for other folk and picking up children from school. Grass needs attacking and weeds... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Christmas Bulbs: Keeping Them in the Dark

  

  I have imprisoned things in the dark dankness of my cellar today. Not something I did lightly. Indeed, in order to achieve my objective I had to move the ironin... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Key Word Giggles

  I was idly perusing my stats for the blog and glanced at the key words which led traffic to my site. My eye was caught by the phrase 'sweet pea stripper' which... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Last Minute Call up for End of Season Debut

  

  Having last week posted about my final flowery stall of the season, I got a surprise phone call on Thursday night asking me to do a prestigious local Farmer's... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Sleigh Bells in September

  

  No, this post isn't a moan about music in department stores - not even they have started their Christmasitis yet. It's simply that the flowers for my stall... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Dahlias of Infinite Generosity

  

  The weather may be tending towards autumn, but those dahlias just keep on coming. Every time I look at my dahlia bed, I'm gobsmacked by the amount of flowers... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Blackberries: the Pain and the Pleasure

  

  Nettle tingles and searing scratches ripple through my typing fingers this evening, and 6 jars of blackberry and apple jam stand on the worktop for my pains. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Autumn Rains

  

  Hedge cutting in the rain today, admiring a client's tree, heavy with figs. Seemed funny to pluck a ripe fig under grey West Midlands skies, but the sticky pulp... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Treasure Troves and Happy Accidents

  

  "Very Michelle Obama" remarked my mum as I waltzed in, all dressed up in my embroidered flowery skirt for her golden wedding do."I bet she didn't get hers from... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Random Acts of Flowery Kindness

  

  A lovely day spreading flowery joy around the neighbourhood today. A slow turnover at the bank holiday market yesterday had left me with a beautiful bootful,... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Weeds Glorious Weeds

  

  Alys Fowler loves weeds, according to Radio 4 yesterday. She was singing their praises for their wildlife attracting benefits and for their beauty. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Holiday Harvests

  

  Have just returned from a week split between Latvia and Estonia - both fantastic. Also learned lots about mushrooming, herb tea concocting and general foraging... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Going to Seed

  

  The July flop is happening and the earlier flowers are going to seed. Where the slow starting annuals have got going, they are bursting buds and showing some... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Fantasy in Bricks and Mortar

  Just been to book the venue for my husband's big birthday bash next year and, having never been to the place before, had a quick wander round the pleasant... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Is There Life After Ammi?

  

  The midsummer hiatus is happening again - my early summer lovelies are going over and the later perennials have not yet got into their stride. Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Guzzgoggery and Other Tales

  

  Where does the expression 'playing gooseberry' come from? Why should a spare part at a date be compared with a small, hard, hairy fruit? Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Marvellous Meadow Or Messy Mankiness?

  

  You may recall a few weeks ago at Gardener's World Live, that I was very taken with the Yorkshire Dales Millenium Trust Garden below. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Rosy Glow.

  

  My world smells lovely at the moment.Can you ever have too many roses? I suppose the answer to that question depends on how much you can stomach squishing... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday. A Happy Scramble.

  

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  Posted on 26 June 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Post Prandial Grass Massacres

  Lighter nights mean that I can fit in trips to the allotment after tea in emergencies. Emergencies like the knee high grass (which gracefully adorned my... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 GARDENING, HOME