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LATEST ARTICLES ( 139 )

• Flowery Flowers

  

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  Posted on 22 June 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• To Market, to Market....

  Have had a productive day in the garden and allotment. Turned over a patch which I'm bringing into cultivation at the plot - so strange to be able to just dig,... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Playing Catch up

  

  Have just planted out cosmos seedlings that I sowed in an unheated greenhouse in mid May to fill up gaps in the patch planted with late March indoor sown plants. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Gardener's World Live Comes to Town

  

  Compost-stained finger folk take heed - you've got one day left to get over to the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham to catch the last day of BBC... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Where's the Splash?

  

  Dry borders - how long is it since I've had those? Well, they are back for the time being and the water butts are starting to run dry. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Jobs for the Weekend

  

  Deal death and destruction to aphids - squish them mercilessly between thumb and forefinger before they take over.Prune early flowering clematis now they are... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A* for the Gardening Life

  

  Aquilegias, anemone, alliums and alchemilla. (A*, A*, A*, A* )Stirchley Community Market was fun in the sun on Tuesday night and it was a real joy to stand in... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• All Grown up

  

  The boing moment may have happened a few weeks ago, but now the garden is well and truly into its stride. The plants seem to have been plotting a surprise... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• On Trial

  

  A few months ago, Sarah Raven's website put out a call for bloggers to trial packets of seed, so I duly put in for a free packet of her dark cut flower mixture. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Dahlia Day. Taking the Plunge.

  

  A container grown dahlia from sunnier years. Will they grow well in 2013 if it ever warms up?Braved the intermittent hail storms (it's May for heaven's sake)... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Winter Coat, Spring Flowers

  

  My Arsene Wenger coat keeps being threatened with warm-weather banishment to the depths of the wardrobe, but then the 3rd Saturday of the month rolls around, an... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• The Ruthless Gardener Wanders

  Decided I'd take you on a quick tour of the garden and made a little video to show you the borders as they are at the moment. In my previous incarnation in trad... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Knitting Nicely

  

  I love this time of year when the beds finally start to wake up from the winter slump of mudness. At last there are things to look at and the garden is... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday. Going, Going, Gone.

  

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  Posted on 08 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Everything's Coming up Tulips

  

  At last the tulips think it is time to put on a show. Despite the fact that those I thought were going to be late flowerers, and white, have turned out to be... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Still Holding My Breath... and Bursting....

  

  The #britishflower hour on twitter last night was awash with talk of tulips and dahlias - both at the forefront of my mind at present. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Drooling Over Teacups

  

  Have spent the day on my stall at Moseley Crafts and Curiosities fair, ogling the vintage china used by the tea and cake stall - such beauties in all their... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday. Nearly in Bloom.

  

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  Posted on 24 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Ready...... Steady.....

  

  It's nearly boing time - that brilliant moment when the trees burst into leaf and you know that the new growing season is upon you. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Flowers Mustered, Stall Done and Dusted.

  

  Managed to wrangle enough plant material from the garden to populate my first stall of the season - a big relief. Lots of planted teacups as well as ones with... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME