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• The Forgotten Front

  Front gardens. Where are they in gardening literature or on the web? They are a rare beast, spotted only fleetingly, even in my own photo collection. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• T-shirts and Taters

  

  Stop press - was gardening in a short sleeved t-shirt today - can't remember the last time I did that - even if it did end up on the radiator after getting... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday - Pinning My Hopes on Magnolia...

  

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  Posted on 10 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Hi Ho, Hi Ho

  

  It's off to work I go at the allotment. The children decided they wanted to try an activity day so I have from 10 til 4.30 to make inroads into the vast amount... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Flitting Time for Snowdrops

  

  Grabbed a quick hour in the garden before tea (northern English 'tea' - the evening meal, not the southern English light snack at 3 o'clock) and enjoyed the blu... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Shiny Thing Spotted in Sky.

  

  Sun is out, sky is blue, birds are tweeting... Snow is on its way out - well everywhere except in my garden it seems. That's the joy of a north-facing plot I... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Forcing Spring

  

  Monty Don strode purposefully down his paths on Gardener's World last night, extolling the beauty of his primroses and plucking a tiny posy for his easter table... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday. Spring: the New Winter.

  

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  Posted on 27 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Spade for Life

  

  About 5 years ago, I was tempted by a long-handled De Wit spade when visiting Gardener's World Live at the NEC in Birmingham. Having dug for years with a... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Spring Unsprung

  

  First official day of spring 2013. And there's more forecast for tomorrow and next week. What a great choice to decide to start growing flowers for April. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday. Hardening Off

  

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  Posted on 20 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Don't Make a Slime Bin!

  

  Having been brought up with a bucket by the back door for peelings, teabags and the like, I have been composting as long as I have been gardening. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• The Sky May Be Grey, but the Eggs Are Blue

  

  I knew you could 'go to work on an egg', but I never knew that you could fall in love with them. Found these jewels yesterday and can hardly bear to use them... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Progress Report.

  

  I keep looking at the garden and wondering when things will really turn towards the growing season. The tulips and alliums are slowly emerging, buds are on the... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday. Spring: a Walk in the Park.

  

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  Posted on 13 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Spring Teacups

  Spalding bulbs sent me some freebies in December and I planted them in the greenhouse, given that they'd arrived at the tail end of the planting season. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Too Excited to Be Wordless This Wednesday

  

  Have had an extremely productive morning constructing my new raised bed. Got the idea from the #britishflowers twitter group (that typo came out as 'titter... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• I Love George

  

  I've made a new discovery this year - iris histrioides 'George'. The first two flowers are out and are lovely objects to ponder as I do the washing up. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Big Steaming Piles of Poo.

  

  I'm off to see a woman about a horse today - or to be more accurate, about some bags of muck for the back garden.It's been soooooo rainy for the past two... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Wordless Wednesday. Indoors.

  

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  Posted on 27 February 2013 GARDENING, HOME