In The Slow Lane
Everything seems to be in slow motion at the moment. Surely spring must be desperate to kick in by now. But all those tight cherry blossom buds seem reluctant to open more than a glint – like a sleepy half …
Read More →Frazzled Ornaments
On March 1st – St David’s Day – I walked around our garden to see if we had a daffodil in flower. Not quite. Only a little Narcissus ‘Tete a Tete’ on the brink of opening – it was just …
Read More →Remember, it IS still Winter
Amazing isn’t it, we get a week when we are covered in snow head to foot, roof to verge, then it’s gone. In the blink of a torrential rain storm it all disappears over night All that remains are lumps …
Read More →If the Glove Fits
One good thing about having had a couple of days off over the festive season was that my gardening gloves have been washed. Not by me, you understand, but by my ever-stalwart husband. Over the years I’ve tried and tested, …
Read More →Windows in The Compost
It’s cold out there. The upright Sedum spectabile or Ice Plant wear little caps of ice like white Yamulkas and the last roses brave frosted fringes on their petals like encrusted jewels. I’ve been composting this week – turning out …
Read More →Peanut Butter and Nerines
There are two things that have stood out this October – one is the kicking in of autumn, with some spectacular leaf colours – and the other is mud. Mud. Country lanes are slick with the stuff at the moment, …
Read More →By Royal Appointment
I usually go on about slugs and weeds and, of course, the weather. But as summer slips away and Mother Nature dons her designer autumn colours, I’m going to side track slightly and tell you about my recent brush with …
Read More →Good Ol’ Summer 2012
As August squelches to an end, for many, so do the hopes of a high summer. So being the eternal optimist I’ve been pondering on the good side of summer 2012 in the garden to cheer up all you doomers …
Read More →This Summer’s Four Letter Word
It’s topical, it’s viral and everyone’s been talking about it, moaning about it, loathing it. It’s been this summer’s 4 letter word…. and now it’s gone. I wasn’t actually going to mention ‘it’ or even drift towards talking about anything …
Read More →Blooming June
It’s raining. And it’s highly likely that when you read this it will still be raining. Being the end of the month the media will be ready to spring upon us proclamations of June’s vital statistics. Things such as – …
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