Category Archives: Garden Techniques

My First Plant

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

It’s all a little hazy what my first plant was.  I have racked my brains and finally whilst staring at the snow and sipping another cup of tea, I really am drinking too much tea but I am so bored, … Continue reading →

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My Garden This Weekend – 10th March 2013

Posted on March 10, 2013 by

Any one would think we are heading towards Winter with the amount of time its possible to garden decreasing and decreasing rather than heading towards Spring.  Having been excited by a couple of warm days and thoughts of starting to … Continue reading →

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Further confessions of a seedaholic

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

I am a self-confessed seedaholic.  I can’t resist, its hopeless.  My addiction is really tested in the winter months when its hard to get outside to gardening and I find myself wandering around the internet in the evenings. This evening … Continue reading →

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Enlightened and Bemused

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

This weekend I went to my first meeting of a well established group of the Hardy Plant Society.  As I said in my last post I had heard how good the group was from a number of plants people some … Continue reading →

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My Garden This Weekend – 24th February 2013

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

The cold has continued so there has been no real gardening done which is quite frustrating.  I have my fingers crossed that by next weekend, the first weekend in March and my birthday weekend that things will be warming up. … Continue reading →

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My Garden this Week – 27th January 2013

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

The garden has spent most of the week under several inches of snow.  Whilst this is boring to  look at the snow has insulated the emerging bulbs and perennials from the consistently low temperatures.  Come yesterday the temperatures lifted and … Continue reading →

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My Garden This Week & Five Years of Blogging

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

Five years ago today I posted my first blog post.  I remember being very nervous about raising my head above the parapet and throwing my voice out into the world-wide web.  I love the internet with a passion.  I think … Continue reading →

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My garden this week – 13/1/2013

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

I find this time of year challenging in the sense that I don’t see my garden Monday to Friday due to it being dark when I leave for and return from work.  I have no idea if the witch hazel … Continue reading →

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Seed sowing starts

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

I have been a seedaholic for some years now though the last couple of years I was diverted by growing vegetable seedlings for the slugs and snails.  However, I am now back to my first love ornamentals and in particular … Continue reading →

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If I never see another Hypericum seed….

Posted on November 17, 2012 by

  ….I shall be a happy woman! I have spent far too many hours in the evening over the last couple of weeks sorting seeds.  This sounds like a nice restful relaxing occupation, well that’s what I thought when I … Continue reading →

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