Category Archives: gardening

Lawnless and Liberated

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

Digging up my back lawn has been completely liberating – more liberating than I could possibly imagine.  No longer do I have the tedium of trying to mow a sloping lawn but what I hadn’t really anticipated was how the … Continue reading →

Posted in Big border, gardening, My Garden, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 28 Comments

A Magical Place

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

I have always loved rhododendrons.  From an early age I remember playing hide and seek inside old specimens at Saville Gardens which was close to my family home.  The flowers are everything I like in a flower – blousey, exotic, … Continue reading →

Posted in Arboretums, days out, gardening, May, Shrubs, Spring, Visiting Gardens | Tagged , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Listen

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

  This is written in response to the latest prompt from the Grow Write Guild – the theme is what your garden sounds like. If you click on the link on the bird names you will hear what I hear. … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds, gardening, Grow Write Guild, May, Wildlife | Tagged , , , | 8 Comments

Product Review: PureRain Watering System

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

I was asked a while ago to review a new innovation for plant watering, needless to say since I received the purerain handheld gun it has rained.  However the other week the temperatures briefly warmed up and I gave it … Continue reading →

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My Garden This Weekend – 12th May 2013

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

I think this weekend’s gardening can be described as wet, windy, muddy with brief intervals in the greenhouse. The big project has powered forward with the last of the turf being lifted.  This last bit was used to square off … Continue reading →

Posted in garden, Garden Projects, gardening, May, My Garden, My garden this weekend, The Slope (incl Daisy Border) | Tagged , , | 15 Comments

My First Show Entry

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

I have been wooed through the garden clubs I attend to enter the world of competitive plant shows.  My curiosity was raised last summer when I visited my first AGS show and this Easter I made the decision to compete … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden Shows, gardening, May, My Garden, Succuluents, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 38 Comments

Tulips

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

Any one who reads this blog will know that I have had a nightmare winter with a badger digging up all my tulips that I had planted in the back garden borders.  Luckily I had decided not to spend too … Continue reading →

Posted in Bulbs, Front garden, gardening, May, The Patio/Spring Border | Tagged , , , , | 19 Comments

Narcissus Galore

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

Last Autumn I decided to invest in some different narcissus for the garden to try to add more interest and because I am quite interested in the variety.  This last week with slightly warmer temperatures the first ones have started … Continue reading →

Posted in April, Bulbs, garden, gardening, Plants, Spring | Tagged , , , , , , | 19 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Change

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

This week’s theme for the WordPress Photo Challenge is Change.  I struggled with how to capture this theme until my son suggested I show how the back garden has changed since we moved here in 2004.  Above is the photograph … Continue reading →

Posted in April, garden, gardening, My Garden, Weekly photo challenge | Tagged , , , , | 29 Comments

My Garden This Weekend – 7th April 2013

Posted on April 7, 2013 by

I think it is safe to say, if my aching muscles are anything to go by, that I have had a good gardening weekend at last.  Though to be honest it has taken a lot of determination not to just … Continue reading →

Posted in April, Cottage Garden Border, gardening, My Garden, My garden this weekend, Wildlife, Woodland border | Tagged , , , , | 27 Comments