Category Archives: My Garden

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 →

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My garden this weekend – 19th May 2013

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

I have been completely immersed in gardening this weekend and its been wonderful.  The sun has shone and now on Sunday evening I have pleasantly achy limbs. I have been busy planting out plants that were waiting on the patio … 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 →

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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 →

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My garden this weekend – 5th May 2013

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

I probably should be waiting until tomorrow to write this post as we have a three-day weekend but I am a creature of habit and Sunday evenings have now become the time I review the garden over the last week. … Continue reading →

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End of Month View – April 2013

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

I have to admit that I am actually pleased with the front garden – something I am very surprised to be typing as the front garden has challenged me for years.  I worked very hard at the weekend completing the … Continue reading →

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My Garden This Weekend – 28/4/13

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

I have to say that I am incredibly chuffed with how much I have done in the garden this weekend.  I know I might sound to be gloating but as I was feeling a little under the weather at the … Continue reading →

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My Garden This Weekend – 21st April 2013

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

I should really change the title of this post to my garden this week as I have done around 6 hours in the garden after work.  As I said in my last post this is not something I am in … Continue reading →

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My Garden Right Now

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

This post is in response to Gayla’s latest Grow Write Guild challenge – where she asks us to write a descriptive post on our garden right now My favourite spot in the garden is sitting on the slab steps leading … Continue reading →

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