Category Archives: Woodland border

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 – 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 →

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Wonderful Mushrooms

Posted on October 20, 2012 by

Look what I found lurking down the end of the garden.  Well it’s up the end of the garden really as my garden slopes up from the house. I have had mushrooms in the garden before, in fact every year … Continue reading →

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End of Month View – September 2012

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

A mooch around the garden this morning to take these photos just highlighted how much I needed to do to get my garden back up to scratch.  Oh it might look fine in these photos  but there is a little … Continue reading →

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End of Month View – June 2012

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

As you can see from the photo above June has been an unusually wet month.  This  has resulted in a lack of weeding and very lush growth on the plants.  Whilst the rain has meant a reduction in gardening time … Continue reading →

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Plant of the Moment: Leopards Bane

Posted on June 8, 2012 by

There are some plants that just seem to be out of tune with the seasons.  The Doronicum pardalianches (or Leopard’s Bane) is one of those.  It is flowering away in my garden at the moment but when you see it … Continue reading →

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A Walk Around The Garden

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

A daft conversation on twitter where we were tweeting views from our back doors this morning has led me to do a photographic tour of the garden.  I am really pleased with how the garden has bulked out since last … Continue reading →

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Plant of the Moment: Arisarum proboscideum

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

I may be patient but I am also incredibly forgetful when it comes to names and what is growing in my garden.  It doesn’t bother me too much as I do remember I have plants when I see something in … Continue reading →

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The Woodland Border – 1 Year On

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

This time last year I had one of my weekends of enthusiastic activity and lifted the turf (well moss) for a new border in the garden (see below).  Then the weather changed and it was hot and dry for months … Continue reading →

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The Queens of Easter – Updated

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

I was recently reading The Morville Hours by Katherine Swift and smiled when I read her describe her dislike of mass plantings of daffodils, “lining the roads and roundabouts in stiff phalanxes of an unvarying shade of yellow”.  I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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