In Bud
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How often do we take the time to appraise a flower’s bud in quite the same we would its open bloom? Not often enough I’d […]
Musings
Fame!
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“Have one big idea – and stick to it!”, “go for quality, not clutter”, “I love my tiny garden – it’s so calming and […]
Bending the Rules
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In the world of gardening there are correct ways of doing things (as outlined in serious text books such as the RHS Encyclopaedia of […]
The First Day Of Spring
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Early each year comes that single, magical, joyful, often unexpected day when winter turns to spring. It doesn’t come when the astronomers or meterologists […]
Growing Under Cover
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I could easily have predicted that greenhouse gardening would become an obsession second time around. I owned my first greenhouse (rather a grand description […]
Life Begins in March
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And so, it is done: Christmas signed-off for another year. It’s time to re-group, sleep, do the ironing, see friends again, sow seeds, plan […]
Thinking Time
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The last few days of February and the first of March are the most challenging for me when it comes to maintaining this blog. […]
The Atolls of Acton
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As well as the lovely parts of London, I get to frequent some pretty grotty ones too. The area around North Acton station is […]
Winter Warmer
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I’ve had a cough or a cold for nearly six weeks now, which has severely curtailed the amount of gardening I’ve been able to […]
Photo Opportunity
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I love anything to do with flowers; studying them, gazing at them, talking about them, growing them and photographing them. I don’t believe I […]
Hidden Talent
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I have always thought of my paternal grandfather as a practical, gentleman gardener. When I was a child he was head gardener on a […]
Hide Your Credit Cards: The 2016 Catalogues Have Landed!
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In parallel with the mercury in my thermometer, the spring seed, bulb and plant catalogues are starting to drop, drop, drop onto the doormat. […]