It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
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In my world it’s Christmas every day, but there comes a point, around now, when the rest of the nation starts to wake up to […]
Musings
Flower Therapy
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Tonight I am greatly in need of a happy pill. The best I can muster from the depths of the medicine cabinet is a […]
On The Bridge
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You may recall that a year ago I wrote about The Garden Bridge, a proposed crossing on the Thames in London. With planning permission […]
A Ghost Story
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Here in Kent it does not feel very much like Halloween. Up the road in Gravesend the warmest ever October 31st was recorded this […]
Coming Home
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There’s nothing like a long spell away from home to remind you of what you take for granted …. and sometimes what you might do […]
The Winds of Change
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I’ve just come in from the garden, where the temperature has dropped dramatically since lunchtime. A brisk, rain-laden breeze has whipped up, carrying away summer’s last […]
Getting Noticed
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It’s always nice to be noticed, and even nicer to be appreciated. Today I am walking tall and smiling like the Cheshire Cat as not […]
Divine Decay
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On the whole I dislike decay. My inner perfectionist denies me the pleasure of anything less than pristine, fresh or new. I wish I could be […]
Double Dutch
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Earlier this year I was contacted by Kristel Engelen at Dutch gardening magazine ‘Tuinieren’, asking if The Frustrated Gardener would like to be featured on the publication’s ‘online harvest’ page. […]
First Nature
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It’s official, my little neice Martha is on the move. She’s a quick learner, like her uncle, and on the eve of being seven months […]
Birthday Bombki
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I celebrated The Frustrated Gardener’s second birthday yesterday in one of the farthest corners of Poland, near the city of Wroclaw. The countryside in […]
Loving London
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I am not a born Londoner, and for much of the time I like to believe I’d prefer living elsewhere. That is until I make […]