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Book Review – The Kinfolk Garden

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I am generally reticent about writing book reviews. However, when the first couple of critiques I read online are comedically scathing, my interest is […]

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Iris Reticulata ‘Pauline’

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In an exciting new development, the following post can now be enjoyed as a podcast as well as in text and photographs. Cultivars of […]

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Baby steps (towards spring)

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Every weekend is pretty much the same during the lockdown. A time to catch up on sleep, to read, phone friends and family, make […]

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BITTERSWEET MEMORIES OF 2020

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The year 2020. Where to begin? It’s tempting to dive straight into the obvious negatives – and let’s face it that would be rich […]

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The House by the Lane

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‘Chyanvounder’: ‘Chy’ meaning house and ‘vounder’ meaning lane in the Cornish language. We have made three attempts to visit Cornwall this year. The first […]

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Getting Away From It All

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Like many folk, we’ve barely spent a night away from home since the New Year. I love The Watch House with all my heart, […]

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Garden Diary: May 2020 Part I

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Where, oh where did May go? No sooner had it started than June was upon us. Now it’s midsummer, the longest day is almost […]

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Garden Diary: April 2020

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April was a bittersweet month. Among many positives were the beautiful weather and being able to spend extra time in the garden with The […]

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Easter Extravaganza

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Oh the irony. For the last three years our National Gardens Scheme area organiser has been asking if we’d open the garden for a […]

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Garden Diary: March 2020

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Who could have predicted that the Month of March would end as it did? Over the course of two weeks our daily routines changed […]

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Hopping over to Stockholm

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This week my work took me to Stockholm to visit a potential supplier. I always look forward to visiting the Swedish capital since the […]

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