The Very Best of 2012 – A Year In Pictures
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Where has 2012 gone? Despite so many memorable occasions – the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Olympics, our trip to beautiful Burma, the birth of […]
Plants
Boxing Day Brights
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Despite vowing to stay indoors for two days and do nothing but eat, drink, read and be generally indulgent, I was persuaded to get […]
In the Bleak Midwinter
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Well, the world didn’t end yesterday, but it’s having a damn good go at ending today. We awoke this morning to lashing rain and […]
Counting Down to Christmas
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Hallelujah! With only 10 days to go until Christmas, the scaffolding is down and we have light in the flat again. The garden is, […]
Premature Paperwhites
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What is it with me and Paperwhite Narcissi? For the umpteenth year running the flowers are out, in all their beautifully perfumed glory, a good […]
Sowing the seed for 2013
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My introduction to gardening was through the pages of seed catalogues. As a young child I could sit for hours looking through the pages […]
Classy Clivia
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A few years back my partner’s mother gave us an offset of one of the many clivias that bask in her front porch. The […]
All I want for Christmas is…….?
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I don’t consider myself a man who has everything, but when it comes to putting together a Christmas wish list I am struggling this […]
Marvellous Mahonia
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As Christmas approaches, I’m finding it increasingly hard to find time for the garden and even the faithful iPad’s becoming something of a stranger. […]
Down to earth with a bump
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So, here we are. Mid November and just 40 days until Christmas. Despite my working life revolving around the festive season, I can feel […]
The Floating Gardens of Inle Lake
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If, like me, you’re accustomed to gardening on dry land, Inle lake in Burma is a bit of an eye-opener. For here the fruits […]
National Kandawgyi Gardens, Pyin Oo Lwin, Burma
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As we progress around Burma, attended to like two little kings (which always makes me feel rather uncomfortable) I am continuing to persist with […]