A Change Is As Good As A Rest
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‘A change is as good as a rest’, or so the proverb goes. As one who is ill at ease when relaxing and always […]
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The Watch House in Early May
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I’m a little bit stuck at the moment. I don’t so much have writers’ block as writers’ constipation; that is, lots of posts backing […]
My 10 Top Tips For Writing a Gardening Blog
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Earlier this week I was invited by a work colleague whom I had never met to have a coffee and talk about my blog. […]
No Rest for the Wicked
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In previous years I have managed to keep posting regularly through December, although the topic of my posts has steadily moved away from gardening […]
Tales from the Garden Room
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“If one is going to tell a story with plants, it may as well be an adventure story.” I love all […]
Fogbound
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I managed to spend a whole 20 hours in the UK between trips to the USA and Amsterdam. In that time I unpacked, repacked, […]
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
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This week an Italian described their country to me as “Third World”. I may only be a visitor, but I could not agree […]
Feeling Good
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I’ve been feeling a little bit down in the dumps this week. I blame the headache-inducing, humid weather and lack of time to get out […]
New Look, Same Frustrated Gardener
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I began The Frustrated Gardener as an experiment. I wanted to challenge myself to keep up with technology, rekindle my deep-seated love of plants and create […]
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 […]
Out of the Darkness
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I have just endured a whole week in China. It was not the death-defying driving or the tawdry toilets that upset me, it wasn’t […]
So far, so good!
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It is now just over three weeks since I started this blog, and so far it’s been a great experience. I hoped it might […]