Waiting and Anticipating
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When preparing for our garden opening, I find I end up doing anything but gardening. Over the last two days I have been […]
Dahlias
The Final Countdown
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Twelve days to go and preparation for this year’s garden opening feels like one of those bad dreams where, try as one may, one […]
Opening Pains
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Had we opened our seaside garden on the usual weekend, this is the scene that would have greeted our visitors. Not bad, even […]
Midnight Blooms
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I have a new torch and I don’t mind admitting I am rather taken with it. The last one was indestructible but about […]
Plan B
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I have a problem. With the garden next door out of action and no immediate prospect of gaining it back, I have grown […]
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 […]
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. […]
Travelling Blues
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That’s it. I have readied both gardens for October, packed my bags and left Him Indoors in charge. I am now on the other […]
Polegate Cottage: Three Months On
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It’s been three months since we bought the house next door. The idea is to convert The Watch House and Polegate Cottage into one […]
Dahlia Week: Tips from the Top
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Last Saturday we were lucky enough to hear from two of the dahlia world’s greatest enthusiasts as part of a Dahlia Festival at The Salutation […]
Dahlia Week: Classy Collerettes
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Dahlias come in all shapes and sizes. This is why, like other extensively hybridised flowers, dahlias are classified by flower type. There are waterlilies, […]
Dahlia Week: Big and Beautiful
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When I was a boy, most dahlias looked a little like D. ‘Lady Darlene’. They were bold and brazen, not afraid to be bi-coloured […]