Dry January
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As the first month of 2022 draws to a close, I sit at my desk reflecting on how unseasonably calm and dry the weather […]
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SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM THE WATCH HOUSE
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Hello One and All! It’s been a while. Like everyone else, The Beau and I have been ducking and diving, trying to tackle this […]
Here Comes Ciara! – How To Protect Your Garden From Stormy Weather
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Winter thus far has consisted of a handful of slightly chilly nights with a lot of benign, mild, wet weather in between. The garden […]
The White Stuff
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Oh! How we love a ‘snow event’ here in England. The rare instances when the white stuff descends from the heavens used to be […]
How Does my Garden Grow? August
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My garden has come together rather later than usual, but come together it has. Unburdened by not opening for the National Gardens Scheme, […]
Chatsworth Flower Show 2017: The Wedgwood Garden – A Classic Re-imagined
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I can scarcely believe it’s over a week since that fateful press day at Chatsworth Flower Show where we all got drenched and […]
And Relax …..
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It’s here, the moment I have been waiting for all Christmas, the moment when all our visitors have departed, there is no cleaning […]
When Is Too Late to Plant Spring Bulbs?
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If you are reading this post now, in late January, the answer is ‘not yet’, for tulips at least. Originally published in November 2016, […]
Moving Mountains
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You may ask what is interesting about the photograph at the top of this post. It is, after all, a view out of […]
Standing Room Only
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With the garden at Polegate Cottage temporarily occupied by builders and tradesmen, I am experiencing an explosion in the plant population next door […]
A Tale of Two Gardens
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Nurturing two gardens eighty eight miles apart is mainly a blessing, but sometimes a curse. The task becomes tricky if we want to […]
Shipwreck Weather
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As we drove across the border between Devon and Cornwall on Friday night it was almost as if the wind were determined to blow […]