Buried Treasure
Keeping with the recent theme of gems, I recently caved and did a bulb order. A very large one. The largest one yet, in fact – and that’s remembering the […]
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All Star Line-up
I must admit that the picture is rather underwhelming, three pots of dormant sticks and they’re the supposed gems of the garden? With most things garden-related however, it’s not the […]
Spice it up with a Ginger
One of the best things about growing in the UK and particularly in the south is pushing the boundaries on just what you can get away with growing. As I look […]
Tip of the Iceberg
This is not about lettuce. As I have been banned from buying any more clematis, terracotta pots or climbing roses by my other half, I thought the relationship would survive […]
Talk on Corners – Part 3
Part 1 of this mini-series introduced the corner border as an expansion project, in which there was a flurry of activity in marking it out, cutting the edge and then a […]
No Time Like the Crescent
The Crescent is a narrow strip of border with one end attached to Magnolia Hill. Its shape was dictated from having a large semi-circular border marked on one side of the […]
The Nomadic Patio Pot Plants – Part 2
In Part 1 of the “Nomadic Patio Pot Plants”, I described how the pot plants came to be and how the display grew ever larger, yet often changing, only to […]
The New Front Border – Part 2
In Part 1 of “The New Front Border”, I described a front border that began with good intentions, but mutated from a dream into a nightmare in two years. The […]
Parental Haul
It’s always good going to see the parents, granted that I do end up falling asleep most visits because I’m usually so tired from gardening and work. The latest visit […]
Revving at the Starting Line
It’s been very busy in the garden. Since the clocks went forward a while ago now, there has been increasingly more time to work in the garden on weekday evenings, […]