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A UK garden diary which comments on the highs and lows of gardening in both ornamental flower borders and on an allotment.
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Whooo! I’ve got snow, real snow
I know it’s only temporary British snow but I’ll take what I can get. It will be gone in a few days but for now the garden is transformed. My bird feeders hanging on the line across the garden each have a snowy hat. The Bamboo is droopi...
The January Garden - let’s take a walk
I don’t usually show many general views of the garden for some reason. I have now had a rethink. General views provide a context for all the plants that may eventually feature in glorious macro (or shaky closeup) later on. It will also remind...
Snuffle, panic and drip
I’ve been snuffling and weeping in the kitchen cutting up onions to make Olive Oil Pickle which lilymarlene kindly posted on her blog. Why are my own onions always so tear making compared to bought ones? Anyway, I’ve managed to dispose of...
Late flowers have their special magic
I was just thinking about summer coming to an end (without us having had a real one) when I notice that two of my favourite late summer flowers have appeared over the last week. Perhaps summer hasn’t finished after all! The first one is a clema...
Blight: synonyms - destroy, disease, plague, ruin, kill, spoil
I’ve been in denial for a week, averting my eyes as I walked past the tomato plants. Now I have to admit to myself that the dreaded tomato blight has appeared. It’s affected four of the seven plants I have outside and two of the plants in...
Brook Cottage garden, Nr Banbury, Oxfordshire
I recently visited the garden at Brook Cottage and would definitely recommend it to anyone who is in the area. It is very attractive and I particularly enjoyed the well chosen planting. Here is a slideshow of some of the highlights. [slideshow] The g...
Exotic July
Here we are in late July and a few plants in the garden are trying to convince me that I’m somewhere other than in the UK, somewhere much more exotic and far away. So I sit in contemplation and absorb their magic. I’ve always loved passio...
Squirrels 5, Me 1
It’s a great thrill to see wildlife in the garden but some visitors can be very aggravating. Squirrels for example! I swear this little gang sits in the trees, in the wood across the way, waiting for me to put out food for the birds. Don’...
Some flowers defy description
There are some flowers that I find impossible to describe. When I added Grevillea ‘Canberra Gem’ to my list of garden plants I ended up writing “exotic small red flowers” as I couldn’t think of anything better. Well just...
Hellebores, always staring at their feet
I’ve just finished tidying up my Hellebore border. Last year I moved a few extra plants into it from somewhere else in the garden and I decided to check if they were marked up properly. Yes, I label all my plants otherwise I’d forget whe...
Iris unguicularis “Walter Butt”
Iris unguicularis grows wild in Greece, the eastern Mediterranean and North Africa. In these areas they love hot, dry conditions and poor, stony soil. Not necessarily an ideal candidate for British gardens. Would it be worth the effort I thought? Ev...
February in the greenhouse
I’ve not done much in the garden recently as it’s been so windy and cold. Yes I confess that I’m a fair weather gardener. I did water the tender plants I’ve got in the greenhouse. They can go for quite a long time without atte...
Flowers in January
It’s always a pleasure to see the first flowers of the year and it’s noticeable that far more are in flower than there used to be a few years ago. Winters are warmer and frosts generally last only a day or so ( at least in the South East ...
Welcome
Welcome to the first post of my garden blog. I’m aiming for a kind of diary in which I note the changes taking place in both my garden and my allotment. I’ve thought for quite some time that I should have some kind of record of the highs ...
