When I have visited garden shows or gardens open to the public in 2018, I have taken photos from all angles, sometimes waiting for a cloud to cover the harsh sunlight and get a better photo. And then, I get home and do nothing with these photos other than share the odd one on social […]
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Container Garden August 2017 – New Home
We’ve moved, again. This time we have gone some 150 miles south, in Oxfordshire. It is for the best, and we are excited to start this new chapter. However, we will be renting, again. I’m starting to fear that we will never be in the position to buy a house, given all the fees and […]
Bringing nature indoors
With Christmas round the corner and winter being officially here in a couple of days, it frustrates me to no end that I cannot potter around outside. When we lived in the house with a “proper” garden I could do some work during the winter, be it planting more bulbs, pruning and weeding. Now however, […]
Weekend jobs – Sunday 29.03.2015
Following from my previous post, on Sunday I continued to do some gardening jobs. The in-laws came over to visit and I asked my father-in-law about some bushes and plants that looked rather twiggy and dead. After helping me out and giving me some pointers, here is what I did. I pruned this hardy fuchsia […]
Weekend jobs – Saturday 28.03.2015
This weekend has been a productive one. I have been pottering around in the garden and then in the greenhouse when it started to rain. Here are some of the things I have done. Yesterday I weeded this bed. I am slowly making my way round the garden doing some weeding every weekend. To be […]