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Variations on a theme - Tomatoes 22 Aug 2013 | 02:15 am
At the beginning if June I would not have believed that the summer would be so gloriously warm and sunny! It's been such a treat to eat all our meals outdoors (I think we had two meals outside last ye...
August is show time! 15 Aug 2013 | 05:56 pm
The past few weeks have been so busy! I'm gradually synching with the timetable of the retailer's year . . . the Christmas cards are printed and already I have orders coming in from my increasing list...
Big Butterfly Count 2013 5 Aug 2013 | 05:41 pm
Small Tortoieshell on Marjoram There has been much in the media lately about the plight of Britain's butterflies; the idyllic picture of flowery meadows a-flutter is sadly no longer reality. Red Adm...
#DrawingAugust 2 Aug 2013 | 05:03 pm
Some of you may remember that last August I took part in the #ippdailydraw, you can see all my drawings here . . . mmm? 25, looks like I didn't manage to do one every day! This year a similar challen...
Nice ices for a heatwave 22 Jul 2013 | 01:44 am
It's hard to believe that a few weeks back the gardeners among us were bemoaning the long long long winter and longing for some sun to warm the soil. Then in a flash Spring came and here we are past m...
As UN-alike as peas in a pod 18 Jul 2013 | 02:17 pm
Here is the promised review of the peas growing in the Pigeon Proof Pen, I've introduced them in their flowering stage: Curruther's and Robinson; Shiraz and Tutankhamun; and Salmon Flowered. Here are...
Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 14 Jul 2013 | 11:43 am
Thanks to Lucy and Ecover, I 'won' two tickets to the RHA Hampton Court Palace Flower Show – it's probably 15 years since we last went to one of the big garden shows, so Cliff and I were looking forwa...
Pick flowers . . . Be happy! 8 Jul 2013 | 06:51 pm
Have you noticed? There's a quiet but ever growing revolution happening . . . British grown cut flowers are back in fashion! When I was small, my world was filled with buckets of flowers – my grand-p...
Cambridge on a sunny afternoon 6 Jul 2013 | 01:47 am
Hello, have you been enjoying the rather fabulous summer weather? Have you been watching some loooong loooong matches at Wimbledon? This afternoon I heard snippets of the tennis commentary as I drove...
The Three Sisters (plus support act) 2013 gig 30 Jun 2013 | 01:48 pm
Yesterday, with enthusiastic help from Cheep and the team of under-gardeners http://twitter.com/celiahart/status/350924596121333761/photo/1 I tidied up and filled the Three Sisters pit with compost fr...
