My Gardening View #24
As we head out of January, my gardening view is one filled with signs of spring. The first bulbs are . . .
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Author: The Chatty Gardener
Cheering Up Mondays #406
One of my newer hellebores for this week’s cheerful flower. This was an impulse buy last year from Exedera Nursery. . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #405
A sweet pea for this week’s cheerful flower as I’ve finally got around to sowing this year’s seeds. This is . . .
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Review: Gardening With Winter Plants
How good does your garden look in winter? If it has little beyond a few evergreens and some snowdrops then . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #404
Something that’s brightening my front door for this week’s cheerful flower. Any flowers in these cold months of winter are . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #403
This week’s cheerful flower is a winter stalwart. Galanthus plicatus ‘Colossus’ is usually the first snowdrop to flower in my . . .
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Highs and Lows of the 2023 Garden
There’s no doubt that the 2023 garden saw some extremes – and not just in the weather, which ranged from . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #402
The first Cheering Up Mondays flower of 2024 and the first hellebore to flower in my garden. I’m afraid the . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #401
Something that’s brightening the view from my kitchen window for this week’s cheerful flower. These are not fully frost hardy . . .
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Gardening Books As Gifts
I always think gardeners are easy to buy for – seeds, plants, tools, twine, the choice of possible presents is . . .
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