Winter cheer at Batsford Arboretum
A trip to Batsford Arboretum this week to meet a friend was a timely reminder that there’s no such thing . . .
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Author: The Chatty Gardener
Cheering up Mondays #158
A beautiful blue flower for what’s known as ‘Blue Monday’. Meconopsis always makes me smile. For a weekly dose of . . .
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Potatoes get season started
Nothing shouts ‘Spring’s coming!’ to me quite like buying seed potatoes. Along with sowing sweet peas, they are one of . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #157
There’s nothing quite like a sweet pea to lift the spirits. I’ve been sowing mine this week, ready for a . . .
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Review: Japanese Knotweed by Nicolas Seal
I’ve yet to meet a gardener who doesn’t have at least one problem weed. I have several with horsetail (Equisetum . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #156
The first Cheering up Mondays picture of 2019 and this is one of my favourite winter-flowering shrubs. Lonicera fragrantissima may . . .
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My gardening view #1
The first in an occasional look at the garden from my potting shed. The lovely people at Burgon and Ball . . .
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Looking over the 2018 gardening year
I’ve been looking back over the highs and lows of the 2018 gardening year and planning for 2019. The 2018 . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #155
The final Cheering up Mondays picture for 2018 and the snowdrops are bringing a taste of spring to my garden. . . .
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