Cheering Up Mondays #337
One of my beautiful dahlias for this week’s mood-lifting flower. It’s been a mixed year for flowers with some of . . .
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Making a Bulb Lasagne
There’s nothing quite like spring bulbs to lift the spirits and, with a difficult winter looming, I think they’ll be . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #336
A return of Cheering Up Mondays after my summer break and something from this year’s Gardening Trials. I was given . . .
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Review: From the Veg Patch by Kathy Slack
Cookery books are meant to inspire but rarely to entertain. From the Veg Patch succeeds on both counts with tempting . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #335
Some brilliant colour for a Monday morning. I didn’t grow tithonia last year and nearly forgot to get seed for . . .
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Sustainable Gardening at Whatley Manor
I’ve been chatting to Head Gardener David Pearce about how the exclusive Cotswold hotel Whatley Manor is embracing sustainable gardening. . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #334
Something from my cutting bed for the first Cheering Up Mondays flower of August. I was inspired to grow this . . .
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Review: Son of the Secret Gardener, & William Barron, the Victorian Landscape Gardener
A couple of new books that landed on my desk have got me thinking about the unsung heroes of horticulture. . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #333
Something I spotted on my recent trip to Whatley Manor for this week’s flower. We’re rapidly heading out of rose . . .
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Plants that Cope With a Drought
When you have sandy soil, every year is one of gardening in a drought. It doesn’t seem to matter how . . .
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