Books for Greener Gardening
It’s easy to imagine that gardening is good for the planet. In fact, from the compost we choose to use . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #408
The first of the iris to flower in my garden for this week’s cheerful flower. I grow quite a few . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #407
I’ve been pruning my roses so a rose seemed the perfect choice for this week’s cheerful flower. This isn’t from . . .
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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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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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