Cheering Up Mondays #395
I feel in need of summer memories after the past week’s weather. I hope you’ve all managed to stay safe . . .
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Tomatoes – the 2023 Crop
The last of the tomatoes are now ripening in the kitchen and I’ve been looking back at the 2023 season. . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #394
I’m dreaming of daffodils – not least because I’ve finally finished planting all the bulbs that I somehow bought. So, . . .
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Review: Feel-Good Gardening
Is life getting you down? In Feel-Good Gardening, author Claire Stares gives advice on how your garden and nature in . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #393
Today’s cheerful flower is a reminder of sunnier days after some truly awful weather over the past week. I do . . .
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Exploring Italian Gardens
It seems I can’t stay away from gardens. A recent trip to Italy was meant to be a break from . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #392
Something that has made a rather late appearance for this week’s cheerful flower. This is one of my new dahlias . . .
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Sweet Peas Gardening Trials 2023
Unlike many things in the garden – dahlias, I’m looking at you – the sweet peas have had a great . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #391
Something from my feature for this month’s Cotswold Life magazine for today’s cheerful flower. I went out to Cotswold Garden . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #390
This week’s cheerful flower is something I usually expect to see in summer not mid-September. It has been a topsy . . .
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