Cheering Up Mondays #364
There are new daffodils appearing daily and masses of them on the roadsides around Cheltenham. They’ve long been a favourite . . .
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Reviewing the Winter Plant Casualties
I’ve been taking stock of the garden after a challenging few months and seeing what’s among the winter plant casualties. . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #363
Something simple for this week’s cheerful flower. These have just started flowering again and every day there seem to be . . .
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Review: Ranunculus by Naomi Slade
Books by Naomi Slade always delight but this tome on ranunculus was particularly welcome on a cold, soggy week. Colourful . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #362
After the past week’s weather a glimpse of summer is needed for this week’s cheerful flower. I can’t remember ever . . .
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Review: Gardener’s Guide Titles
A new clutch of titles have been added to Gardener’s Guide collection, covering everything from looking after your soil to . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #361
One of my more unusual hellebores for this week’s cheerful flower. This is one that I bought a few years . . .
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Exploring Kew’s Orchid Festival
I was expecting colour at Kew’s Orchid Festival but not quite the dazzling display I encountered – or the wild . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #360
It had to be something from my recent trip to Kew Gardens for this week’s cheerful flower. I loved the . . .
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Review: To Stand and Stare
If you catch me in the garden apparently doing nothing, blame Andrew Timothy O’Brien. I try to stop and sit . . .
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