Review: Claire Austin’s Book of Perennials
I was recently sent Claire Austin’s Book of Perennials to review and it’s proving rather useful for a new project . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #224
This is just coming into flower and brightening my view from the kitchen window. It looks particularly good with the . . .
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Colour in the garden
Life in lockdown has some advantages and one of those has been the time to really look at the colour . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #223
A new tulip in the garden this year but one that I’ve been meaning to grow for some time. I . . .
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Review: RHS Get Growing by Holly Farrell
With the schools closed and the nation on lockdown, the publication of Get Growing by Holly Farrell couldn’t have been . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #222
These have been sat on my kitchen windowsill brightening up the view when you’re stood at the sink. They’re a . . .
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Sowing Seeds in Lockdown
Sowing seeds in spring is nothing new for me but being in lockdown has presented a new set of challenges. . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #221
This dainty narcissus is rather apt for the weekly post of floral cheer. N. ‘Cheerfulness’ is scented and I’d planted . . .
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Review: Grow Fruit & Vegetables in Pots by Aaron Bertelsen
At a time when more people are starting to grow their own at home thanks to the current lockdown, it . . .
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Cheering Up Mondays #220
Tulips always cheer me up and I don’t really have a favourite. This – name long lost but possibly ‘Freeman’ . . .
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