Cheering up Mondays #104
A bud full of promise for the first Cheering up Mondays of the new year.
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New Year, New Look
Regular readers will notice there’s something different about the blog. The Chatty Gardener turned two at the end of September . . .
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Looking back – the garden in 2017
Gardening is so much about looking forward and getting on with jobs that need doing that sometimes it’s easy to . . .
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Review: Down to Earth by Monty Don
In his introduction to Down to Earth, Monty Don tells us that he is not an expert but merely an . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #103
Dahlia ‘American Dawn’ This is also Day 18 of the Flower Advent Calendar. If you want to follow it daily, . . .
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All I want for Christmas . . .
With Christmas rapidly approaching, I’ve been asking some of my nursery friends what’s on their list to Santa. Talk to . . .
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Review: The Wellness Garden by Shawna Coronado
I’ve gardened all my life and cannot imagine how I would feel if illness forced me to stop. Two years . . .
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Cheering up Mondays #102
Phlomis russeliana This is also Day 11 of the Flower Advent Calendar. If you want to follow it daily, go . . .
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Review: Success with Succulents by John Bagnasco and Bob Reidmuller
If houseplants are currently the biggest gardening show in town, succulents have a strong claim to be the star. They . . .
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