Nature’s curtains

I’m having a magical day. I’m sitting on Nature; sitting under a sky of green grapes... What could be more romantic than sitting under a grape-covered porch sipping the fruits of your own labor? Ah yes, is pure bliss around here! The right combination of hot days and cold nights has made this a phenomenal summer for grape vines... and so, our back porch is beautifully swathed in grapes. Tiny little finger-like twines of a magical vine wrap themselves in whatever they can get a hold on. If you are not careful enough, they’d wrap themselves around you too... especially around your hair! Our porch is a billowing green corridor of curly ... Read more

Seeing Double – The Awe Factor

Double flowers are generally ‘Gardener bred’ and not naturally available in the wild. Doubles are harder ... Read more

Retro Blue

This Globe Thistle has taken two years to grow before it is flowering. I love the Japanese manga look of the blue ... Read more

Growing Anthemis a Grand Yellow Daisy

If you like daisy flowers then you will love Anthemis. A couple of varieties, to grow, are shown above and detailed ... Read more

Show Off Your Cottage Monday

Welcome to "SHOW OFF YOUR COTTAGE MONDAY", a blog party I host at the beginning of each week to celebrate the things we ... Read more

Matron’s 2010 Dogblog!

Gosh! it's nearly September! where did the Summer go? I've not grown plum tomatoes before, but these San Marzano ... Read more

Growing Tiger Plants or Tigridia

Tigridia is also called the Mexican shell flower or the Tiger Flower due to its shape and spotted petals. Facts about ... Read more

Photo Mission: Annual Veg Show

Our local village is celebrating the centenary of its annual flower show - and I’m planning to enter. I’m ... Read more

Vivid Ground Cover Plants and Ideas

A colourful carpet of ground cover plants may be a creative, low maintenance alternative to a lawn. Alternatively a ... Read more

Excerpts of my life…

Enchanted creatures? I am the Tinkerbell of my little world. I fly around this flower-laden land deadheading here, ... Read more

Rain Drops And Pies

When it rains there is not a lot of gardening to be done. You retreat indoors and either read books or seed ... Read more

Wild Plant Habitat Classifications

Vegetation of open habitats can be an interesting form of study for the keen gardener. Knowing what grows where in the ... Read more

summer

Baskets Harvesting preparing freezing storing eating.. These past few weeks I’ve been eating the fruits of my ... Read more

August bank holiday weekend – rain or shine!

EDP article for Saturday 28th Aug 2010 Where has the summer gone? It only feels like yesterday that summer was just ... Read more

rhubarb wine

Looking forward to sampling my first attempt at wine making! I’ve racked it for the second time, its clearing ... Read more

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