August 31st, 2010 | The House In The Roses
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 ...
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August 31st, 2010 | Gardeners Tips
Double flowers are generally ‘Gardener bred’ and not naturally available in the wild.
Doubles are harder ...
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August 30th, 2010 | Snappy's Garden Blog
This Globe Thistle has taken two years to grow before it is flowering. I love the Japanese manga look of the blue ...
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August 30th, 2010 | Gardeners Tips
If you like daisy flowers then you will love Anthemis. A couple of varieties, to grow, are shown above and detailed ...
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August 29th, 2010 | The House In The Roses
Welcome to "SHOW OFF YOUR COTTAGE MONDAY", a blog party I host at the beginning of each week to celebrate the things we ...
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August 28th, 2010 | down on the allotment
Gosh! it's nearly September! where did the Summer go? I've not grown plum tomatoes before, but these San Marzano ...
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August 28th, 2010 | Gardeners Tips
Tigridia is also called the Mexican shell flower or the Tiger Flower due to its shape and spotted petals.
Facts about ...
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August 27th, 2010 | MyTinyPlot
Our local village is celebrating the centenary of its annual flower show - and I’m planning to enter. I’m ...
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August 27th, 2010 | Gardeners Tips
A colourful carpet of ground cover plants may be a creative, low maintenance alternative to a lawn. Alternatively a ...
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August 26th, 2010 | The House In The Roses
Enchanted creatures? I am the Tinkerbell of my little world. I fly around this flower-laden land deadheading here, ...
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August 26th, 2010 | Snappy's Garden Blog
When it rains there is not a lot of gardening to be done. You retreat indoors and either read books or seed ...
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August 26th, 2010 | Gardeners Tips
Vegetation of open habitats can be an interesting form of study for the keen gardener. Knowing what grows where in the ...
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August 25th, 2010 | Dee's Little Blog Space
Baskets
Harvesting preparing freezing storing eating..
These past few weeks I’ve been eating the fruits of my ...
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August 25th, 2010 | Exotic Garden Blog
EDP article for Saturday 28th Aug 2010
Where has the summer gone? It only feels like yesterday that summer was just ...
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August 25th, 2010 | Dee's Little Blog Space
Looking forward to sampling my first attempt at wine making!
I’ve racked it for the second time, its clearing ...
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