Featured Posts in'garden' Category

How To Make Grape Juice

While on my knicker-making course the other week (I know, weird) I had a great idea what to do with my ripening black Read more..

Happiness!

My little world sits on a dream come true... A garden!I've been busy dividing perennials, replanting and mending Read more..

Il Sacro Bosco. The Garden of Dreams.

Il Sacro Bosco is a wierd and perplexing garden set in a ravine below the town of Bomarzo in the Sabine Hills.  The 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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

Pond Reflections

The Sun is shining outside for once after weeks of rain and grey sky's. The only benefit is the garden looks very Read more..

Growing Witch Hazel

Witch Hazel or Hamamelis is a scented winter-flowering shrub. The spicy fragrance and spidery flowers in yellow, Read more..