We have had a few really lovely – if very cold – days in the past couple of weeks, but mostly it has just been grey and wet. My garden is saturated. I squelch when I walk round to assess the progress of the Spring plants. So, not much outdoor gardening for me at all….
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The crazy season is well and truly upon us. The time of year that sees gardeners up and down the country engaged in a frenzy of seed sowing, pricking out, potting on. Tales of germination success and failure, lost plant labels, the dreaded Running Out of Pots the Right Size… The time when greenhouse shelving…
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I’m so glad that Helen@Patient Gardener has started a greenhouse meme blogging about her greenhouse (I misunderstood at first, and thought she was starting a meme – sorry for any confusion!). I love having a greenhouse, but I know I could use mine better, and it would be excellent to see how other people use…
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I honestly thought that I would feel sad, leaving this garden. After all, it was my first. I planted my first shrub here, my first tree, split my first perennials. Maybe it is because I am leaving it in the capable hands of Mil and Fil, at least for a while, or maybe it is…
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I like doing experiments, at least when I am gardening. I think it is an attempt on my part to counter my rule-following behaviour, something which I have been trying to loosen ever since I noticed it in myself. I suspect it is easier to do in gardening – and cooking – because after a…
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