Getting The Balance of Bird Feeding Absolutely Right

Getting The Balance of Bird Feeding Absolutely Right

I like looking out of my patio door onto the garden from my L shaped kitchen;  I have a very comfortable sofa one side and an ottoman seat the other.  This means I can see the woodland garden on one side and the rose garden and sunny patio area at the top of the other […]

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A Few Tips On Keeping On Top Of Winter Gardening

Now is definitely the time to think about the winter gardening needs.  After all the activities of spring through summer when everything becomes so alive and full of bright life, we are now reaching the winding down and dormant time.   To make it easier on the gardener, who may well have other critical inside tasks, […]

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Taking Cuttings From Prunings, Total Win-Win for Me

Ahh the subject of gardening crops up again .  Until a year or so ago, I used to have a lot more time for bobbing about in my garden, weed checking, lawn clearing and generally propogating as many plants as I could.  In fact my garden helper, who can only spare me 3 hours alternate […]

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If It Dies, Chop Off All Signs Of Lifelessness

I have been trying to stop some of my favourite plants from suffering greatly in this current phase of tremendously dry heat.  It’s so very disappointing when a much loved and long held specimen suddenly keels over.  Leaves drop and look pathetic.  Once the plant has succumbed it can be impossible to rescue them, even […]

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Garnering Gardening Tips To Rescue Plants

For my troubles, I am the editior of a local newsletter/newspaper for a social group.   Nothing slips past the beady eye of the readers – fully paid up membership of this august body.    I also gather in ideas for the gardening feature – this is always popular and it reflects the seasons, growing expectations for […]

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Lenten & Christmas . . A Rose By Any Other Name

As I look out on to my garden in this late spring afternoon, I can see the exciting little tell tale signs that spring proper is on its way.  There are bright green shoots opping up everywhere.  I love the little freen shoots popping up everywhere showing that springtide is definitely approaching.  The bulbs are […]

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Clay Pellets Off The Menu, Sadly

I do love a burst of gardening – there is something very relaxing about weeding on a summer’s day.  However, those same tasks on a cold wet winter day is not quite the same barrel of laughs.  I live in an area that is affected by very serious clay – it is so thick and […]

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Caring For That Rose Lined Avenue

I love gardening.  There is so much about watching plants grow, flourish and turn full circle that is simply mind boggling.  I cannot believe how fantastic some of the colours are – especially in the rose garden.  The leaves are generally very shiny dark green – on most healthy roses.  The buds of flowers pop […]

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Trees Offering More Than One Trick

It’s quite staggering how quickly a tree can come into life with new green leaf and within just a matter of weeks these will be turning from bright apple green through darker shades, onto yellow, orange and then that magnificent blaze of red.  I have one such tree that has origins in Canada.  The leaf […]

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Giant Snowdrop Gem Pays Dividends

There’s no doubt that spring time is the most exciting as far as gardening is concerned.   Although long hot sunny days invite us to sit in the garden and take in the beauty, the new growth and that thrill of discovering forgotten gems cannot be overstated.  Those baby cuttings you popped into that anonymous looking […]

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