Is It The End of Summer in the Garden?

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

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I now have a comments function. Leave your comment/question at the end of every post! On Sunday night, as the rain lashed against the windows, I asked myself if it really was the end of Summer. I’m not so sure it is. I often get caught out like this. I assume the long hot days [...]

Creating A Container Garden

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Container garden before - October 09

Robert the Husband says that I like to colonize areas. By this he means that if there is a space I will fill it. Whether that be with junk that actually needs to be sorted properly and put away or with an idea. When creating a container garden in the space outside my back door [...]

In the Night Garden, almost

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

The Paddock June 26.06.10 -1

Very new babies sleep an awful lot, don’t they? They sleep a lot more than I thought they would. When they are asleep there always seem to be things to do before they wake up for the next feed. Tidying up (not getting a whole lot of that done, I’ll be honest). Cooking and eating [...]

Garden Gallery, 4th June, 2010

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Dark Red Rose - 23.05.10

So much is happening in the garden at the moment, so much of it it finally coming to life. This was the rose on the front of the house about two weeks ago. It had about three roses blooming on it. And now it’s full and basking in the early summer’s sun first thing in [...]

Let’s Get Growing 2010 – Darling Dahlia Update

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

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You can read Part 1 of my ‘Growing Dahlias’ saga by clicking on this link. I’ve never grown Dahlias before now and when I pulled the tuber from the box upon delivery I wasn’t sure that any of them would ever amount to anything more than a few shoots. How wrong I was. We’ve ‘lucked [...]

The Stuff of Life # 3 – The Promise of a New Ranunculus

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

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The promise of a new ranunculus. Waiting to unfurl and show off. This is the first time I have grown these flowers and I will be growing them each and every year from now on, until the end of my time! **************************************************** Join my Facebook page! Cherry Menlove Feel free to add me to your [...]

How To Grow Dahlias

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

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When Robert the Husband and I visited the local flower show / fair on our local village green last August I was mightily impressed with the Dahlias on display. So of course I couldn’t wait until March of this year rolled around so that I could get on with growing my own. It’s my first time [...]

Growing & Picking Hyacinths

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

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Last Autumn I planted this bed with all sorts of bulbs – Daffs, Narcissus, Ranunculus and Hyacinths. I had previously had lettuces in there as it’s right outside the back door and it made it easier to pop out and pick some as tea time approached. About a month ago the bed was coming up [...]

Let’s Get Growing 2010 – Preparing for Flowers

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Plug PLants - 30.04.10

This was the view outside of my backdoor early this morning. We have many trays like this, dotted about the place, holding precious plants that will give us a flower filled Summer. Some flowers I am growing from seed and others I have purchased as tiny plug plants. This is a tray of plug plants. [...]

A Sunny Garden Update

Friday, April 9th, 2010

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This year has been so strange as everything in the garden is super late due to the prolonged cold spell. Well it feels like it is super late anyway. This is the circular bed in my front drive and last Summer, in the month of June,  it looked like this….. Then last September, after all [...]