The thing I love about the Internet is that everything is so fast. Here we were half an hour or so ago and now I’m here with Ned on my lap telling you all about it. It’s a garden day today and we’ve a lot to do so I’m going to pop Ned down for [...]
Tales of Pottering from an Autumn House & Garden
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
I sometimes find myself wandering around the house and simply fiddling. Moving this pot to that windowsill or shifting a chair from one corner to another. Pottering is the technical term and I’m a world champion at it. They say it takes ten thousand hours of doing something to become an expert at it. I [...]
Oh England, My England
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
The speed with which it all changes around here amazes me still. I’d started to take the gazebo down but this weekend we have to finish it. I’d say that the Marguerite’s are kinda done for the year also, don’t you think! Hmmmm! Crunchy underfoot and deliciously cosy. We’ll be out here this weekend trussed [...]
Berries & the Sky
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
It’s the light that is different in the Autumn. Even when the sun is out. The light is one that makes me stare at it in a trance. It’s a hazy light that needs no altering. A warm sun with no hint of harshness. The evening is my favourite time. Both blue and yellow. Time [...]
How To Line A Hanging Basket & Playing With Ornamental Cabbages
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
How To Line A Hanging Basket & Playing With Ornamental Cabbages Aha! Many of you may find yourself in the same predicament that I did about a week ago. Summer is over and the baskets that held the annuals and bedding plants so well are now empty and a little tatty. Case in point. So instead of emptying them [...]
My Pathways & Garden In The Autumn / Fall
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
It’s magical out there right now. Each and every corner of the garden has another tale to tell and another emotion to lay upon any person who walks on by. This I love. When the leaves turn that beautiful golden colour and then fall to the ground. Then the ground becomes a carpet. Bouncy, full, vibrant, joyful, ever [...]
How To Grow Hydrangeas – Creating a Hydrangea Hedge
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
How To Grow Hydrangeas – Creating a Hydrangea Hedge You may or may not have seen an abundance of hydrangeas in your local garden centre or nursery at this time of year. And you may or may not have noticed that they are going for an absolute STEAL! They may look a little on the battered side or [...]
How To Plant Spring Bulbs
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
How To Plant Spring Bulbs It’s difficult for me to describe in an article with pictures and instructions as boring as the ones here today just how much pleasure there is to be had when the bulbs planted in the Autumn finally peek through the soil in the Spring. First comes the peeking and then a full [...]
The Paddock at Cherry’s – Building the raised beds
Monday, September 14th, 2009
So, this was the view on Friday evening. Lovely. All the beds had been marked out and the wood that we were using to build them had been laid in place. The sun was going down over the paddock and all was well with the world. The twins had been over that evening and I’m [...]
How To Grow Your Own Fruit & Vegetables – My Beginning
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
How To Grow Your Own Fruit & Vegetables – My Beginning On Saturday we begin building and filling four raised fruit and vegetable beds in the paddock that we are starting to develop. The beds are perfectly square and will be spilt in to four. That’s sixteen beds to play in. Let the growing commence [...]
