Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
I’ve started reading Peter Rabbit to the twins at nighttime. Nye has a cuddly Peter Rabbit and a Jemima Puddleduck (or as she calls her ‘Muddy Puddle Duck’) that she is carrying with her everywhere right now, thank you Cathy! And I really love seeing them with toys and books that I had as [...]
Friday, November 5th, 2010
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
How To Take Geranium Cuttings I’m not sure about you but I have found Autumn to be just as busy in the garden as Summer. Don’t you agree? Granted, things have slowed down in the growth department but there is tons to do in preparation for Spring next year, tidying up and protecting from the cold this year, cutting [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
