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Merry Christmas
I am extremely busy with work right now and am finding little time to write or catch up with all your blogs. Normal service will resume in the New Year but I'd like to take this opportunity to wish...
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Bringing in the New Year
First of all, let me wish you all a Happy New Year. I hope you all had a wonderful time. It has been just over one month since I blogged about any sort of goings on from my garden. Work commitments,...
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Tree Following January 2016 - Sorbus Autumn Spire
We've come full circle following my rowan tree, Sorbus Autumn Spire. I took part in this meme for the first time in 2015. I chose to follow a recently planted specimen. My intentions had been to...
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January in Angie's Garden
What a real mixed bag it has been weather wise this January. The relentless rains continued past New Year with a few sunnier days in between, a light dusting of snow and plummeting temperatures down...
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End of Month View January 2016
I had already made up my mind near the tail end of last year on which part of the garden to focus on for my End of Month View post. In case you are unfamiliar with this popular meme let me tell you a...
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Wordless Wednesday - Spring in a shot glass
Galanthus nivalis and Podocarpus Young Rusty
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Tree Following 2016 - Betula Crimson Frost
I had fully intended getting out and about finding a mature tree to follow for this year's Tree Following posts. However, I have been laid up with a really bad cold again and could not summon the...
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Garden Blogger's Bloom Day February 2016
I was ready to declare that some of the plants flowering in time for this February's bloom day post are quite early but having looked back at both previous February posts it seems I am very much...
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My February Round Up
February has been a real mixed bag in so far as the weather is concerned. Right now, although cold it is dry. What a refreshing change that is I tell you. I know from reading everyone's posts that I...
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End of Month View February 2016
It's the time of the month when myself and other garden bloggers join Helen - The Patient Gardener for our End of Month View posts. This year I am choosing a couple of borders to follow for this meme....
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Tree Following 2016 - along the river bank
I have had a change of mind and abandoned the idea of following the wind damaged Birch that grows in my garden for this year's Tree Following meme. I felt that I may have had a real struggle finding...
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Because I'm Happy!
When I first started gardening 5 years ago I gave little, nae absolutely no, thought to how my garden looked in spring. I got the 'evergreen for structure' thing but it was the little things that my...
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Marching on
Even when the nights start drawing out and temperatures begin to rise I always get a feeling of apprehension towards the garden and plants. I get that exicted feeling as the garden come back to life...
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End of Month View March 2016
End of February 2016Joining in with Helen and other bloggers for their End of Month View post usually encourages me to keep on top of things. Last month the frosts kept me back and this month my sore...
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Tree Following 2016 - along the river bank.
I set out along the river bank to get some shots of my chosen tree in between showers. Dark grey clouds were looming in every direction. Since intermittent showers are forecast for the next few days...
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day April 2016
Just lately I have been embarrassingly late for most of the memes I take part in. I am determined one way or the other to post this month's Bloom Day post on time. This April the garden is well and...
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April Mish Mash
This post, like the weather this April, is a real mish mash of what's been happening in the garden this month. As you all know I am creating what might be described as a monthly journal of the goings...
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End of Month View April 2016
End of March 2016It's time to link in with Helen and other garden bloggers over at The Patient Gardener. What a rough couple of days we had this week but those heavy rain, sleet and snow showers have...
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A belated Garden Bloggers Bloom Day May 2016
I am at sixes and sevens right now. My work hours have changed and not only is my body trying to adjust but I swear my mind if suffering too. I am constantly feeling tired and fed up right now. I...
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End of Month View May 2016
Having spent a glorious long weekend in the garden I am not feeling guilty one single bit for taking time out to join Helen and other garden bloggers over at the Patient Gardener to post my End of...
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day June 2016
I am currently laid up with a chest infection and even doing the most easiest of tasks in the garden has been a real struggle. The upside of that is that I have been able to admire and watch the...
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What not to do!
Attempting to tie in an unruly Clematis, with my slippers on I may add, I slipped and fell on my backside! Of course I couldn't fall backwards could I? No I had to land my butt right bang smack top...
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day July 2016
I had been hoping that my roses would be in bloom for this month's Bloom Day Post. It was a bit touch and go there as temperatures dropped again. The thermostat as been down to single figures on a...
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Salvia Kate Glen
I was approached by Unwins early in 2015 offering me a chance to trial and review one of their exclusive herbaceous perennials. The plant in question was Salvia Kate Glen. Initially I was a bit...
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