Hello again. Remember me?
I took a break from blogging in the autumn, convinced there wasn’t much left to say about the garden. Levelling laurels? Old news. Magnificent magnolias? Been there, done that. Except…
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Well there’s no point beating about the bush – we are selling Woodridge. For a bunch of reasons that I’m not going to bore you with, we’ve decided to put…
In August I said this wasn’t a monthly blog anymore. That was over 3 months ago, so yeah, it isn’t. And, you may ask, what’s happened in those 3 months? Well..
Well, it’s obvious that this isn’t a monthly blog anymore. Not just because I keep going away on holiday…but gardening is cyclical so there’s less new stuff
As I said in my last post, gardening and foreign holidays are not compatible. It’s a good reason (alongside the weather) to go away in darkest January and February, rather…
I spent a good chunk of April in Uzbekistan. It was just so good to be travelling again after 26 months of being grounded by the pandemic. And Uzbekistan itself…
Hasn’t it been a glorious March! For the most part anyway. The garden is rushing headlong into Spring with all the gorgeous sunshine – the UK’s sunniest March since 1929…
There’s not a lot happening in January and February. I guess that’s a good thing because it’s freezing and wet, and that’s no fun. But it’s frustrating when, at other…
30 days hath September, April, June, and … [you know the rest]… 30 days? That many? It feels as though August was just last week. September breezed in and breezed out…
August is a transitional month. It’s definitely part of summer – there’s sunshine and festivals and family holidays.
I was determined to post about June before the first week of July was over. My intentions were good, but somehow… So here’s two months for the price of one.
Last month I posted about our magnificent magnolias. I thought I’d follow up with another single issue post, featuring our stunning rhododendrons and azaleas.
I love May. It’s so fresh, alive and green … except where it’s flowering madly in every other colour. Hedgerows, verges, gardens, woods – it’s all going on, everywhere.
As I said in April part 1, it’s been a busy month. But it’s also been a chance to sit and take in my surroundings. Read a book and listen…
Along the river, over the hills, in the ground, in the sky, spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm, new life, new beauty, unfolding, unrolling in glorious exuberant extravagance,…