My garden this weekend – 26th August 26 Aug 2013 | 08:39 pm

It’s been a long bank holiday weekend which theoretically means lots of gardening.  However, as I have intimated nearly every week for the last couple of months I keep feeling tired. (I should add at ...

My Garden – Mid Year 2013 24 Aug 2013 | 01:19 pm

I thought as I was at the start of two weeks annual leave with no plans for going away just pottering around that I would start it with giving you a tour of the garden.  I have done this in the past b...

Sezincote – A Mogul Wonder 22 Aug 2013 | 12:05 pm

I have wanted to visit Sezincote for some time now, I think I was drawn in by the Mogul influences of the house.  I have always had a fascination with the Raj having watched The Raj Quartet (written i...

Wordless Wednesday 21/8/13 – Peacock Butterfly 21 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm

My garden this weekend – 18th August 2013 19 Aug 2013 | 12:10 pm

White Cosmos looking wonderful behind Stipa Gigantica As I seem to say every weekend at the moment there aren’t enough hours in the day and I don’t seem to be home enough at the moment to feel I am m...

Bedside Reading – 18th August 18 Aug 2013 | 12:31 pm

I have to admit to being a compulsive reader and the pile of books, magazines etc is always at a precarious point of tipping over.  I have a tendency when I am interested in something to read a lot ab...

Foilage Follow Up – August 2013 16 Aug 2013 | 02:02 pm

Some of the foliage in the garden at the moment is nearly as bright and colourful as the flowers.  The Coleus Henna is looking wonderful after a bit of a rocky start when the weather was so hot.  I ha...

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day – August 2013 15 Aug 2013 | 11:38 am

It is definitely high, or some might say late, summer as the Ligularia ‘Britt Marie Crawford’ has started to flower.  I have to say I am surprised as it has been so dry this year and I thought the Lig...

The Village Horticultural Show 12 Aug 2013 | 10:34 pm

This weekend I was initiated into the world of the Village Horticultural Show.  I’ve never really lived in a village, well apart from 3 years when I was a child, and in fact I still don’t.  However, I...

My garden this weekend – 11th August 2013 11 Aug 2013 | 10:10 pm

Centaurea Americana ‘Aloha Blanca’ Yet again I have had little time to do proper gardening this weekend and I have to say it is beginning to get to me.  Also as I have started to go swimming to get f...