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Happy New Year!

The New Year is the traditional time to review the time just gone, and I can't think of a bette…

Merry Christmas!

From my door to your home, I hope this time is as merry and bright as it can be under the current c…

Remembrance

Poppies have been a major force in my life over the past 18 months because I've been part of a …

Wordless Wednesday: Social distancing explained the gardening way

Postcard from Yorkshire

We've spent the past few weeks taking advantage of the current small gathering allowance to cat…

Unusual Front Gardens #36: Lollipops

These tightly clipped trees have brightened many a lockdown walk as they remind me of lollipops. …

Weekend Wandering: Wildflowers

It's the May bank holiday and coincidentally peak flowering time for two of our most iconic spr…

Weekend Wandering: A new sculpture trail

I returned to one of my regular walks last week and found a delightful surprise along the way. It t…

Unusual front gardens #35 Scissors

I've passed these on many a walk and thought they must be plastic, but a closer inspection reve…

The seed tin of happiness

Like many gardeners, Easter is my starting gun for major gardening activities and also like many of…

Easter chicks

At least one Knatty Knitter has been at it again in Chippenham with a seasonal postbox covering, ju…

Weekend Wandering: The hunt for Lanhill Longbarrow

Last weekend's walk was a new-to-me-route from home and full of surprises. The quest was to fin…

For World Poetry Day

I spent some time this morning looking for a suitable poem about spring or blossom to mark today…

A banner for bees

One of my personal Lockdown challenges last month was to create a banner for International Women…

Garden Bloggers' Muse Day: Bees do have...

I love how looking for a suitable quotation for a photo and Muse Day can lead on to further inve…

Spot says...

... Happy Valentine's Day 🥰😻

Unusual front gardens #34: Terracotta

This was a local discovery by some of my friends towards the back end of last year. I knew I had to…

Wildflower Wednesday: A New Year Plant Hunt

Since 2012 the BSBI (the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland) has conducted its New Year …

Travels in mind

With our third Lockdown in full swing it's easy to start thinking about the places we can't…

Garden Bloggers' Blooms Day: Flowers for the New Year

It's time for the annual flower census, where I pay particular attention to what's in bloom…

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