Last Autumn we spent a weekend laying new turf in our garden and re-shaping the flower beds. In the beds, we dug out all the bulbs and plants (regular readers won’t be surprised to hear that 80 per cent of the plants were rhododendrons) with the plan that the following weekend, once the soil had … Continue reading An impatient gardener
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Growing, growing, growing
With a May bank holiday weekend coming up, and everything settling back to normal life after the arrival of sproglet two, I'm hoping to spend quite a bit of time out in the garden. Everything, but everything, needs attention. The weeds are rampant. There are veg seedlings in the greenhouse outgrowing their tiny planting modules … Continue reading Growing, growing, growing
Garden moodboard: May
No brain power for much chat today, with a one-week-old newborn, but I did manage to pop out into the garden yesterday morning to gather some flowers for my May moodboard… (For once) I’ll just let the photos do the talking…. This marks a full year since I started taking these photos. Interesting … Continue reading Garden moodboard: May
Outside
It's been a gloriously sunny few days here in London, but I've been rather too gone in pig to venture far out of the front door. Instead, afternoons have been spent lazing in the garden.* There's a little spot where I like to sit on a tiny brick wall underneath my lovely acer tree. I … Continue reading Outside
Garden moodboard: April
After nearly a year of photographing these monthly garden moodboards, I've come to realise that getting the main shot is a little like taking a group family photo. You line everyone up neatly, check they're standing in a good position, look through the lens, go back to the group, move someone a little, ask someone … Continue reading Garden moodboard: April
Amorous frogs…
...it must be Spring! It seems to be frog mating season in our pond; every time I wander down to the end of the garden I can hear a low melodic ribbiting and look over to the pond to see at least four sets of frogs, clinging to each other in an endless embrace in … Continue reading Amorous frogs…
Garden moodboard: March
Isn’t Spring bloody great? I’m practically elated to be back to my garden in time for this fabulous early March weather. As I collected the flowers for these pictures, the sproglet was careening up and down the garden (as full as Spring fever as I am), the air was scented with blossom from next door’s … Continue reading Garden moodboard: March
Vintage botanical deliciousness
Regular readers (hello you lovely people) will know I have a penchant for vintage prints and a love of gardening. So, it's perhaps a little surprising that I have only recently discovered the plethora of stunning vintage botanical illustrations that are available out there for free on the internet. (And by free, I mean both … Continue reading Vintage botanical deliciousness
Garden moodboard: February
It's slightly ironic (in the non-Alanis Morissette sense of the word) that when I have horticulture exams to revise for, my garden becomes completely abandoned. Any spare time I have must be spent revising, not weeding, planting or pottering about with secateurs. And so it is, that I am publishing my monthly garden moodboard 17 … Continue reading Garden moodboard: February
AWOL
My lovely blog readers, it's that time again... The second batch of my horticulture exams are in less than two weeks and, just like last June, I must bury my head in my books until then and concentrate on revision. So no blog posts from me, I'm afraid, until some point after February 11th when … Continue reading AWOL
Wolves in London 