There’s an elephant in my garden
Look what we found crawling across our lawn today. Isn’t he extraordinary? He stayed just like this, reared up like …
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Baby ferns
There’s one garden I look after which I am very, very nearly as much in love with as my own …
A writerly word, if I may
Well, fancy that. I am a little bemused but flattered to say I’ve been tagged by VP over in Chippenham, …
How we spent our weekend #2
A little update on progress with the fishpond… This is the Bloke’s department – far too much precision involved for …
Flower art
By Ellie, aged 9, and Ruby, aged 7: By way of explanation, the pot in the middle is sugar water. …
How we spent our weekend #1
Have small children clamouring for goldfish and pathological hatred of cleaning out fishtanks… will dig big hole. Having drawn some …
August flowers
Well, the garden has been looking a bit louche around the edges this month – the salvias have flopped over …
Bigamous blogging
OK I admit it – I’ve been two-timing my blog. Those nice people at online retailer Crocus are branching out …
A week in Northumberland #5: Last chance to see
On our way home, we stopped off to look at a big ol’ wall in a farmer’s field (the kind …
What I was doing at 12:34:56 on 07/08/09
I’d just like to interrupt my wanderings around Northumberland to let you know what I was doing at 12:34:56 on …
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