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Month: April 2015

Gardening with ME: the importance of the right chair

3 August 202023 April 2015

New outdoor chair Last October, as I was contemplating the impact weather has on my energy levels, blogger VP, over at Veg Plotting, suggested having somewhere close to the house to sit where I could look at the garden even …

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Categories Gardening with ME

Wordless Wednesday 22nd April 2015: Acer palmatum ‘Sango-kaku’

22 April 2015
Categories Photography, Wordless Wednesday

Photo essay: alpine delights at the AGS Chesterfield show

18 April 2015

Alpines are fast becoming a bit of a passion for me and I was finally able to attend my first AGS (Alpine Garden Society) show last weekend, this one the North Midland Show in Chesterfield. Although I have nothing to compare …

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Categories Alpines, Photo Essay, Photography

Why I’m not renewing my membership to the RHS

13 April 2015

I’m not renewing my membership to the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society). Here’s my top five reasons why. 1. Cost A yearly subscription for one person is now £55 or £41.25 if you sign up as direct debit. As a renewing …

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Categories Uncategorized

Wordless Wednesday 8th April 2015: portrait of Pulsatilla vulgaris ‘Blaue Glocke’

8 April 2015
Categories Alpines, Hardy Perennial, Photography, Wordless Wednesday

South Pennie HPS talk: a Spring plant demonstration by Rosy Hardy

14 August 20204 April 2015

Rosy Hardy from Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants gave a practical demonstration and talk on Spring plants for the garden at the South Pennine Hardy Plant Society last week. Rosy brought along a selection of Spring flowering plants and gave a …

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Categories Acid soil, Hardy Perennial, Shady Border, South Pennine HPS, Spring

End of Month View: March 2015

14 August 20201 April 2015

  Welcome to the March End of Month View. The view above is from the shadier end of the Long Shady Border. There are a few gaps, such as where I’m waiting for the perennial Epimediums to come up and …

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Categories Bog garden, Damson Border, End of month view, Perennial, Shady Border

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