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Gardening with ME: a gentle start to the year with Cornus pruning

4 September 202012 February 2016

Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’ each end, with the darker Cornus alba ‘Kesselringii’ in the middle I am making a gentle start to the gardening year with pruning my Cornus (dogwood). Noticing yesterday that the new leaves on my Cornus was already …

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Categories Cornus Border, Gardening with ME, MECFS, Pruning

Autumn colours in a young garden

22 October 2015

My garden is just under two years old and for the first time, I’m enjoying autumn colours in the garden. Last year autumn seemed to pass the garden by. I think that was because the high winds blew leaves off …

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Categories Autumn, Cornus Border, Hardy Perennial, Shady Border

End of month view: March 2014

31 March 2014

March has been a month full of quiet growth in the garden. Not much in the way of drama, just a gentle unfolding of new buds, leaves and early Spring flowers. Overview of the garden, including new mini-greenhouse Flowering and …

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Categories Cornus Border, Damson Border, End of month view, Herb Border, Kitchen garden, Shady Border, Vegetable borders

End of month view: February 2014

27 February 2014

It’s amazing what a difference 28 days makes in the garden. Since the end of January the amount of light coming into the garden has doubled, and the middle veg bed is now getting full light during part of the …

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Categories Cornus Border, End of month view, Herb Border, Strawberry Border, Vegetable beds

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