Dear weather…
Dear weather, I don’t want to sound ungrateful. Because I’m not. I’m really pleased that I don’t have to lug heavy watering cans around the lottie for an hour tonight. My maincrop and late potatoes are no doubt swelling with …
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Oxford Sow & Grow launched
I have just launched my little business, Oxford Sow & Grow, which offers gardening advice and support for beginners. I’ve found from chatting to visitors at Barracks Lane Community Garden and when running the recent women’s gardening workshops, that there …
The garden from an alternative perspective
I was playing around with my new camera whilst lying down on the grass in my stonewall garden. I found it was a very interesting way of looking at the garden. my arch, with Rosa Seagull climbing over it a …
Too busy to garden
I’m just so busy at the moment with work that I’ve barely had a chance to do any gardening for the last couple of weeks, apart from tying back some tomatoes and pinching out the side growth. On the plus …
New lottie pic
I thought it was about time to update my Lottie picture on my blog. That’s the one to the right above ‘about me’. It used to be this… 29th November 2008 And now it’s this… 15th May 2011 Progress! But …
I ran my first gardening workshop today
I ran my first gardening workshop today. Yes, someone actually paid me to show others how to grow! The workshop was at BarracksLane Community Garden, where I’m the freelance coordinator a couple of days a week. In that role I …
Floral delights at Oxford Botanic Gardens
Tulipa ‘National Velvet’ Tulipa ‘Arabian Nights’ Tulipa ‘Abu Hassan’ Paeonia Delayayi Angustiloba ‘Alba’ Paeonia (tree peony – so dazzled I forgot to check it’s name) Paeonia, with honey bee
Iffley Meadow Fritillaries
Fritillaria meleagris (snake’s head) and fritillaria meleagris alba (white) on Iffley Meadow One of the many great delights of living where we do in Oxford, is that we are not far from the Isis Farmhouse, and the Iffley Meadow Fritillaries. …
Bonfire of the lotties
Kevin and I are on hols at home for a week or so. Today we were down at the lottie working very hard to try and dig up couch grass. Frankly, when the revolution comes, it’s the first to go. …