Out damn Leylandii
The first task in the new garden was to get the Leylandii hedge at the back end of the garden removed. As mentioned in my previous post, I’m not fond of Leylandii and dislike the way they stop other plants …
The new garden: a blank canvas
Now that a majority of the boxes have been unpacked and we can now effectively cook in the kitchen, I thought it was time to introduce the new garden here in Sheffield… Front garden Back garden As you can see, …
Oxford, my Oxford
Outside the Isis Farmhouse, Iffley Lock, Oxford After living in Oxford for c. 15 years, we will be leaving for Sheffield, Yorkshire on Monday. We are planning to go to our favourite Oxford pub one last time tomorrow, and this …
Goodbye lottie, hello garden
The eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed that there has been a change at Gwenfar’s Lottie. I’m now Gwenfar’s Garden… Yesterday I finally said goodbye to my lottie. Kevin and I move to Sheffield next Monday, and yesterday we picked …
Yarra Valley: wineries, plants & chocolate
This is the 3rd in a series of blogs based on my recent visits to Singapore and Australia. Dry and big sky, good for vines Yarra Valley: from De Bortoli winery A visit to Melbourne isn’t really complete without a …
Early Spring at Kingston Bagpuize gardens
Today was the (almost) annual visit to Kingston Bagpuize gardens in Oxfordshire. They have wonderful drifts of snowdrops, aconites, crocuses. A visit always lifts the spirit at the cold end of winter. A carpet of snowdrops at Church Copse Aconites …
Galanthus Bagpuize Virginia (2013)
I blogged about this Snowdrop in 2011, so rather than go into the same detail, you can read about it here, and enjoy the pictures below. I’ll be taking a few of these to Sheffield with me.