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Sweet Peas
Gardening always strikes me as a pursuit that stands with one foot in the moment and another firmly in the future. Whilst The Chelsea Flower Show was way back in May, even then my Mum and I had next summer in mind … Continue reading
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Tagged chelsea flower show, eagle sweet peas, gardening, rhs, seeds, sowing
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The Kitchen Borders
So…. after the mother of all hiatuses, I’m back! 2016 has been full of distractions which have been both exciting and exhausting for us, but have also meant that certain things have had to give: the blog being one of them. Against a … Continue reading
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Tagged alchemilla mollis, aquilegia, aster x frikartii monch, bowl of beauty, centaurea jordy, china town, flaming spring green, knautia macedonica, nepeta walkers low, paeonia, peony, queen of the night, sarah bernhardt, sisyrinchium striatum, tulips, verbena bonariensis
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A Garden Redesigned
When we moved here, nearly five years ago now, the garden was a somewhat daunting space: after years of semi-neglect, thickets of brambles and nettles rendered large areas inaccessible, vastly overgrown Leylandii cast long shadows over the main lawn and a crumbling, uneven crazy-paved terrace … Continue reading