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To write or to garden, that is the question
Anyone who reads this blog regularly will know that I am a passionate gardener, so my response to today’s Writing 101 prompt about what I do when not writing is easy. The majority of my time is spent...
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Suburban is not Urban
I have a bit of a bug-bear on the way suburban gardens are represented in garden media. If you pick up any selection of gardening magazines you will find the usual selection of large country gardens...
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If we were having tea right now…..
If we were having a cup of tea right now I would be telling you about my fab weekend at the Alpine Garden Society annual conference. I learnt all sorts of things, many of them not to do with plants....
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JOMO or FOMO – Which are You?
Day 12 of NaBloMoPo finds me delving into my saves on Facebook for inspiration and coming up with this Youtube interview with the wonderful Claudia Winkleman. I love Claudia, she just makes me smile...
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School dinners – a blast from the past
In search of inspiration for this ridiculous blogging daily challenge I have inflicted on myself I came across some prompts and one of them was to write about your school lunches. Strange I know but...
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A timely reminder
I read last night and into the early hours and wept. It’s rare for a book to hold me in this way. Despite its title, Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening is not a gardening book although the education...
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West Coast of Japan – A threatened beauty
My trip to Japan wasn't all about the gardens, it was more about experiencing Japan and trying to get a little insight into its fascinating culture. As I have said we travelled in a sort of zig-zag...
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Path
"But the beauty is in the walking - we are betrayed by destinations" - Welsh poet Gwyn Thomas Having to some degree drifted through life for the last 10 years or so in the same job, the same house...
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A look back at 2016 & hopes for 2017
2016 has been one of those weird years full of changes and challenges - both personal and more broadly. I pondered last night whether I should write this post in the bubble of my blog world or whether...
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Aspirations for 2017
I have resolutely avoided blogging about New Year resolutions. I am a great believer in doing rather than saying and it is easy to say I will do this or that but actually carrying it out is another...
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