April and May were sunny and dry, and I got going with the veg a bit earlier this year thanks to a new pair of…
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Category: New Home
The garden is starting to look lovely. We’re not sure why but the roses are particularly good in comparison to previous years! This is Rosa…
Last autumn we finally got our new potting shed. Actually it’s a potting shed and tool shed in one building, on the site of the…
We thought the tomatoes and courgettes did well this summer, but when we compared our tomato crop to our neighbours it looked very small! I…
July started with a lovely spread of flowers. Lampranthus is a succulent with the most amazingly bright flowers. Last year we planted this one at…
Lots happening – the two clematis which we cut right back to a few sticks are both now coming up strongly. We put up some…
Things are moving slowly in the garden. Just one tulip and one weeny daffodil fully out at the moment. Patience! The good news is…
We love occasional trips over to Hastings, especially Old Town. Our friends Antony & Paul introduced us to the quirky shops there, and we’ve found…
We recently woke up to find one of the rockery walls had collapsed, smashing a pot and smothering foxgloves, not to mention quite a few…
My parents used to have this pot in their back garden in Bognor and when my mum died I wanted to have it in our…