Stepping Out
I have more than enough wooden stepladders in my garden shed. Some are old, some new, they are of differing heights, and most are painted. All are used throughout the […]
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Favourite Flower Friday
Calendula officianalis ‘Porcipine’ Marigolds make a wonderful splash of orange in my garden in late summer. As they are the only flowers I allow in this colour, they give me […]
Sunday story
Introducing Annie I thought it was about time I shared this picture of my next-door neighbour’s cat. Annie is a posh cat. She swans around my garden as if she […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Echinacea Purpurea i long to have this beautiful plant all over my garden, but it just doesn’t want to be here. I bought the one below last year and after […]
Saving seeds
At this time of year I save seeds from as many plants as I can in my garden, keeping those from unusual and interesting plants for The Cottage Garden Society’s annual […]
Favourite flower friday
Sweet pea ‘Beaujolais’ I grow a different variety of sweet pea from seed every year. For this year I chose ‘Beaujolais’ from Kings Seeds, and rate them amongst the nicest […]
Lovely pot
I bought this beautiful little hand-painted clay pot at a plant sale many years ago. It is just 3 inches tall and decorated all the way round, but although varnished […]
Favourite Flower Friday
Opium poppy Papaver somniferum These handsome poppies have just about finished flowering for the year in my garden. I scatter their seeds all over the place, but they are fickle and […]
Snapdragon Jules 