Gardening with ME: lists
I’ll confess that I’m a bit of a list person. I like writing lists then crossing things off. Not just for shopping, but also for managing daily life and work. At work in particular I use a spreadsheet to manage …
End of month view: February 2015
The Long Shady Border from the back After the Long Shady Border was covered in snow at the end of January, this is the first viewing of how it is looking at the end of winter, and my thoughts on …
Sheffield Botanical Gardens: national plant collection of Sarcococca
S. confusa flowers and berries Friends of the Botanical Gardens Sheffield gave a talk on Sarcococca a couple of weeks ago. Here are a few notes from my slightly delayed write up. Sheffield holds the national collection of Sarcococca (Plant …
Gardening with ME: gardening in your head
Sometimes I garden in my head. There are times when I simply have no energy to garden. I don’t mean no energy for a few days. I mean no energy for weeks. Throughout January and into February I was unable …
Garden visit: Colesbourne Park snowdrops
It’s snowdrop time and this year Kevin and I visited the snowdrops Colesbourne Park in Gloucestershire, with our friends Kate & J-P. We were blessed with beautiful weather, and Colesbourne has a great collection with labels that enables you to get up …
End of month view: January 2015
Welcome to the first End of Month View for 2015. I’ve decided that this year, rather than discussing the whole garden each month as I did in 2014, I’m going to focus solely on the Long Shady Border. I feel …
There is more to life than gardening. Just…
It’s not just about gardening here. Ok, it’s mainly about gardening and occasionally something non-gardening related sneaks in; it is ‘and other musings’ after all. This is one of those times. Like many gardeners, I have more strings to my …