ORCHIDS

By On April 15, 2013 · Leave a Comment

I must admit to being the most terrible Orchid killer. I’ve been given several over the last few years and all have died except the last, a Cimbidium. Perhaps this was due to ‘not paying due care and attention’ to them or simply leaving it too the point of drooping leaves and dried out crackling [...]

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The Chop

By On February 15, 2013 · Leave a Comment

At the beginning of Autumn it is easy to tell myself that the grasses and herbaceous perennials with good seed heads and strongish stems will look good throughout the winter months.

Bringing a hint of glamour with each over night frosty dip and a certain charming collapsed-ness as [...]

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Seeds

By On February 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment

It’s about that time of year when people who love their gardens and the process of growing start getting a bit antsy about the weather. Not being able to get outside due to inclement weather is one of the things that drives me nuts at this time of year although being a pro now I [...]

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February and Hippeastrum

By On February 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment

I am feeling slightly flat today having missed posting yesterday. ‘One a month’ was the original mantra, I missed Jan 2013 by a whisker of activity. Ho Hum, not going to give myself a hard time about it but ho hum!

So Hippeastrum…You’re probably wondering why on earth I would be writing about [...]

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Bloggers Block

By On January 10, 2013 · 1 Comment

Well 2013 turns out to be the year I get white page fear, writers block..whatever you call it. In the last few weeks, well it’s been lurking for months tell the truth, I’ve had this feeling I don;t know who I am talking to and consequently I find myself not sure what to say. Not [...]

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2012 skids to a close

By On December 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment

It’s been a roller coaster of a year 2012 though on the whole as many ups as downs. It started brilliantly well and sort of coasted in a bit from there.

6 weeks between posts is long even by our standards but December has been busy, mostly thwarted by rain and wind and then of [...]

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Gloom

By On November 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Home » Gloom » Autumn 2012 – Gloom » Slideshow Slower | Start |

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Noticing

By On November 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The thing about doing something over and over and over again is that you begin to notice more and more and more of the detail.

Take driving to work. I used to drive to Cambridge from Bedford and en route there were countless verges, motorway banks, arable fields, a large cemetery, a pastoral parkland, animal [...]

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What do YOU do when you’re not designing?

By On November 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

It’s a common question from friends and family and the answer is, “well quite a lot actually!”.

Every small business has to balance marketing, self promotion and business management, some have employee relations to do and as a designer there is also the keeping up with the trends, legislation and competition element. Finding suppliers, new [...]

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What is happening to our tree-scapes?

By On October 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment

We have several large Aesculus hippocastanum, Horse Chestnut, in the park next to the house, well we had several, in the last 4 years 2 have gone. First there was disease (Guignardia aesculi a fungal infection) or more probably a pest (since 2002 Cameraria ohridella, Leaf Miner)  and then strong winds battered them and [...]

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