The lovely thing about mothers is that they love you … whatever. This year, mine will get this: I used to grow all my sweet violets in pots when I only had a balcony to play with, and one of the first things I ever did when I got to my new garden was to [...]
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Well Hello Darlin!
March 11, 2012 – 5:52 pm
Desperate measures
February 11, 2012 – 6:10 pm
Look away now….
February 11, 2012 – 3:30 pm
Comforts
January 23, 2012 – 9:41 am
This lovely thing is soothing my heartstrings right now. I made it in October last year, having bought rather too many hellebores. I wish I had made more – it’s one of those all-year-round pots to which you do precisely nothing, and it sits around looking gorgeous in spite of that. Bruised, sober, ever so [...]
A January Kiss
January 11, 2012 – 4:06 pm
I had something all ready to make for a shiny, happy New Year project, and then I went outside and did something else instead…. Nothing new there, except that the something else was picking up rotten apples and clearing away brown, soggy leaves – not exactly the kind of thing you spring out of bed [...]
Post-party paperwhites
December 6, 2011 – 8:00 am
More bulbs, I know, but hey, this is seasonal stuff…and I’m not going to argue with that. I usually put a load of paperwhites (little daffodils, highly scented and prepared to flower indoors over the winter) into containers in late October for Christmas blooming, but, as with the rest of what I’ve been doing this [...]
Take back your mint…
December 2, 2011 – 2:16 pm
Hey, you!…yes YOU!
November 25, 2011 – 2:10 pm
