Category Archives: End of Month View

End of Month View: Has Havoc been Wreaked?

Posted on September 30, 2017 by

It may look that way but, rest assured, any apparent havoc has been wreaked in the name of  ‘Improvement’, although you wouldn’t think so at the moment! Replacing the pergola that separates the paved area and streamside, continuing down the … Continue reading →

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End of Month View: What a To-Do

Posted on September 1, 2017 by

As a rule we don’t like to spend much time away from home, no doubt due to the deep affinity we have with the house and garden arising inevitably from the deepness of the roots we have put down since … Continue reading →

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End of Month View: August Beckons

Posted on August 1, 2017 by

The last few months have been stuffed with so many dates, particularly with the garden openings and a baby due, that I hadn’t really looked beyond the end of July – and all of a  sudden we are in August … Continue reading →

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End of Month View: June, Gone But Not Forgotten

Posted on June 30, 2017 by

With everything leading up to the garden opening, it’s been such a busy month – but there has been plenty to notice in the garden when I haven’t been cake-making, deadheading, erecting signs or counting the takings: wonderful roses and … Continue reading →

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End of Month View: Why Has June Come so Soon?

Posted on June 1, 2017 by

It seems next no time since we came back from my Mum’s at the beginning of May and planting out in the cutting beds began – now it’s the beginning of June and the cutting beds look well established  with … Continue reading →

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End of Month View: Green, Green and.. um, More Green

Posted on April 30, 2017 by

Green is very definitely THE colour at the end of April this year but there are delightful splashes of colour from tulips throughout the garden and lots of promising buds – aquilegia in particular, but also the first of the … Continue reading →

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End of Month View: Spring has Sprung

Posted on March 31, 2017 by

Someone asked recently in one of their posts which plant people most looked forward to as a symbol of spring. I think most of us probably wouldn’t be able to identify one specific plant and it perhaps takes a combination … Continue reading →

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