How to Space Plants in a Garden - I wonder a bit how it is that until last Friday, the 20th, I had never heard of Alfred Austin or his book, The Garden that I Love.  How did my garden designe...

And more trees! - Quite frosty this morning so I got out with Jasper quite early so that the mud would still be frozen! There was hardly anyone about, which was good becaus...

My Garden-2011 in Pictures - Inspired by Donna and her wonderful creative year-end review, I adjusted my garden collages to depict my own garden month by month. MySecretGarden - zone ...

Encouraging a spirit of fairness in the gardening world - The 6th anniversary of Bloomingwriter passed quietly a couple of weeks ago. I was busy with work projects and with developing the growing community of ...

Winter Clear Up - The Winter baskets have finally been filled up with a mixture of winter Pansy's,Violas,and Sweet Williams.Cat joined me in the garden clear up.The table ha...

January Evening Sunset - It has been a busy January, but not so much so that we cannot pause to enjoy the evening sunset. Be sure to visit SkyWatch for beautiful skies around th...

Blooming Friday - Metamorphosis - Välkommen till en ny Blommig fredag! *Förvandlingar* är veckans tema och jag ser fram emot era tolkningar som alltid är en källa till inspiration. *Welcome...

If Ever I Would Leave You... - *Cornus alternifolia*Winter is the time for Northern gardeners to dream, not just about plants, but about garden visits. I'm getting my plans together for ...

Time to Pick the Oranges... - I will most definitely be picking oranges soon...before someone beats me to them all.

No Picnik - I was sad to read yesterday that Picnik was closing in April. Until they close they are offering their free Premium effects to everyone. One of my goals fo...

blooming December - We went out looking for a couple of Euphorbias (Poinsettias) to plant in the ground as we so admire a distant neighbour's tree, which is in full bloom at t...

Philosophy and the art of apple tree pruning - Present me with an apple tree in need of pruning and I become a touch philosophical. I could write a book about pruning a single tree - not so much about t...

Xmas - *Hyvää Joulua kaikille lukijoilleni!* *Merry Christmas!*

Sustainable Landscaping: 1830s La Huerta Style - Jerry Sortomme has done more to promote sustainable landscaping in the Santa Barbara area than anyone I can think of. As the chair for the Environmental H...

Surfing Seeds - For a long time things had been sedate and the tits and bits which went on in the garden were not enough to stimulate me to write about them. Thankfully, t...

The first persimmons! - [image: Persimmon in October] I must've put all of my super mojo towards this persimmon when I snapped this shot 2 weeks ago because today it was time to s...

What is it? #2 - Another Clue.... Good Luck!

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - August 2011 - As I work on this August Bloom Day post I'm listening to the blissful drumming of rain on the roof. We haven't heard that welcome sound often this summer, ...

Valete Omnes! - My dear Friends, Followers and Favourites, The time has, alas, come to say goodbye. Just over a year ago I knew nothing of weblogging. Indeed, I barely new ...

A sad farewell....but new beginnings! - Four years ago I took on this plot: and I am very sad to have to now say goodbye; to it and the lovely gardeners on Choice Allotments, especially my fello...