Mr Digwell in September
Here’s hoping for a pavement-cracking Indian Summer, where the weather causes us to sleep in the garden around mountainous flowers of every colour and aroma. We need a good rest in the garden after...
View ArticleOur Alpine Leaf Bird Bath in the Sunday Express!
We are very proud that one of our favourite bird baths was featured in this weekend’s Sunday Express Magazine as a recommended garden purchase. The Alpine Leaf Bird Bath has a leaf and vine motif...
View ArticleWin one of our Lion Head Wall Fountains!
After the bitterly cold winter we’ve had we can almost taste spring now. The days are getting longer and we’re surrounded by blooming daffodils everywhere. Soon we might even be able to retake the...
View ArticleCompetition roundup
Our competition to win 1 of 3 lion head wall fountains ended yesterday and the winners – Alyson G, Jacqueline G and Nina M – have been notified. We had a phenomenal 783 responses and loved reading your...
View ArticleFriends in the Garden
Sometimes, because of life’s changes, work, poor health, family or whatever, you miss out on what you love. I have friends in the garden, and sometimes I ignore them. Well, actually, all the plants in...
View ArticleAre You Ready for the National Garden SleepOut?
Get ready, because Saturday 28th July is the National Garden SleepOut – a chance for kids and adults to spend quality time together out in the garden, rediscovering nature and having fun! We’re trying...
View ArticleAllotment Parties
When we took over the adjacent allotment to our own, not only did we inherit some wonderfully rustic home made out-buildings and greenhouses, but also a modest decking and fire pit area. Now the...
View ArticleThe Summertime Blues
It’s raining again here in Cheshire (will it ever stop?), and I’m gazing through the window at my sodden garden, watching the slugs and snails slithering out from their hiding places (do they really...
View ArticleStrawberry Delight
My strawberry plants have produced a bumper crop this year: first treating me to a pretty display of blossoms, followed by masses of plump juicy fruit. The berries, however, never make it to the table,...
View ArticleSleepOut on the Allotment
Like many others across the country, we are getting ready for the National Garden SleepOut event that is taking place tonight kindly sponsored by Primrose. I love the idea of this and as a family we...
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