This has to be one of the worst Summers I’ve experienced since living in Scotland, incessant rain, unseasonal high winds and low temperatures (we’ve had to put our heating back on) means that we don’t …
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A disappointing year for produce
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We have a Gas Tank sized problem…
We are in the unfortunate position of having a gas tank situated right in the middle of our garden – why it was ever put there in the first place is anybody’s guess but there …
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Self-watering Hanging Basket – Review
I’ve been looking at various slow-watering watering methods on Pinterest recently, many involve sticking a plastic bottle with pierced holes into the soil – a nice, thrifty idea, however, a bottle can take up quite …
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Wherefore art thou Summer
What a miserable few weeks of rain we’ve had – the grass is going wild and I still haven’t had chance to try out the cordless strimmer that the lovely folks at GTech sent me a …
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Newhall Estate – Garden Open Days
The walled garden at Newhall is just lovely – I had serious veggie plot envy last time I was there, so I’m excited to see that it’s open every Wednesday between 2pm and 4.30pm until …
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Gardening Scotland 2016
Was I the only one who was disappointed with this year’s Gardening Scotland Show? Not at all by the sounds of it. We were so excited about going, it was amazing last year, but it …
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For ‘Fox’ Sake – RIP Ivy & Etta
We’re just back from a lovely trip around the Highlands and sadly lost our two new girls to a fox while we were away. These things happen, but it does go to show that we …
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Gardener’s Question Time Summer Party at The Botanics
This is VERY exciting, quick, get the 9th July in your diaries…. It’s the gardening event of the year – and for the first time it’s coming to Scotland. BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time …
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Spring arrives & it’s all gone bonkers!
In the week that saw us celebrate our 3rd anniversary of moving to our country cottage we saw a lot of changes in the garden. We have a pair of nesting blue tits …
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Petal, Leaf & Seed – Book Review
“Cooking with the treasures of the garden” Have you ever infused a fig leaf in custard and had it’s coconut and elderflower scent waft up to you on clouds of milky steam? or picked a …
