I had been planning this morning on getting out onto my big patio at the back of the garden, stripping off the table covering and giving the whole thing a good scrub. But sadly, this morning the sun has disappeared and we are back to grey chill, so here I am at my desk. But …
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The magic of my unfolding ferns
About a week ago I peered out of my bedroom window at my fern bank under the slatted aluminium steps running down from the balcony to the garden. What was going on with those ferns? Not a lot it seemed. Then I noticed what looked like three dead brown fern stalks which I must have …
Tiny and oh so slow signs of spring
Because my garden is almost entirely new I am desperate for the spring to come so that I can see what has survived the winter’s chill. So this morning I braved the rain to make an inventory of what is gingerly poking its nose out into the big bad world. First the resident apple tree …
Can I tell you about my mimosa tree?…..
Those of you who followed the development of the garden saga will know that last year I planted a mimosa at the back of the patio to try and shield me from Mr U’s garages – and it has been growing with GREAT vim and vigour ever since. It has three stems or trunks and …
The garden at Hampstead Lane – stage 5 – desert to white out – autumn/winter 2022
Following on…. While the mimosa tree and the shrubs were making themselves at home at the back of the garden I turned my attention to the hot, dry and sunny bank that runs down to the huge fish tank window to the study. We had covered all the new soil with the wonderful coir netting …
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The garden at Hampstead Lane – stage 4 – summer 2022
We left the garden in Hampstead Lane in the early summer of this year at the point when the builders had finally withdrawn themselves and their equipment – and I had planted out the ferns outside my bedroom window. Out beyond the steps, massive bags of soil had arrived and had been spread round the …
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