Category Archives: Gardening

So Rome wasn’t built in a day …

Posted on August 6, 2010 by tracey

A little while ago I was talking about my grand gardening plans … a ‘plot’ if you will to fill the back garden with beautiful green growing, edible things. I’m happy to report that things have been progressing on the … Continue reading →

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Pre-destined for ‘the good life’ … (or how 1970s British TV comedies may have written my future)

Posted on June 17, 2010 by tracey

Perhaps like many people around my age, I watched a lot of old-school British comedies when I was growing up. The entire list of programs would run very long indeed (and probably stretch my memory too far), but off the … Continue reading →

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The dresses are coming, summer is on its way…

Posted on November 23, 2009 by tracey

The weather has been getting decidedly warmer of late (at least where I live), and with the heat comes the sights that accompany the summer months… Flowers are bursting into life and delivering their fragrance into the welcoming arms of … Continue reading →

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Good blooms come to those who wait.

Posted on September 19, 2009 by tracey

First came the lovely green buds. Second came the beautiful white tulips. Here now finally is my proudest achievement as a gardener to date…the stunning purple blooms have arrived! As glorious as they appear to be here, I have to … Continue reading →

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The tulips are waking…

Posted on August 14, 2009 by tracey

While I do my best to never take credit for the work of others, I would like to think I had a ‘little’ something to do with the first of my tulip bulbs awakening from deep slumber and revealing itself … Continue reading →

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Floral beauties of winter…

Posted on August 6, 2009 by tracey

Winter is my favourite time of year. The fashion is wonderful (all those beautiful coats, jackets, boots, gloves and hats), the weather alternates between crisp, crystal clear blue-sky days and perfectly mood-filled rainy, gray-cloud days. It’s the best time of … Continue reading →

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Very small signs of life…

Posted on July 20, 2009 by tracey

It might not look like too much now, but this is a very exciting start…the first of my tulip bulb shoots…I’ve been anxiously awaiting this moment since I first planted my bulbs many weeks ago. I was beginning to worry … Continue reading →

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Grow my pretties…

Posted on May 31, 2009 by tracey

Well after successfully enduring their artificial winter in my fridge for the past few weeks, all the tulip bulbs are now in the ground (or rather, in the pot). I’ve split my divine mix of 45 bulbs through three separate … Continue reading →

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Spring bulbs have arrived!!

Posted on May 18, 2009 by tracey

I’ve often been drawn to growing bulbs. Whether this is due to the two beautiful Gladoli blooms which would appear, as if by magic each year at my parent’s home, without receiving any love or encouragement… or simply out of … Continue reading →

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