In writing posts for Leaves From My Garden I have to be not only the ‘Journalist’ but the Editor, Photographer, Graphic Artist and Typesetter too! Don’t get me wrong I love it all but it does take time. I need to spend sometime in my garden today. Over the next...
Inspirational Gardening Quote no 7
10 Rainy Day Activities for Frustrated Gardeners
You’ve got the day all planned. No commitments. Yay! A whole day to garden and then……it rains. But fret not I have 10 Rainy Day Activities for frustrated Gardeners. All is not lost! Yes! There is always Housework to do but how about some “house-work” for the Garden for a change?...
Gardening Life at Dovewood
I think it is time to update you on what is happening at Dovewood, as the gardening life goes on apace at this time of year! Produce The Potatoes seem to be growing inches by the day! I have topped up the compost levels several times so that the sacks...
Inspirational Gardening Quote No 6
Here is another of my Inspirational Gardening Quotes. Today I am having to step back a bit from LFMG as my ‘other’ life has taken over – that of the book-keeping for my husband’s business – amongst other things. So this quote couldn’t be more appropriate for me! I hope...
A World of Colour – in the hands of a gardener
I began thinking about this a few days ago when I saw a pink coloured car. Have you noticed how we live in a World of Colour?! I don’t mean to state the obvious as we all realise that it is all around us. What I mean is the way...
6 Small Garden Design Lessons-Learnt
There is one area of Dovewood I haven’t yet told you about yet, and that is the area around the Japanese Maple or Acer. This odd-shaped piece of ground has probably taught me the most valuable garden design lessons. Its shape is roughly triangular and it is the next to the Norwegian...
Sheds, Sheds, Glorious Garden Sheds!
I don’t want to sexist but there seems to be something peculiarly English about the Garden Shed and the way it is held in high regard by men. Or is it a universal pre-occupation with the male species? In the UK, Garden Sheds are usually the prerogative of the man of the House, it’s his space and his...
Things Left Undone and Garden Tasks
In the wake of the recent cyber-attack, it is a time for many of us to take stock of the things left undone. For the Captains of Industry it means reviewing the software of their computer systems. Governments and Utilities worldwide have fallen foul of the malware, as have...
The Not-So-Boring Dwarf Conifer
The other day I posted a picture on Instagram of a Dwarf Conifer from my Garden. Nothing unusual about that you may think. But the photo shows a cloud of pollen around it, as I gently brushed its branches. Although I may have known, in theory at least, that this is...
The Making of a TV Programme – Part Three
And so we come to the final part of The Making of a TV Programme. The story so far : August 2013 we applied to Lion TV Production to take part in Big Dreams, Small Spaces with Monty Don October 2013 Lots of Telephone discussions and two preliminary filming...
