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May 2015 – Off The Edge Gardening
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Off The Edge Gardening. May 31, 2015. Last week I was in one of your store car parks and my other half said “what is that red flower over there? It is almost as if they have a death sentence on their heads as soon as they have been planted. Either death or a life of tedious dullness for eternity. Surely you can afford to employ someone who knows what they are doing to tend these outside areas? May 29, 2015. May 28, 2015. 8221; I shout, on a daily basis. Orange next to pink – you just watch me! The drive ...
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October 2014 – Off The Edge Gardening
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Off The Edge Gardening. Its Good to Share. October 30, 2014. This autumn flowering camellia with its downward facing pink flushed blooms came in both the “mystery plant” and “special specimen” categories. October 29, 2014. A unexpected gift is a wonderful thing, especially when it is a cerise cyclamen. October 27, 2014. Red and Green …. October 23, 2014. 8230; should never be seen. Or so they say, actually I think it looks quite effective! October 22, 2014. October 21, 2014. October 20, 2014. Gill Heaven...
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December 2014 – Off The Edge Gardening
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Off The Edge Gardening. December 20, 2014. December 20, 2014. Yesterday, after a week of rain and gales, it was a pleasant change to experience some winter sunshine at Lavinia and Lionel’s. The day was especially important as it was one of those milestones that we invent for ourselves but all the same are of consequence; it was my last day of work before Christmas. For the record it turned out to be a very satisfying day. It saw the completion (! As is generally the case Phase Two will follow Phase One &...
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January 2015 – Off The Edge Gardening
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Off The Edge Gardening. NW Day 1 – Puddle. January 31, 2015. January 30, 2015. January 30, 2015. There it is, I am now purged, my lips are sealed from meteorological utterances for, well shall we try a week? Also known as the daisy bush. There is a very nice cultivar called “Sunshine”, but of course we wont be mentioning that for a while. I think this is going to be tougher than I first thought. January 27, 2015. January 27, 2015. Hail Hurts and other lessons. January 25, 2015. 3 When the aforementioned ...
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August 2015 – Off The Edge Gardening
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Off The Edge Gardening. August 31, 2015. Look up, go on, you never know what you might see. August 30, 2015. Autumn may well have begun …. Another Day, Another Jam. August 28, 2015. Later at Lionel and Lavinia’s all was much calmer and definitely more beautiful. Mauve gladioli, repeat flowering azaleas, shining japanese anemones and most striking, this vibrant lobelia enjoying the welcome sun. August 27, 2015. So boldly out into the fray. Whoever suggested that we would have showers today should go a...
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April 2015 – Off The Edge Gardening
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Off The Edge Gardening. April 30, 2015. The First is Always the Best. April 29, 2015. April 29, 2015. For those of you not brought up on Mr Kipling’s Viennese whirls, cherry bakewells and french fancies then I must explain. Mr K was/is a manufacturer of all things sweet, delicious and decidedly bad for you and his slogan is/was “Mr Kipling makes exceedingly good cakes”. And he does/did! Cunning Plan No. 237. April 28, 2015. I had a cunning plan today, yes another one! April 27, 2015. April 25, 2015.
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Off The Edge Gardening. November 3, 2016. November 3, 2016. Hydrangea quercifolia – The Oak Leaved Hydrangea. November 2, 2016. November 2, 2016. Before I moved to this neck of the woods my opinion of hydrangeas veered between ‘ambivalent’ and ‘unimpressed’. Slowly, however, I have been won over, especially by some of the less grown varieties. One of these is the oak-leaved hydrangea,. Both beautiful and adaptable. Irresistible. Canna indica – Indian Shot. November 2, 2016. October 31, 2016. I dusted off...
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November 2014 – Off The Edge Gardening
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Off The Edge Gardening. November 30, 2014. November 29, 2014. Every piece of wasteland must have a buddleja and we are no exception. Not quite the usual invader of nook and cranny as it is a cultivar planted by the previous owner, probably “Black Knight”. Today its felty, icing sugar-coated leaves mocked me as I once again resolved to sort out this wilderness. Fatsia japonica – Japanese Aralia. November 27, 2014. I have never been a great fan of. Much preferring its exotic love child with the common ivy,.
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July 2015 – Off The Edge Gardening
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Off The Edge Gardening. July 31, 2015. Today Lionel asked me what I thought about when I was weeding. This made me stop to think. In fact there may even have been one of those awkward silences. Unusual. A gap in the conversation doesn’t often happen when I am in the room. It was a fair question, what do I think about when I am weeding. The weeds? The meaning of the universe? How to spend the 1 million Premium Bond win which will be waiting for me at home? Waiting Patiently – Open for Business. One of the...
