Hello and welcome to my January Newsletter. A belated Happy New Year everyone and I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas. In recent years, Christmas hasn't gone too smoothly in my family for one reason or another. In 2019, my...
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My December 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my December Newsletter. Well, the weather is certainly looking Christmassy this morning with an inch or so of snow covering the garden. It's really pretty, but the ground is so slippery! I was looking out of our lounge window a...
My November 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my November Newsletter. Now that the clocks have changed, and the nights are pulling in, it's that time of year when we all start to think about Christmas. However, the weather is so mild that lots of plants are still in full...
My October 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my October Newsletter Well, the mornings are getting colder, and the nights are pulling in so I think Autumn is upon us. However, thanks to the recent heavy rain, my garden is looking better now than it has all summer, and...
My Guest Author: Tracey Gerrard
I first met Tracey Gerrard on social media, and when we discovered we liked the same kind of books, we soon became friends. As well as writing books, Tracey works full time, so she is a busy lady, and I’m delighted she found the time for a chat with me. Without...
My September 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my September Newsletter It's hard to believe that we are into September already, and no doubt people will soon be talking about Christmas! Now there's a scary thought! We've had a fantastic summer though, and I for one have...
My August 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my August Newsletter. Well, what a hot and dry month July turned out to be! The soil in my back garden is quite shallow, so I've had to do a lot of watering to keep my plants alive. Goodness knows what our water bill will be,...
My July 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my July Newsletter Those of you who know me best will know how fond I am of my garden and I couldn't resist adding a photo of this flower bed. It's looked lovely for weeks with self-seeded foxgloves and Welsh...
My June 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my June Newsletter. Like many people, after over two years of barely going anywhere, we have recently had a couple of short breaks. In April we spent a couple of days in Great Malvern, a place we had never been before...
My May 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my May Newsletter. May is my favourite month of the year because everything is so fresh and green and I love the plants that flower now - primroses, bluebells, and wood anemones. Over the Easter weekend, we went for a local walk...
My April 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my April Newsletter. I always thought the month of March was supposed to come in like a lion and go out like a lamb, but it seems to have been the opposite this year. We had some lovely warm sunny weather in the middle of the month but...
My March 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my March Newsletter My garden is looking lovely at the moment. The snowdrops are past their best but they have been replaced with masses of crocuses and small Tete a Tete daffodils. Mind you, like many people, we did take quite a...