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313/365 Day 10 Everything in the garden is rubbish…

November 10, 2013 By Ellen

On the one hand I believe that anything is possible if you want it badly enough, yet, despite my best efforts, I have utterly, totally and completely failed to turn myself into a gardener.  My garden is so bad that I only volunteer to take my turn at hosting the book group in the winter […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, garden, NaBloPoMo

127/365 Lavender’s in the loo, dilly dilly

May 8, 2013 By Ellen

Eventually ‘do the garden’ had been on the action list so long it was impossible to ignore.Monday afternoon saw the Boys and I clearing the weeds and rubbish and generally tidying up. Like last year and the year before I have resolved that I’ll do something about the garden this summer. I will. I really will.To […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, garden

126/365 Once more unto the garden…

May 6, 2013 By Ellen

I used to think that I wasn’t very good at growing things in the garden. It seems that’s not the case at all. The only problem is that I’ve no idea what it is I’ve grown or how to get it to grow elsewhere. Still we’ve cleared some space and might get round to planting something pretty […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, garden

Is there ever an excuse for bad manners?

April 20, 2011 By Ellen

My boys aren’t angels, far from it. They have more than their fair share of rude and revolting moments. But today one of them was greeted by an adult’s appalling ignorance. Boy Two and his little friend G were playing one of their endless and elaborate games in the garden. It involved a trampoline and […]

Filed Under: football, garden, play, rant, Something happened in my life, today's thought

Vejazzle: It’s Lady Gardeners’ Question Time

January 29, 2011 By Ellen

Astonished doesn’t cover it. Groupon – purveyor of fine offers – has as its deal of the day a 63 per cent discount on a manicure, pedicure and a vejazzle decoration. Now I like Groupon, it’s where I got the offer on the photography course that succeeded in leaving me more bewildered by my new […]

Filed Under: garden, gardeners' question time, Radio 4, Vejazzle

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