Selecting New Fruit Trees
Selecting new fruit trees can be tricky as there are so many varieties, shapes and sizes. Many varieties are long-lived so it…
Garden Stitching Fever
Little did I know when I designed and stitched a sampler to celebrate my daughter’s 21st birthday that I would…
Notes from here and there
August Bank Holiday weekend has one juggling priorities. Does one spend the extra time doing garden tasks shelved ‘for another…
apple & pears
books
flowers
fruit
fruit. equipment
fuchsia
garden journals
Houseplants
Ireland
journey
plant stalls
Vegetables
Gardens on the move
My plan to blog live from Ireland was a failure as such WiFi connections as I was able to access…
apple & pears
fruit
garden visits
General
herbs
Houseplants
National Trust
pollinators
seeds
tools & equipment
Vegetables
March Miscellany
I’ve been out and about in the last seven days, as well as venturing into the garden. The square-metre plot…
Fruit, Nuts – and Pancakes
Thinking about fruit when walking around almost any supermarket has me realising just how glad I am that years ago…
Kitchen Garden Update
Not much has been happening in my mini kitchen garden of late here in the north Cotswolds – not so…
Planning a Fruit Garden
Fruit is such a necessary ingredient to one’s diet, yet it is expensive and that which you buy in the…
From Garden to Kitchen – a miscellany
October being apple month, when cider was traditionally made, seems the perfect time to be making juices or alcoholic beverages;…
An October Medley
Ordinarily, we plan the Dobies blog content three months in advance, but felt that such a method was too constraining…