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
decorative plants
flowers
fruit trees
fruit. equipment
fuchsia
garden journals
Ireland
journey
plant stalls
vegetable plots
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
decorative plants
equipment
fruit
fruit trees
garden visits
General
herbs
National Trust
pollinators
seeds
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…