Simply..a winner....

4/2/2015

Linda, your name came out of the hat!

I'll be posting Howard's End Is On The Landing out to you very soon.

I loved all the thoughtful suggestions for which books to have for my guests. Thank you very much to everyone who took the trouble to comment. There were a few I had not thought of, and I'll do a short post on the subject soon.

Another winner I hope!

Am feeling the first little spark of excitement about the garden, even though the ground is frozen solid, and am hoping that sweet pea Prince Edward of York will be a winner. I plan to put it with red Barry Dare for a good colour clash, and will also grow the true- to-it's-name Nearly Black and the deliciously frilly and scented Anniversary. All from Sarah Raven whose site has lots of information and videos about how to grow them. I have to unwire the door of the greenhouse (wired shut against the northerly gales) and start getting ready to sow them.

Are you thinking about your garden yet?

Or growing something, somewhere?

A window box, a pot, an allotment?

6 Comments

Lucille link

4/2/2015 02:57:56 am

I'm pruning roses and very happily planting trees soon. Also refurbishing my raised beds which have lasted very well for 13 years but all the board edges are rotting now and need replacing. Ponds need some thought with a small child likely to be tottering in the garden before long. I think they may have to go. Two of them are leaking anyway and the fish seem to have disappeared from the third. (They are all tiny, lest you think I am on some vast estate, but a liability all the same).

Freda

4/2/2015 03:29:59 am

You are well agead of us. There are some liabilities in our garden which must go this year too....Enjoy!

Sarah link

4/2/2015 03:35:36 am

I bought some tulips from Sarah Raven in the autumn and they are just starting to peep out of the soil! I was tempted to buy those lovely ones you had last year but in the end when for something else. Sarah x

Freda

4/2/2015 07:03:04 am

Ours are not showing yet - but that may be something to do with the fact that we didn't plant them till January! I look forward to seeing photographs of yours Sarah..

Cathy

4/2/2015 10:25:21 am

Congratulations, Linda. I certainly don't need another book, especially 1 with more titles in it, but I've put Howard's End Is On the Landing on my Barnes & Noble wishlist.

The snow keeps falling here...I'm up for anything with color!

Alison

4/2/2015 10:33:57 am

Hi Freda,

I don't have a garden, unfortunately, but I do have a balcony - a big one. I had a collection of herbs last summer which I used all the time and have brought a couple inside for the winter.

It would be nice to branch out and bring some flowers into the mix for colour. Sweet peas might fit the bill, 'tho I'll have to do some research to figure out what would work best since I have east and north-east exposure -- I'll make that a February project.

Simply..a winner....

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