Posts Tagged ‘Garden’

To blog, or not to blog?

I haven’t blogged for a few days and this has set me to wondering about blogging, specifically when and when not to blog.  Across the course of this weekend I have been upto plenty of things in the garden, but none have really seemed worth blogging about.  This is, of course, my subjective opinion, but I [...]

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Autumn sown Sweet Peas; and Hellebores in the garden

Things are starting to happen in the garden; more on that at the weekend, but here’s a taster with this lovely Hellebore just about to come into flower: There are also plenty of Sweet Peas coming on that were sown in late autumn last year. These should make strong plants but in order to try [...]

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Taormina Public Garden, Sicily

Back in 2008 my wife and I spent a wonderful week in Taormina, Sicily.  One of the highlights was our daily visit to the Public Gardens (Giardino Pubblico), a shady retreat from the intense heat of the Italian summer. The gardens were awash with Bougainvillea, which provided an intense swathe of colour to the sunbaked [...]

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