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Taste Place – September

Posted on September 7, 2011 at 3:20 pm

This month I thought I’d add a few low budget but super innovative planting ideas ! This great money saving, not to mention environmentally friendly solution to a green wall can be found on lifeonthebalcony. What a great and fun use for this bra, maybe draw the line at your old Y- Fronts though !… Read more ›

Taste Place – May

Posted on May 10, 2011 at 4:13 pm

This month I’d like to introduce you to the designers and producers of objects with a contemporary but very natural theme  – Blue Nature www.bluenature.com You may have seen this table in a design magazine as it won the European Consumers Choice award for design, practical use and innovation. It is in the Natsiq collection…. Read more ›

The earth and the heavens…

Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:32 pm

I came across this paragraph in Les Miserables. It is writing about the Bishop of  D– in his garden.

What’s new in green garages ?

Posted on February 16, 2011 at 8:44 pm

When you force things they tend to break !

Posted on February 10, 2011 at 9:29 pm

I said in the January Naturescaping blog that I would like to look at some of the guidelines that I try to work with when working on the land. Last time I spoke of ‘effort’. This time I would like to start with ‘force’. I believe that it is Newton’s third law of motion that… Read more ›

Taste Place: January

Posted on January 5, 2011 at 6:24 pm

Another feature I’d like to introduce this year is the ‘Taste Place’ section of the blog. I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled and posting up anything that I think is original, cool, interesting, useful or just that I like !! Please contact me through the site if you require me to source and supply any… Read more ›

Elbow grease v’s Engine grease.

Posted on at 5:08 pm

I’m very aware that I am somewhat behind on my blog feeds, although I am hesitant to name it as a New Year’s resolution I do feel that I would like to put more energy into it this year and would hope to add something once a month. Something that would help me do that… Read more ›

Brambles are, in a sense, incredible warriors!

Posted on February 4, 2010 at 10:13 pm

It struck me, when in a position of being somewhat powerless over a circumstance at work, that I found a renewed zeal for my allotment. Some of this I’m sure was to ‘dig out’ my frustration, but on reflection I wonder if the planning and structuring of my allotment was a subconscious desire for order…. Read more ›

To tree or not to tree..?

Posted on January 18, 2010 at 5:26 pm

  In 1841 Queen Victoria’s new husband Albert introduced a German Christmas tradition into the British royal household. From that point on the Christmas tree has, apart from a small dip in popularity after the death of the Queen, been on the up and up in this country, Western Europe, America and most other parts… Read more ›

A Courtyard With Curves

Posted on July 6, 2009 at 5:38 pm

A courtyard garden in Bath at the back of the house is walled on three sides with the house on the fourth. As you can see the garden was on different levels and in need of some TLC. The garden still needed a drop of approximately one step with the differing levels of the house… Read more ›