Dorjac's Blog archive

Containers with faces

For some time I have looked for pots/containers with faces. This is as far as I...

Warley Place

Over this last weekend I slipped in a sunny visit to Warley Place. How on earth did...

Camellias have bloomed together for first time ever.

This severe winter has allowed my Camellias to all bloom at the same time. Usually...

The alien ? Allium

I have been out during the last 2 or 3 days of lovely weather and started to tackle...

First day of Spring.....dare we hope?

I had look round the garden today and found one of the cyclamen coum is in full flower....

The Calico Cat

I am being haunted by a nicely plumptious tortoiseshell cat who loves bird watching....

The Collector Earl's Garden

In the autumn we visited the Arundel Castle. I was still trying to fathom out a new...

Winter visitors

While all was still under snow and frozen up, we had some winter visitors to our...

The deep freeze

How long is it since it has been this cold for so long? Ages and ages. Last winter...

Unwelcome visitor

This morning at 7.45am there was an unwelcome visitor to our winter garden. The leaves...

Our Pinot Noir Grapevine

All the lovely autumn leaves have dropped off our 22 year old vine. It took a long...

Birthday trip to Westonbirt Arboretum

Westonbirt is down a pretty lane in The Cotswolds. Famed for its splendid autumn...