Blog
Welcome to the Home Grown and Gorgeous blog. We aim to make this a
humorous, light-hearted and informative place for you to enjoy.
Here you will find information on local gardening related events and courses, as well
as non-gardening ones which we think you will like; national shows; practical tips;
recipes in which to use your home grown bounty; media sources and books we like;
relevant news stories; our planting successes and failures; seed saving; etc etc etc.
- Annie takes over!
- Mon, Dec 29, 2014
- Annie takes over while Teej goes travelling.
- Non-stop work, but we love it!
- Mon, Jun 30, 2014
- Apologies for the gap in blog entries - we have been busier than ever.
- Wet winter, early Spring?
- Tue, Mar 11, 2014
- After a very wet and mild winter, it seems that Spring is set to arrive far earlier than last year
- Busy time of the year
- Tue, Oct 29, 2013
- It all seems to come at once in Autumn
- Thinking about bulbs
- Tue, Aug 6, 2013
- With summer in full swing its time to start thinking about next year
- Fantastic Veggies
- Mon, Jun 24, 2013
- Its turning into a great year for the humble vegetable
- Projects galore
- Thu, May 2, 2013
- Yes its well and truly Spring and we're in the thick of it!
- A fond farewell to one of the team
- Sun, Mar 24, 2013
- Yes it is with sadness that we say a goodbye to Hannah
- Little rays of sunshine
- Mon, Feb 25, 2013
- Well Winter is certainly turning out to be a long and drawn out affair.
- It felt a tiny bit like Spring yesterday
- Mon, Jan 28, 2013
- It felt a tiny bit like Spring yesterday, its not, i know, but its nice to imagine it.
- Winter is upon us
- Mon, Dec 31, 2012
- Although as i write this its relatively mild
- Winter Prep for the Garden
- Wed, Nov 14, 2012
- We're pruning like mad and getting plenty of tulip bulbs in
- Seed Sowing Success
- Wed, May 30, 2012
- Well, it didn't look promising back in February when I opened the packet...
- Outside and Inside Planting and a New Baby!
- Wed, Apr 11, 2012
- Well, that short burst of warmth seems to have calmed down and we're back to the weather we expect for April
- We`re back! Is Spring here??
- Fri, Feb 24, 2012
- Yes, its been a while, but we're back and digging again...
- Vegetable patch prep time
- Wed, Nov 23, 2011
- We are all busy manure spreading at the moment, its the best time to prep your vegetable garden.
- Late season colour in the garden
- Fri, Nov 4, 2011
- Don't write your garden off too early in the season..
- Hurrah! Ripening tomatoes and chillies
- Fri, Oct 7, 2011
- Pray thanks to the Indian Summer Sun God....
- Just a quickie re Monty Don
- Sun, Sep 18, 2011
- Yes, I know this is the second entry this week, however....
- We`re back and we have blight!
- Mon, Sep 12, 2011
- Yes, the summer holidays are over and we're back to the business of gardens, not that we'd really been away...
- Fabulous Fennel
- Thu, Jul 14, 2011
- Herbs should be at the top of your list when considering planting in your garden.
- London, Paris, Milan, New Van!
- Fri, Jun 10, 2011
- Yes, a new van! Our first branded Home Grown & Gorgeous van will shortly be on the road..
- Its May already! And I missed National Beanpole Week!!!
- Mon, May 2, 2011
- We have had a busy few weeks having completed the most recent pub refurbishment in Hampshire and planning for our next one in Essex...
- Hot Hot Hot...
- Sat, Apr 9, 2011
- Hot Hot Hot April
- National Beanpole Week is coming to Caversham!
- Thu, Mar 24, 2011
- Magnolia Stellata bloom and news of National Beanpole Week..
- Grow Your Own Weekend - RHS Wisley
- Fri, Mar 11, 2011
- "Amazing food doesn't have to cost the earth" is the strapline
- 400 plants later...
- Mon, Mar 7, 2011
- 400 plants and numerous barrow-loads of builder's rubble later, our first planting project of 2011 is complete - and what gorgeous weather to enjoy it in.
- Seeds, bean poles, tete-a-tete blooms
- Sat, Feb 26, 2011
- Today is officially the first day in
2011 that I have ripped open a seed packet and sown...
- New Website Launch - Hooray!
- Thu, Feb 17, 2011
- We have a warm feeling inside....our website is now launched and it is gorgeous! We were aiming for an inspirational site that makes the visitor appreciate our approach to gardens and we are pretty sure we have got it! Hooray!!
