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I just love a country show, especially in Devon and especially one with a fabulous horticultural tent and beautiful dahl...
01/09/2026

I just love a country show, especially in Devon and especially one with a fabulous horticultural tent and beautiful dahlias.
I love talking to the passionate growers who even in this summer have managed to grow massive veg too! It’s also a massive bonus to have show up on Dartmoor with an amazing view (this is Lustleigh, soon to be seen as Goodrich’s hollow in the new Harry Potter series.
Here comes September!😊

30/08/2026

Growing your own salad is cheap, quick, easy and infinitely tastier than the plastic bags full of wilting leaves you get from the supermarkets.
Simply sow in a seed tray or direct in the ground, keep moist, keep an eye out for slugs, cut, eat and repeat.
Wild rocket, spinach, winter lettuce and many other green leaves much prefer the cooler autumn weather and if you keep sowing every 2 weeks and use a bit of protection when it turns cool, you can be eating fresh salad from now till winter.
No special skills needed, just some seeds, some soil and moisture - what’s not to love 💚

28/08/2026

Hydrangeas have really suffered in this heatwave — and the clue is in the name… Hydra comes from the Greek for water! 💧

Yes, you may be able to rescue yours, but it’s got me wondering… should we still be planting so many hydrangeas if these hot, dry summers are becoming the norm?

I’m even questioning whether mine are worth keeping.

What about you? Would you rescue yours, or choose something more drought-tolerant? Let me know in the comments. 🌿

26/08/2026

Once your lavender has finished flowering, give it a light trim to keep the plant compact and tidy.

But don’t put those cuttings on the compost heap. Chop them up and use them as a mulch around susceptible plants.

The strong scent of lavender can help deter vine weevil from laying their eggs in the compost— so it’s a simple way to make use of your prunings while giving your plants a little extra protection.

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My seed grown Zinnias have performed so well this year, even in the heat and dry so I’ve decided to collect as many seed...
25/08/2026

My seed grown Zinnias have performed so well this year, even in the heat and dry so I’ve decided to collect as many seeds as I can so I can grow them again next year.
It’s so easy to collect the seeds from these beautiful plants and this is what you need to do:

• snip off your faded flowerheads
• place them in a dry jug or vase, don’t add any water and let them dry even more for a few days.
• make sure your seed packet is ready, I make my own from a template and always label and date the seed packet.
• pull off the petals carefully, I always go from the bottom up, and you will see a small seed at the bottom of each petal.
• check that each seed is dry and then remove it carefully from the petal.
• place the seeds in your seed packet or an envelope and then store somewhere cool and dry but not where you will forget about them!
The seeds will be perfect for sowing next spring although be aware they might not be exactly the same colour as the parent plant but I’m sure they will be beautiful!

Do you have a favourite seed to collect? Let me know in the comments below👇

There’s no better way of spending a Wednesday afternoon than with a fellow flower fanatic.🌸I visited the amazing Angela|...
19/08/2026

There’s no better way of spending a Wednesday afternoon than with a fellow flower fanatic.🌸
I visited the amazing Angela|Somerset & Dorset Florist founder Angela and we talked all things flowers, taking on social media at a slightly later age than most, love of dogs and so much more. Angela’s knowledge and eye for detail is incredible and if I were getting married she is just who I would go to for my flowers.
Angela runs her business single handed and anyone who knows anything about growing knows how tough it can be.

Thank you Angela for showing me around- what a lovely afternoon 🌸

Christy Lee

18/08/2026

Life can be a struggle & sometimes just keeping going is exhausting😢
For me, time in the garden, quietly pottering with my snips just helps calm my mind and helps halt that cycle of doom that seems to pervade modern life.

What job do you do to help quieten your mind?

15/08/2026

August is your last chance to summer prune your Wisteria to help form new buds to ripen ready for next years amazing flower display.
You don’t need to do much, just snip off that whippy growth to allow sunlight and air through & also to control any growth that’s going where it shouldn’t.
You’ll need to prune again in winter but that’s another video😊

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