2022 didn't exactly get off to an auspicious start - we got a flat tyre on New Year's Day, then, the very next day, someone backed into our car while they were parking and dented the door. By mid January, Covid cases at our daughter's school were soaring and children were dropping like flies. Just ...continue reading "New Beginnings" The post New Beginnings appeared first on Home Flower Garden ..read more

The flowers took a while to get into full swing this year and it was August before I felt that there were an abundance of flowers to cut. It's a complete joy to be able to pick something from the garden every day, whether it's a handful of sweet peas or a bigger bunch for ...continue reading "Summer Annuals" The post Summer Annuals appeared first on Home Flower Garden ..read more

In an uncertain year with more downs than ups, the good old British weather has been very up and down too. As a result, my dahlias are only just sprouting out of the ground and the recent wet spell has summoned slugs which have munched some down to stubs!! Suffice to say, I feel a ...continue reading "Summer Flowers" The post Summer Flowers appeared first on Home Flower Garden ..read more

Somehow, it is suddenly April and almost the end of the Easter holidays. We've had a mini heatwave, followed by snow flurries. I've dug out the sunglasses and flip-flops, only to exchange them for a parka and woolly hat a few days later. You can't predict the weather but I can reliably predict that the ...continue reading "Tulips" The post Tulips appeared first on Home Flower Garden ..read more

Early each year, I like to look back at the flowers that I grew last growing season. The winter months are an ideal time to reflect as there's not a lot to do out there in the bleak, muddy, occasionally snowy, cold, wintery weather - can you tell that I am not a fan of ...continue reading "Cutting Garden Flowers For Year-round Picking" The post Cutting Garden Flowers For Year-round Picking appeared first on Home Flower Garden ..read more

It's amazing what a difference a small impulse buy at the supermarket last night has made to my spirits today. In addition to my weekly shop, I bought a small pot of cheery, bright yellow Winter Aconites. In the past, I have shied away from their intense yellow (I find pale yellow a lot easier ...continue reading "Winter Flowers" The post Winter Flowers appeared first on Home Flower Garden ..read more

I don't just use fresh flowers for creating displays in the house. I seem to have an ever-growing collection of dried flowers and seed heads - giant, starry Allium christophii heads, sculptural opium poppies and the balloon-shaped heads of Nigella (love-in-a-mist). The good thing about them is that you can just chuck them on the ...continue reading "Dried Flowers & Seedheads" The post Dried Flowers & Seedheads appeared first on Home Flower Garden ..read more

It's fair to say that life under lock-down had its ups and downs. I didn't have the time or the inclination to write anything new for my website but now that both of my children are back at school, it's time to brush off the to-do list and actually do some of the things on ...continue reading "Summer" The post Summer appeared first on Home Flower Garden ..read more

The Corona virus has dominated life this month and I almost didn't add a diary entry for March for obvious reasons. There's not much to say except that I am trying to take one day at a time and reminding myself to be thankful for what we do have. We are so lucky to have ...continue reading "Beautiful Spring Flowers" The post Beautiful Spring Flowers appeared first on Home Flower Garden ..read more

We've had a very mild winter so far here in Norfolk and every day that I venture into the garden in the morning, cup of tea in hand,  I notice a few more signs of spring. The cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera) is one of the first hedging plants to flower and the blossom is a pretty ...continue reading "Signs Of Spring" The post Signs Of Spring appeared first on Home Flower Garden ..read more