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Safe, I hope!

After the dreadful floods almost exactly a year ago (can you believe it?) we obviously...

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13 Dec, 2013
Spritzhenry

We Will Remember Them...

On Remembrance Sunday, I was thinking about my paternal grandfather, who was killed...

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22 Nov, 2013
Spritzhenry

A sad story.

A sad story-but a happier ending. As you may know, we were flooded last November,...

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13 Oct, 2013
Spritzhenry

Back to Italy!

The final garden we visited isn't on an island, it's high on a peninsula so you still...

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2 Oct, 2013
Spritzhenry

Lake Maggiore gardens

You might have watched Monty Don's programme when he visited Isola Bella, which is...

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26 Sep, 2013
Spritzhenry

Back in the fold!

Hallo everyone-I haven't abandoned you all, we've been on holiday and only came back...

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21 Sep, 2013
Spritzhenry

Hampton Court Flower Show.

I was lucky that my husband agreed to take me to the Show this year. He's not a gardener!...

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18 Jul, 2013
Spritzhenry

Isn't Nature wonderful!

Do you remember when we had to remove the weeping pear tree-with difficulty? I do-it...

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9 Jul, 2013
Spritzhenry

Summer containers

I hope this doesn't bore you. Several people asked me to show them what I did with...

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13 Jun, 2013
Spritzhenry

I lost the edge!

If we get heavy and prolonged rain, the lowest part of the garden by the stream gets...

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27 May, 2013
Spritzhenry

An up-date on 'The Great Wall'

The Clematis I planted against the wall were struggling to climb on the wires my...

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13 May, 2013
Spritzhenry

'Messy' areas.

I suspect that visitors to my garden politely ignored the messy areas at each side...

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29 Apr, 2013
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