Friday, March 5, 2021
On Friday Friday 5th March it will be the first anniversary of Keith's passing.
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Saturday, April 4, 2020
A message from Moira.
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Monday, March 9, 2020
Keith's Funeral
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Friday, March 6, 2020
An update on Keith
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020
February 2020 Update
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Friday, December 27, 2019
Falling behind with jobs, wet weather spoiling veg harvest, Plant images representing the festive season, First signs of snowdrops and hellebores
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Saturday, November 30, 2019
Health update, so much to do and not enough time, Dwarf beans in November, colour is fading from the garden, a novel twist on borrowed landscape
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Thursday, October 31, 2019
A catch up on visits, Borders continue to look good, Hardy begonias, Clamatis just keep going , Small apple harvest, all root crops safely gathered and in store
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Sunday, September 29, 2019
Veggies continue to crop well and some later sowings, Berries and nuts, Close encounter with a bat, More delights at Llwyngarreg
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Monday, September 9, 2019
Brilliant colour all over the garden, Gardens old and new, Vegetables green and yellow, 19 Varieties of vegetables ready now, Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden, butterflies in profusion and the Yaffle
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Friday, July 26, 2019
Vibrant colour at last in the garden. July has always been our favourite month in the garden at Cilgwyn. Day lily delights, Burried treasure, A slice of agriculktural history, A mock nightingale, Schizophragma flowers as well as ever
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Sunday, June 30, 2019
The impact of large summer perennials, Veg garden filling up, Some plants I have forgotten and others I have never known, 10 favourite hostas, and surrounded by 100 hungry kites!!
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Friday, May 31, 2019
Coldest May Bank holiday since 1982, Frost damage, various outings, Is RHS Malvern spring Festival getting too big? an unfamiliar plant genus, late bluebells, ash die back gets worse and continuous watering.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
The beauty of spring leaves, 'Neath the sreading chestnut tree, Primula vulgaris, Work commences in the vegetable garden, Geosmin, Swallows - do six make it summer? The call of a goshawk, Garden visits .
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Saturday, March 30, 2019
Another anniversary, Pink panther cat. Plant hunting in Gloucestershire, Euphorbias and pulmonarias, daffy down dillies fill the gaps, a last word on hellebores and tussilago farfara!!
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Thursday, February 28, 2019
Galanthus mania, The ever changing sky, More hellebore delights, Edgeworthia Chrysantha. First cut of lawns, Mice attack seedlings, Llandysul Winter Gardening weekenddening
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Thursday, January 31, 2019
First hellebores and plenty of snowdrops, Proper gardening work at last, Essential repairs, I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree, Garden visiting again!, I remember Adlestrop, Sunrise and sunsets.
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Thursday, December 20, 2018
Searching for interest in the garden during the dark days of winter, Promise of things to come, First hellebore in flower, Cutting back herbaceous plants, 10 green apples sitting on a hedge!
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Thursday, November 29, 2018
Colour hard to find in the gardens, The value of tunnels and greenhouses, Autumn stalwarts, Odd job man, Starlings, Pelargoniums
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Autumn colour sensation, Worst floods in 30 years, Late harvest, Aliens have landed? A Halloween surprise, Yet more apples, Nuthatch and Red kites, A favourite autumn garden
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Moira has her long awaited knee operation, Salvias get into their stride at last; Huge apple harvest, In the pink, The gardens are on fire, Late clematis, Naturalised plants in the countryside, Otters make a comeback, A major sporting event on the doorstep
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Sunday, September 9, 2018
At long last Moira has a date of 19 September for her knee operation. Enjoyable outings,Terracotta Army in Mid Devon, and prehistoric animals? Goshawk attacks a murder of crows, Kingfishers,and herons, Phlox keep up the long running flower show, A great choice of beetroot, and Mushrooms after a long absence
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Saturday, August 18, 2018
Catch up on Gardeners' World Broadcast. What is looking good in the gardens, Great vegetable crops continue.
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Monday, August 6, 2018
Friday 10 August 2018 Cilgwyn lodge on the Telly
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018
.Superb Hydrangeas, the impact of acidity on flower colour, Luscious lillies and day lilies, blacbird predation on tomatoes, Early veg harvest,the joys of a clear pond, Blue demoiselles at last! tree scorch and Dutch elm disease
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Superb shrub flower show continues, First veg of the year, Arisaemas make a comeback, Luscious woodbine, Damsels in saphire blue, Ga
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Thursday, July 19, 2018
Visit to Cilgwyn Lodge by a team from BBC Gardeners' World
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Friday, July 6, 2018
Steaming hot weather all month, precious little rain, fields and gardens parched but the gardens look wonderful. some great days out and excitement mounts as we are to host a visit from BBC Gardeners World
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Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Return of the cuckoo, Where have all the swallows gone?,More wildflower delights; Ash trees conitinue to cause concern, Cold nights keep me on my toes, My hosta love affair, Visitor highlights in the ugly lovely town.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Garden visits resumed, Good show of wild flowers, Weedkilling in borders during February a great success, late frosts cause havoc again for the second year in succession, Hydrangeas particularly badly affected
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Saturday, March 31, 2018
Struggling for content, A few brave daffodils, Return of the frogs, A jewelled garden and a choice read
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Sunday, March 11, 2018
Details of my treatment and condition
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018
A once a century event, A black and white murmuration, Return of the frogs, Some new hellebores
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Thursday, February 1, 2018
First signs of Spring, an unknown snowdrop, Trees in the garden, Winter Gardening Weekend Llandysul and a Health updatel
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Best snow since 2010, some severe frost, unexpected visitors in Paddock Pond and early signs of winter flwoers
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Tuesday, December 5, 2017
First frosts,The value of foliage, New potatoes in November, More tunnel episodes, Starlings and a Magpie in your bedroom!
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Thursday, November 2, 2017
Storm damage, Autumn colour comes to an abrupt end, The joys of dancing ladies and other late contributors to the garden, From Cilgwyn Lodge to Chile, What is it about yellow flowers?
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Pretty in pink,stars of autumn, mystery impatiens revealed, memories of childhood, Rooted in history
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Sunday, September 3, 2017
Harvest time, What colour is red? In praise of hydrangeas, A litany of pests and diseases , Later clematis and more travels in middle England.
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Thursday, August 3, 2017
Border delights, Vegetable self sufficiency Why does gardening make us happy? Healthy pond fish, The sky widens to Cornwall and other visits
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Monday, July 3, 2017
The welcome return of old plant friends, Super scents, Rampant pests and diseases, A surprise visitor, Mudlarking, and other essential jobs.
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Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Counting the cost of late frosts, First vegetable harvest, Big poppies and other May treasures, Cat in a magpies nest, and you wait years for a hobby then 2 come along!
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017
A start made on the veg garden, all borders ready for summer, beautiful wild flowers, vintage ladies smocks, atragene clematis, wonderful West Wales gardens ,
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
The yellow peril, A botanical oddity, Persian carpet bedding, The thrill of propagation, and where have all the toads gone?
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Hellebore bore! Smothered in snowdrops, garden visits, a trip down memory lane and a frog fest.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
The slow return of old friends, Unusual visitors, The scents of the winter garden and some fabulous skyscapes
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Friday, December 23, 2016
"There is no news!" The brave souls of December,Precocious hellebores, Obsessed with garden lighting.
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Friday, December 2, 2016
The shining lights of dark November, Fishes in a veil of autumn, seeing gardens in a different light, Surprise salads, Special plants, Aliens have landed and Say goodbye to Leonard Cohen lost
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Tuesday, November 1, 2016
A superb October again, Bramley apples, in praise of smaller flowers, an unexpected visitor, Elephants in mid Wales, and what's eating my garlic?
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Monday, October 3, 2016
Border companions, Aster delights, Unsung heroes, Touch me nots, Pesky pests and Requiem for the ash
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Sunday, September 4, 2016
Hydrangea heaven, tender salvias come into their own, some stars from S Africa , sky rockets and meteor showers, and we return to Lullingstone Castle.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Angels fishing rods and trumpets, luscious lilies, fly free carrots, umbelifer delights, on the gardens trail and unique hemerocallis.
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Monday, July 4, 2016
Superb early roses, brassicas catch up, the magic of Perlka, a new lawn. a health update and a surprise presentation
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016
A green tapestry at last, Monet's favourite flower? A plea for the humble spurge, and big poppies.
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Sunday, May 1, 2016
Paying the price for a mild winter, Spring bulbs lasting for ever, The joy of garden visiting in April Planting the Modern Garden, The first swallow in late April and a cuckoo at Cilgwyn
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Sunday, April 3, 2016
A different March in the gardens, Late snowdrops and hellebores, settled weather at last and working parities make a big difference
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Thursday, February 18, 2016
A taste of real winter, a record comes to an end, a hard moon, unhappy hellebores, my world shrinks to a hospital bed and the gardens and nursery will not be open in 2016
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Garden work on hold, Hooray for hellebores, Plant hunters ancient and modern, A trip to the Cotswolds and in Shakespeare's footsteps
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Monday, November 30, 2015
A late bean feast, Strange fruit, Autumn dancers and Moving the goalposts
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015
My blue heaven, great leaf colour on shrubs and trees, the never ending flower show, seed preparation and the last runner beans
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
6 o'clock scentsation; superb veg harvest at last; but no tomatoes for Christmas; the green green grass of home; a special visitor and where are all the aster flowers?
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Monday, August 31, 2015
A haven for hydrangeas, some superb pokers, diamond necklaces, blue moons and blue balloons and veggie update
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015
3 Manor houses in 3 days, exquisite food, delightful gardens and not a drop of rain!
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Friday, July 31, 2015
Jane's Garden Party a huge success, daylily delights, the scourge of carrot fly, wonderful salad potatoes,a marvellous crop of soft fruit, and travels in Pembrokeshire
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Thursday, July 2, 2015
Roses at Cilgwyn Lodge, Cobra lilies, real lilies, some plants of the caryophyllaceae family, the welcome taste of fresh vegetables and the kindness and generosity of gardeners.
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Thursday, June 4, 2015
Visions of Monet, Fascinating Foliage, Rhapsody in Blue and Hosta Heaven
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Thursday, April 30, 2015
The sounds, sights and scents of the season
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Another memorable trip to Dorset
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Monday, March 30, 2015
The wonders of the universe, tales of a modern Bothy Boy, Jewels amongst the frogspawn and a last hurrah for the hellebores.
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Sunday, March 1, 2015
Slow hellebores, some great skyscapes, a welcome return of the frogs and 5 ladies propagating with me!
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
Frosty jewels, winter flowers, a propagators cautionary tale and deciding what to grow in 2015
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Christmas baubles in the large tunnel, a suggestion for working off the Christmas lunch and a rat in your sleeping bag!!
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Friday, November 28, 2014
Polytunnel exotica, the joy of seedheads, late saxifrages
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Sunday, November 9, 2014
Some real stars, unsung heroes, touch me nots and the occasional thug. Some great autumn colour too! And 100th Penblwyd Hapus Dylan!
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Friday, October 3, 2014
A cornucopia of asters, an archway of tomatoes, waves of colour and a slap of sea and a tickle of sand
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Welsh medium channel S4C shows a feature about the gardens
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Sunday, August 31, 2014
Bountiful harvest, heavenly hydrangeas, mildew free asters, where have all the flying insects gone? , desirable Desiree, sacred lotus, a short break in Devon and other visits.
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Friday, August 1, 2014
Towering wands of dieramas, delightful daylilies, amazing acanthus, walking in the footsteps of gertrude and other visits
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014
A boy amongst giants, fabulous roses and flowering shrubs, superb colour everywhere
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Saturday, June 21, 2014
6 years after sowing the seeds, 7 cardiocrinum giganteum plants filll us with delight
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Saturday, May 31, 2014
Luxurious growth everywhere, marvellous lupins, aquilegias, poppies, hostas, shrubs and some giants. A fairytale month
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Lush growth everywhere and a memorable visit to Dorset
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Friday, March 28, 2014
Return of the snowmen! and restoration of my refuge.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Reasons to be cheerful amidst all the gloom
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Monday, January 27, 2014
Winter sleeps, nature leaps
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Monday, December 23, 2013
The 12 flowers of Christmas
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Saturday, November 30, 2013
International Garden of the Week - Read all about it!!
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Monday, October 28, 2013
Hooray for plants from the Americas
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Sunday, September 29, 2013
Fabulous colour throughout the gardens but where are the asters and late clematis?e
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Monday, August 26, 2013
Dahlias, lilies and daylilies - and so much more
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Glorious colour everywhere in the gardens - a memorable month
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Saturday, June 29, 2013
A long wait but worth it!
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Friday, May 31, 2013
From Kirstenbosch to Cilgwyn Lodge via Chelsea Flower Show
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Late news and an even later Spring
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Coldest March for 50 years
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Lengthening days, birdsong in the valley and drying ground at last. It's great to be gardening again.
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Monday, February 4, 2013
My garden year has well and truly started
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Signs of Spring in the bleak mid-winter
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Sunday, December 2, 2012
Heart warmers in a depressing November
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Medwyn' Vegetable Masterclass weekend
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
October goes out in a blaze of colour
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
Lacy dew on cobwebs, swallows on the wire and the scent of wood smoke in the valley - it could only be September
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Great colour everywhere and phenomenal growth
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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Heavenly fishing rods
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
"No sun - no moon, No morn - no noon"
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Friday, June 1, 2012
Tough times in the vegetable garden.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Conservatory is built!!
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Thank goodness for horticultural fleece!
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
History repeats itself
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Back on the road again
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Friday, January 27, 2012
The Bittercress Wars Part 2
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
What a difference a year makes!
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Still mowing the lawns in late November!
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Monday, October 31, 2011
No frost in October!!
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Hooray for the rays of sunshine in a dull September
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Colourful flowers everywhere and bountiful harvest
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Perennial planting at its best
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
A massive high and massive thanks to all our our helpers and visitors
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Thursday, July 7, 2011
Croeso -Welcome to The Gardens in the Heart of Wales
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Sunday, July 3, 2011
Burning the midnight oil pays dividends
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
4 seasons in one month
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Pics from April and May
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Monday, May 30, 2011
What a month!
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Please come and see our gardens and support the NGS
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Fantastic growth and the final part of the Amphibian Trilogy
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
No toads on the roads
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sexual mayhem in the Paddock Pond
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
At last - PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Seasons Greetings
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Sunday, December 5, 2010
Croeso - Welcome to Wintry Wales
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Big Boys and Dainty Damsels
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Monday, September 20, 2010
September 2010
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Daily Mail Competition and trips to "foreign parts"
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
346 - what a result!
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Cilgwyn Lodge Gardens reaches finals of a national garden competition.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
NGS Open Day Garden News
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Sunday, July 4, 2010
Wonderful Summer
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
April 2010 addendum
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
April 2010
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
May 2010. What a strange month!
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Spring has sprung
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Launch of Website. Winter at Cilgwyn Lodge
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