by Dennis Footman | Mar 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
…and I’m not talking about the weather here. Spring has arrived but as for the good weather….well we are still waiting. I am wondering if I will be able to remove the snow plough from our tractor before Easter….I very much doubt it! Nope...
by Dennis Footman | Mar 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Cornus mas (Dogwood), one of the most stunning of all winter flowering shrubs. For me, this plant certainly has the X Factor, we are very lucky to have several in the gardens at Trinity and thankfully….no Louis Walsh’s. It is a large shrub or small...
by Dennis Footman | Mar 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
If you haven’t read the post ‘Do Gardeners Hibernate’, it might be best that you read that one first as this one may make a little more sense having read it …. not that any of my posts make any sense. Now officially, spring starts on the 20th...
by Dennis Footman | Feb 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
From a very young age I knew gardening was for me. Although at that stage in my life, I hadn’t realised that gardening would be a constant battle, both within the garden and with myself. It is battle that you do not always win. It can be both physically and...
by Dennis Footman | Jan 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Rules? Aren’t they there to be broken? No, sorry I can’t say that any more, not in my position. Even though certain garden practises can be. On the odd occasion when I have looked up something on-line (especially on-line), in a book or a magazine and have...
by Dennis Footman | Jan 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
This year I didn’t want it …. but it came anyway. It didn’t take too long though, for me to adventure out too take some photo’s, because whatever your views are on the subject, you have to admit … that everywhere looks pretty in the snow...
