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The Fruit Garden: planting out (finally)
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Continue reading →: The Fruit Garden: planting out (finally)A longer post showing the final planting out in The Fruit Garden.
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Continue reading →: In The Greenhouse: Sowing fruit and vegetable seeds for 2025A post showing the first fruit and vegetable seeds I am sowing for 2025.
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Continue reading →: The Cherry Tree Avenue: the blossom of April 2025A post showing how the cherry trees are growing in their first year in The Cherry Tree Avenue.
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Teddy’s Garden: Creating a wildlife hedge
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Continue reading →: Teddy’s Garden: Creating a wildlife hedgeA post showing the creation of a hedge for wildlife in Teddy’s Garden.
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Continue reading →: Potting on in The Greenhouse and more progress in The Fruit Garden and Teddy’s GardenA post showing some of the potting on carried out this week, along with some major progress in The Fruit Garden and in Teddy’s Garden.
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Continue reading →: Planting out in The Wild Borders and The SuntrapA longer post showing a variety of planting added to The Wild Borders and The Suntrap over the last weekend.
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Continue reading →: A brief update – cherry blossom, japanese anemones, bulbs and fruitA short post showing how the gardens are growing and some planting projects.
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Continue reading →: A fruiting archway for The Fruit GardenA post showing the creation of a fruiting arch for The Fruit Garden.
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Continue reading →: The Woodland Garden: Creating hinged lids for the compost bays and other jobs In The GreenhouseA post showing the creation of hinged lids for the compost bays and potting up plants.
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Continue reading →: A new project in Teddy’s GardenA shorter post showing the start of a new project in Teddy’s Garden.
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Continue reading →: Introducing: Teddy’s Garden (first steps)A post introducing a new area of the garden and a new arrival…
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Continue reading →: The Fruit Garden: the start of changes for 2025A shorter post showing the start of some of the changes made in The Fruit Garden recently.
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Continue reading →: The Fruit Garden: Blooms for beauty and the beesA post showing some of the exotic planting I have added to The Fruit Garden for 2025.
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Continue reading →: The Suntrap: A new Californian lilac and the garden is waking upA post showing a new Californian lilac planted in The Suntrap and how the planting is waking up for Spring 2025.
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Continue reading →: In the greenhouse, dreaming of Summertime flowers: hollyhocks and lavenderA post showing some of the plants I’ve been growing in The Greenhouse recently.
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The Suntrap: Creating a hydrangea tree
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Continue reading →: The Suntrap: Creating a hydrangea treeA post showing the initial stages of the creation of a hydrangea tree.
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Continue reading →: Planting out in The Woodland GardenA post showing a variety of planting put in The Woodland Garden this March 2025.
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Continue reading →: The start of a major project and planting snowdropsA post showing the start of a new major project in the garden and snowdrop planting in The Wild Borders.
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Continue reading →: The Wild Borders March 2025 update: new structure and plantingA longer post showing an overview of the changes made in the right-side border of The Wild Borders since January 2025.
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Continue reading →: An update on the sweet peas, daffodils and oriental liliesA short post providing an update on sweet peas, daffodils and oriental lilies I am growing.
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Continue reading →: A change of plan for The Woodland Garden…A post providing an update on changes made in The Woodland Garden recently.
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Continue reading →: Introducing The Window Boxes and tending the roses in The Wild BordersA post introducing The Window Boxes and some tending and planting done in The Wild Borders.
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Continue reading →: Plant in focus: ‘Amanogawa’ cherry treeA detailed post about ‘Amanogawa’ cherry trees.
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Continue reading →: Daffodils, sweetpeas and potted plants for Winter interestHello, welcome back to my blog. Today’s post is another shorter one because it has been a busy weekend. I will be back on Wednesday with a longer ‘Plant in Focus’ post, where I will look in more detail at a plant in my garden: the Cherry trees that I…
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Continue reading →: New planting in The SuntrapHello! Welcome back to my blog. Today’s post focuses on some new planting I recently put out in a corner of The Suntrap. For newer readers, you might like to read my introductory post, which shows you how the area used to look. You can read that here: Introducing a…
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Continue reading →: Potting up oriental lilies, agapanthus and star jasmineHello and welcome back to my blog! Today’s post is a shorter one, sharing some of the potting on I have been doing in my greenhouse during the colder days recently. Enjoy! Oriental lilies If you read my blog regularly, you’ll recall that I have an oriental lily (‘Stargazer’) currently…
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Continue reading →: More progress in The Wild Borders and new window boxesA post showing more changes for January 2025 in The Wild Borders and the start of new planting bed in another area of the garden.
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Continue reading →: Introducing: The Welcome Patch and The Cherry Tree AvenueA longer post introducing the final two front gardens: The Welcome Patch and The Cherry Tree Avenue.
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Continue reading →: A Winter visit to the gardens at Tatton Park and the best Japanese gardenA post about a visit to the gardens at Tatton Park in Winter 2024/25.
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Continue reading →: The start of the compost heap in The Woodland Garden and tidying up The SuntrapA post showing the digging out of the compost bays in The Woodland Garden and tidying up The Suntrap.
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Continue reading →: Introducing: The Woodland GardenA longer post introducing one of our front gardens: The Woodland Garden. The post shows the develops since February 2023.
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Continue reading →: A new archway in The Wild Borders and the frost has arrived…A short post showing another development in The Wild Borders for December 2024 to January 2025.
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Continue reading →: The long read: 2024 Christmas visits to RHS Rosemoor and The Eden ProjectA post showing you highlights from the Christmas lights at RHS Rosemoor and The Eden Project, along with the Winter sculpture display at RHS Rosemoor.
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Clearing a new bed in The Wild Borders
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Continue reading →: Clearing a new bed in The Wild BordersA post showing the start of the changes in the right-side of The Wild Borders.
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Continue reading →: Who has seen the wind?Today’s post is a pause from the usual writing on my gardening blog. My life recently has been busy, filled with my own list of chores and to-do list, eager to progress. The winds of Storm Darragh this weekend brought with it unexpected news. It seemed only right to take…
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Continue reading →: Is it Winter already? A blanket of snow, sheltering indoors from the frost and destructive storm Bert…A post about some of the happenings over the last two weeks in the garden.
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Continue reading →: More changes in The Wild Borders for Autumn 2024 – new plants and a wood pileA post showing more changes in The Wild Borders for Autumn 2024, including new plants and a new wood pile.
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Continue reading →: Making a start on the plans for Autumn 2024 in The Wild Borders…A post showing you the start of some changes I am making in The Wild Borders this Autumn 2024.
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Continue reading →: Planting a flowering japanese quinceA post about a new flowering japanese quince
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Continue reading →: Planting an evergreen clematis and potting on in the greenhouseHello and welcome back to my blog. I’ve been away recently, so I haven’t found time to post. Today’s blog post shows you what I have been getting up to over the last few weeks and what has been blooming in the garden. Clematis armandii ‘Apple blossom’ Awhile ago I…
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Continue reading →: More garden maintenance and what’s growing on in the greenhouseA post showing some more garden maintenance completed and what has been growing on in the greenhouse.
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Continue reading →: Growing tomatoes outside: An early September 2024 update and the start of Autumn maintenance jobsHello and welcome back to my blog! Today’s post is a brief update on how the cherry tomatoes are growing on and showing you the start of some maintenance in the garden. I first wrote about sowing and growing the cherry tomatoes here: Growing cherry tomatoes outside in grow bags Cherry…
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Continue reading →: Looking back at garden inspiration and the start of planting in The Fruit GardenA post looking back at inspiration from fruit and vegetable gardens, and the start of new planting in The Fruit Garden.
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Continue reading →: The Wild Borders: A look back at June and July 2024A post looking back at how The Wild Borders have developed over June and July 2024.
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Introducing a new area of the garden: The Suntrap
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Continue reading →: Introducing a new area of the garden: The SuntrapA post about a new area of the garden: The Suntrap.
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Continue reading →: Growing hostas in the year of the slug and two new residents in the garden…I haven’t had much time to blog recently, though I have been working out in the garden on a new area when I can. Today’s post is a short overview showing you a little side project I’ve been working on. I will be posting about the new garden area next…
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Continue reading →: Propagating strawberry plants and adding a gorgeous new dahlia to the gardenHello and welcome back to my blog. Today’s short post is to show you the new plant I have added to the garden and how I have been increasing my supply of strawberry plants. I recently wrote a blog post telling you about some strawberry plants ‘Elan’ that I planted…
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Continue reading →: Potting on echinacea seedlings and verbena cuttingsA post about echinacea and verbena.
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Growing cherry tomatoes outside in grow bags
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Continue reading →: Growing cherry tomatoes outside in grow bagsA post about growing cherry tomatoes outside in grow bags.
The Charming Nook
A journal based blog all about my garden of nooks throughout the seasons
Welcome and introduction
Hi there :) welcome to The Charming Nook!
This is my gardening blog, all about my garden of nooks throughout the seasons.
Follow me on a journey of creativity and gardening, as I transform all of my garden into spaces that are not only beautiful, but also beneficial for wildlife and the wider environment.
I post at least twice a week on this blog.
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Before you begin…
My garden is an unusual shape, full of nooks, that I have separated into different gardens. You may like to read the introductory post for each garden area first…
Introductions to each nook
The Front Gardens
The Back Gardens
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Recent posts
Look through the archives for each garden area:
- 2023
- 2023 The Fruit Garden
- 2023 The Honeysuckle Nook
- 2023 The Welcome Patch
- 2023 The Wild Borders
- 2023 The Woodland Garden
- 2024
- 2024 General Updates
- 2024 Plant in focus
- 2024 The Cherry Tree Avenue
- 2024 The Fruit Garden
- 2024 The Greenhouse
- 2024 The Suntrap
- 2024 The Wild Borders
- 2024 The Woodland Garden
- 2025
- 2025 Garden Visits
- 2025 General updates
- 2025 Teddy's Garden
- 2025 The Cherry Tree Avenue
- 2025 The Fruit Cage
- 2025 The Fruit Garden
- 2025 The Greenhouse
- 2025 The Honeysuckle Nook
- 2025 The Suntrap
- 2025 The Vegetable Garden
- 2025 The Welcome Patch
- 2025 The Wild Borders
- 2025 The Window Boxes
- 2025 The Woodland Garden
- Fruit & veg
- Garden visits
- Garden Visits
- General updates
- Introductions to each nook
- Plant in Focus
- Teddy's Garden
- The Cherry Tree Avenue
- The Fruit Garden
- The Greenhouse
- The Greenhouse
- The Honeysuckle Nook
- The Honeysuckle Nook
- The Suntrap
- The Vegetable Garden
- The Welcome Patch
- The Wild Borders
- The Window Boxes
- The Woodland Garden
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