Cherry blossom season has arrived! Welcoming these blooms is a classic signifier of Springtime for many of us…
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Renovation Diaries 10. Painting the entire Chapel, kitchen plans, reclaimed flooring and more…
Painting the Chapel was never going to be a speedy undertaking. So over the last few weeks I’ve been a little quiet online as I’ve spent most waking hours in my overalls, in varying degrees of being covered in paint!
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Repotting Diaries #14: Tradescantia, Aspidistra, Marble Queen, SoH, Snake Plants and more…
For today’s Repotting Diaries, I’m working through some more of my houseplants that need a bit of a transformation. There’s a bit of propagation potting up to do and a couple of pots that need an upgrade. Also, a few plants could do with a chop and I’m going to amalgamate some others together into…
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10 of My Favourite Houseplants To Give As Gifts
For today’s post, I’ve put together a top ten of my favourite houseplants to give as gifts. Plants make excellent presents for all kinds of milestone moments, but they also cater for those everyday gestures of gratitude too. Congratulatory wishes sit alongside ‘thank yous’ or ‘thinking of you’ sentiments, wrapped up in a plant pot-sized…
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Spring Equinox: Repotting Diaries #13
Spring has sprung! According to the astronomical calendar, in the northern hemisphere March 20th marks the first day of Spring. The Spring equinox, or vernal equinox as it’s also known, celebrates the seasonal shift towards lighter days and warmer temperatures. For nature lovers, the Spring equinox inherently brings with it much optimism for new life…
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HPH photo diary / 19. Walks, Plants, Shadows
Some photos from the last few weeks. Train window views of flooded fields and half-submerged trees. The river Ouse was very high. Walking around a city. Blue skies and low sun. But not quite used to the hustle and bustle. Rural weekend walks, noticing the snowdrops and beginnings of crocuses popping up in sunny patches.…
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Renovation Diaries 09. Salvaging, repurposing and restoring, plus plastering and painting progress!
In this mid-week Renovation Diaries post, the Chapel interior takes shape in a big way. I will share some of my salvaging finds and discuss how I am incorporating them into the design. We work on the re-building some of the original panelling and I set about restoring my nan’s old table too.
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Then and Now: an update on some of my houseplant propagation projects
For today’s blogpost, I wanted to share an update on how some of the propagated pots in my plant collection have fared over the last few years – from what they looked like when planted to how they are growing now.
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Post-winter plant pep up: helping your houseplants to look their best
Today we’re focusing on a bit of a post-winter plant pep up. Here’s how I’m going to be perking up my plants for Spring!
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Renovation Diaries 08. Woodworks, insulation and boarding, weekends up the scaffold
For today’s Renovation Diaries instalment, we make strides with the exterior woodworks as the fascia boards are reinstated. There are quite a few evening and weekend painting sessions to get things looking smart before the scaffold comes down. Inside there’s lots more insulation going in and the Chapel gets boarded out. This makes the whole space inside…
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