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winter pruning", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2026/02/fuchsia-winter-pruning.html", "published_at": "2026-02-06T07:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f32882109", "title": "Photos in the garden - Sun in the eyes", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2026/01/photos-in-garden-sun-in-eyes.html", "published_at": "2026-01-30T07:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f337f41e4", "title": "Clearing leaves from shingle", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2026/01/clearing-leaves-from-shingle.html", "published_at": "2026-01-23T07:29:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f3387154c", "title": "Bees, in December!", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2026/01/bees-in-december.html", "published_at": "2026-01-16T07:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f3398d9d9", "title": "Bearded Iris - winter tidy-up", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2026/01/bearded-iris-winter-tidy-up.html", "published_at": "2026-01-09T07:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f341ea80f", "title": "On-line Seminar – Self-Employed Gardeners: How to Grow and Develop your Business: Sat 24th January, 2026", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2026/01/on-line-seminar-self-employed-gardeners.html", "published_at": "2026-01-07T08:31:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f34909963", "title": "The Circle of Life", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-circle-of-life.html", "published_at": "2025-12-19T08:05:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f34cc4f3f", "title": "Buddleia - formative pruning", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/12/buddleia-formative-pruning.html", "published_at": "2025-12-12T07:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f34e8a94c", "title": "On-line Seminar – Self-Employed Gardeners: How to Grow and Develop your Business: Sat 24th January, 2026", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/12/on-line-seminar-self-employed-gardeners.html", "published_at": "2025-12-09T07:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f3517186f", "title": "Iris unguicularis - too late for Autumn Slaughter!", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/12/iris-unguicularis-too-late-for-autumn.html", "published_at": "2025-12-05T07:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f35d26240", "title": "Gloves... *singing* “Hands that do dishes, can feel soft as your face....”", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/11/gloves-singing-hands-that-do-dishes-can.html", "published_at": "2025-11-25T07:44:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f35ed6fcf", "title": "Every cloud has a silver lining...", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/11/every-cloud-has-silver-lining.html", "published_at": "2025-11-21T07:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f3684249c", "title": "Time to wave farewell to the Parthenocissus!", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/11/time-to-wave-farewell-to-parthenocissus.html", "published_at": "2025-11-14T07:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f36c8b675", "title": "How to deal with a pot-bound purchase", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-to-deal-with-pot-bound-purchase.html", "published_at": "2025-11-07T07:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f372946bd", "title": "Garden Design Question", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/10/garden-design-question.html", "published_at": "2025-10-31T07:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f37c6b67e", "title": "Hypericum winter pruning - maybe not quite yet?", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/10/hypericum-winter-pruning-maybe-not.html", "published_at": "2025-10-24T06:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f38c45f86", "title": "“What did you do, at the weekend, Rachel?”", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/10/what-did-you-do-at-weekend-rachel.html", "published_at": "2025-10-17T06:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be02-d7ef-7229-8130-af3f394eb93e", "title": "“Help! The roses are growing over my window, again!”", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/10/help-roses-are-growing-over-my-window.html", "published_at": "2025-10-10T06:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7a530a295", "title": "Growing older in a garden: de-thorning roses by a door.", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/10/growing-older-in-garden-de-thorning.html", "published_at": "2025-10-03T05:33:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7a5e913c4", "title": "Gardening - like Botany - is not a hard science!", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/09/gardening-like-botany-is-not-hard.html", "published_at": "2025-09-26T06:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7a6319201", "title": "Watering plants: when to drench.", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/09/watering-plants-when-to-drench.html", "published_at": "2025-09-19T06:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7a6d06a93", "title": "Alchemilla - time to cut them back", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/09/alchemilla-time-to-cut-them-back.html", "published_at": "2025-09-12T06:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7a78191ca", "title": "Wildflower meadows in a domestic setting", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/09/wildflower-meadows-in-domestic-setting.html", "published_at": "2025-09-05T06:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7a7f012eb", "title": "Parch marks in grass: Hidden Secrets", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/08/parch-marks-in-grass-hidden-secrets.html", "published_at": "2025-08-29T05:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7a825dc51", "title": "When NOT to attempt to prune your corkscrew Willow", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/08/when-not-to-attempt-to-prune-your.html", "published_at": "2025-08-22T05:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7a88d7d2e", "title": "Scorched grass and hosepipe bans: the silver lining", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/08/scorched-grass-and-hosepipe-bans-silver.html", "published_at": "2025-08-15T06:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7a905cb44", "title": "Rose Dieback: what is it, really?", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/08/rose-dieback-what-is-it-really.html", "published_at": "2025-08-08T15:33:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7a92ed510", "title": "Salix Kilmarnock: knowing when to call it a day", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/08/salix-kilmarnock-knowing-when-to-call.html", "published_at": "2025-08-01T06:43:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7a971850c", "title": "Wrong plant, wrong place?", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/07/wrong-plant-wrong-place.html", "published_at": "2025-07-25T05:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7a982cbf6", "title": "Acorn Update: it just gets better!", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/07/acorn-update-it-just-gets-better.html", "published_at": "2025-07-18T14:40:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7a9936a03", "title": "Ladybirds: a bumper year for them?", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/07/ladybirds-bumper-year-for-them.html", "published_at": "2025-07-11T05:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7aa7440fe", "title": "June Newsletter", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/07/june-newsletter.html", "published_at": "2025-07-04T05:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7aaeb3da8", "title": "Fascinated by Fasciation: today, Spear Thistle!", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/06/fascinated-by-fasciation-today-spear.html", "published_at": "2025-06-27T06:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7ab0f87c3", "title": "Building the Rose Tower", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/06/building-rose-tower.html", "published_at": "2025-06-20T06:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7ab12d3d2", "title": "Irish Yew: what a terrible thing to do to it!!", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/06/irish-yew-what-terrible-thing-to-do-to.html", "published_at": "2025-06-13T05:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7ac062d41", "title": "It's Ermine moth time again, folks!", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/06/its-ermine-moth-time-again-folks.html", "published_at": "2025-06-06T15:23:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7ad01ca95", "title": "Acorns: One of these Things is Not Like the Others", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/05/acorns-one-of-these-things-is-not-like.html", "published_at": "2025-05-30T06:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7ad6c482a", "title": "Salix Kilmarnock - it's in trouble, folks!", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/05/salix-kilmarnock-its-in-trouble-folks.html", "published_at": "2025-05-23T06:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7adfa3e8c", "title": "How to re-wet a dried-out tree in a pot", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/05/how-to-re-wet-dried-out-tree-in-pot.html", "published_at": "2025-05-16T06:34:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7aecc2464", "title": "“Life... will find a way...”", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/05/life-will-find-way.html", "published_at": "2025-05-09T06:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7afa3208c", "title": "Grafted Weeping Cherry: all is not lost!", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/05/grafted-weeping-cherry-all-is-not-lost.html", "published_at": "2025-05-02T05:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7b048aa2c", "title": "Roses against walls: do not tuck them behind the wires!", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/04/roses-against-walls-do-not-tuck-them.html", "published_at": "2025-04-25T06:53:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be09-710b-7107-81ce-e6c7b0f1b697", "title": "New Edition: Compost and Leaf Mold!", "url": "https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2025/04/new-edition-compost-and-leaf-mold.html", "published_at": "2025-04-18T06:30:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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25 Sept 2026
Tools - other than the obvious ones!original ↗
18 Sept 2026
One of these things is not like the others..original ↗
11 Sept 2026
"Climbers don't damage trees"original ↗
4 Sept 2026
New garden, new gnome...original ↗
28 Aug 2026
For 21 Augoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2026
This week: Lavender!original ↗
14 Aug 2026
July Newsletteroriginal ↗
7 Aug 2026
Wisteria in flower again!original ↗
31 Jul 2026
Poppies: Off With Their Heads!original ↗
24 Jul 2026
Buying plants from Supermarkets and the “sheds”original ↗
17 Jul 2026
Sempervivum - flowering!original ↗
10 Jul 2026
And the prize for Most Patronising Comment Of The Day goes to....original ↗
3 Jul 2026
Bearded Iris: why I remove old leavesoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2026
In Praise of water butts.original ↗
19 Jun 2026
Berberis: I have nothing good to say about it.original ↗
12 Jun 2026
Tools: they don't make 'em like they used to...original ↗
5 Jun 2026
Oh good lord, it's Forget-me-Not time AGAIN...original ↗
29 May 2026
The importance of Labelsoriginal ↗
22 May 2026
Preventative Pruning of Sedumoriginal ↗
15 May 2026
Arum maculatum: how to get rid of them... the easy wayoriginal ↗
8 May 2026
Hebe: Big Brave Chop!original ↗
1 May 2026
Deadhead your Daffs!original ↗
24 Apr 2026
"Hand over your Lupins!"original ↗
17 Apr 2026
Hydrangea: time to deadhead them.original ↗
10 Apr 2026
Witches' Broom: on a Cherry Treeoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2026
Jasmine - untidy by natureoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2026
To Kill A Buddleiaoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2026
Homing Snailsoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2026
Bramble removal: how to make it easier on yourselforiginal ↗
6 Mar 2026
Why we should never plant shrubs (or trees, or even climbers) close to wallsoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2026
Compost : The Pen is Mightier than the Dalek.original ↗
20 Feb 2026
January Newsletteroriginal ↗
10 Feb 2026
Fuchsia - winter pruningoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2026
Photos in the garden - Sun in the eyesoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2026
Clearing leaves from shingleoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2026
Bees, in December!original ↗
16 Jan 2026
Bearded Iris - winter tidy-uporiginal ↗
9 Jan 2026
On-line Seminar – Self-Employed Gardeners: How to Grow and Develop your Business: Sat 24th January, 2026original ↗
7 Jan 2026

2025

The Circle of Lifeoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2025
Buddleia - formative pruningoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2025
On-line Seminar – Self-Employed Gardeners: How to Grow and Develop your Business: Sat 24th January, 2026original ↗
9 Dec 2025
Iris unguicularis - too late for Autumn Slaughter!original ↗
5 Dec 2025
Gloves... *singing* “Hands that do dishes, can feel soft as your face....”original ↗
25 Nov 2025
Every cloud has a silver lining...original ↗
21 Nov 2025
Time to wave farewell to the Parthenocissus!original ↗
14 Nov 2025
How to deal with a pot-bound purchaseoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2025
Garden Design Questionoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2025
Hypericum winter pruning - maybe not quite yet?original ↗
24 Oct 2025
“What did you do, at the weekend, Rachel?”original ↗
17 Oct 2025
“Help! The roses are growing over my window, again!”original ↗
10 Oct 2025
Growing older in a garden: de-thorning roses by a door.original ↗
3 Oct 2025
Gardening - like Botany - is not a hard science!original ↗
26 Sept 2025
Watering plants: when to drench.original ↗
19 Sept 2025
Alchemilla - time to cut them backoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2025
Wildflower meadows in a domestic settingoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2025
Parch marks in grass: Hidden Secretsoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2025
When NOT to attempt to prune your corkscrew Willoworiginal ↗
22 Aug 2025
Scorched grass and hosepipe bans: the silver liningoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2025
Rose Dieback: what is it, really?original ↗
8 Aug 2025
Salix Kilmarnock: knowing when to call it a dayoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2025
Wrong plant, wrong place?original ↗
25 Jul 2025
Acorn Update: it just gets better!original ↗
18 Jul 2025
Ladybirds: a bumper year for them?original ↗
11 Jul 2025
June Newsletteroriginal ↗
4 Jul 2025
Fascinated by Fasciation: today, Spear Thistle!original ↗
27 Jun 2025
Building the Rose Toweroriginal ↗
20 Jun 2025
Irish Yew: what a terrible thing to do to it!!original ↗
13 Jun 2025
It's Ermine moth time again, folks!original ↗
6 Jun 2025
Acorns: One of these Things is Not Like the Othersoriginal ↗
30 May 2025
Salix Kilmarnock - it's in trouble, folks!original ↗
23 May 2025
How to re-wet a dried-out tree in a potoriginal ↗
16 May 2025
“Life... will find a way...”original ↗
9 May 2025
Grafted Weeping Cherry: all is not lost!original ↗
2 May 2025
Roses against walls: do not tuck them behind the wires!original ↗
25 Apr 2025
New Edition: Compost and Leaf Mold!original ↗
18 Apr 2025