Hardcore potterer based in deepest, darkest Hampshire. By day, I work in sales and manage the social media for a well-known plant nusery. By evening and candlelight, I'm a gardener, blogger and auricula lover. Follow along via Twitter @ChelseaPelly or Instagram ChelseaPelly.
I evicted a longtime resident of my To Cook list this week with this corn
chowder. I have no argument with traditional corn chowder — it has cream,
bacon...
This plant always makes me smile at this time of the year: it's a reminder
of a wonderful afternoon at Knoll Gardens in the company of owner Neil
Lucas's...
Written by CharlieThe day before we crossed into Kazakhstan remains a blur
in my memory. We had decided on a rest day, camped under some riverside
trees, b...
Amazingly we have 3 plum varieties that are being grown outside that are
already ripe. Whats even more, is they look very similar. The 2 photos
above are...
The exhibit that really caught my eye at this year's RHS Hampton Court
Flower Show was "The Charleston Garden" (above) - one of three very
different 'pott...
This was a few weeks ago now but I thought I would show you the extent of
the ‘crazy’ snow we had here in Portland. I’m always amazed that my garden
can ta...
It seems ages since I posted a recipe (probably because it is ages since I
posted a recipe). It’s the time it takes -to make it, and photograph it.
It al...
Blogging feels very retro these days. I started this blog in 2009 and then
abandoned it in 2012 and lately I've been thinking about getting back on it
agai...
Amazing how we grow and evolve. We follow our passions and goals; they
evolve and come in and out of focus. For example, I started this blog
because I l...
There’s no denying that when you live in a place you often don’t make an
effort to visit many of its attractions, probably because you think that
there wil...
First time a bait hive has worked for me. I have swarms arrive and take up
residence in piles of bee boxes, where they weren't welcome, but never into
a p...
Don’t own acres of rolling New Zealand countryside or a trusty beekeeping
outfit? Here’s my cheat’s guide to making your very own ‘mocknuka’ honey
from h...
Joseph Strutt, *A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of
England*, First published in 1796, reprinted, 1841.
From this terrific yellow cov...
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