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.
First outdoor Apricots “Ninfa” of 2017 season. Well I had to gather them,
as we are experiencing gusty winds and they were being knocked off. They
look l...
There are a lot of good reasons to put two smalls jars of homemade hot
fudge sauce in your fridge in approximately 10 minutes and possibly forever:
• Hot ...
[image: Bonsai trees exhibited by the Federation of British Bonsai
Societies at Chelsea Flower Show]
Part of the Federation of British Bonsai Societies gol...
We picked up where we left off: the small cluster of buildings known as
Sanovoj. It was early May and there was well over 300km to reach a small
village c...
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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