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.
Considering that bean salads — a can of beans, a Good Season-ish dressing,
whatever chopped vegetables struck my fancy — were a fairly significant
staple...
[image: Clematis in bud]
I should have been at Press Day at Chelsea Flower Show today, but instead
I'm thinking about it from the comfort of my own home. I...
It’s surprising how quickly the apples in the orchard have started to grow.
It seemed like only last week they were flowering. But today when I came
back f...
I’m not sure what it’s like in other places, but Melbourne supermarkets
have large gaps on their shelves at the moment due to coronavirus related
panic buy...
Beth Chatto Gardens in springtimeIt's always a pleasure to visit the Beth
Chatto Gardens in Essex - a green oasis near Colchester, created from a
once-neg...
Riding the D010 along Turkey's Black Sea coast The 1,200 miles across
Turkey was a good time for reflection. The days were warm and the nights
cool. Most o...
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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