Books I’ve Enjoyed this Year.

CLICK ON THE PHOTOGRAPH ABOVE TO READ MORE: It has been a good year for gardening book and these are those which appealed most to me: https://anirishgardener.wordpress.com/2020/11/09/the-penny-drops-eventually/ https://anirishgardener.wordpress.com/2020/12/04/sceitse/ https://anirishgardener.wordpress.com/2020/07/14/dining-on-the-long-acre-the-wild-food-plants-of-ireland/ https://anirishgardener.wordpress.com/2020/11/05/for-the-love-of-snowdrops/ https://anirishgardener.wordpress.com/2020/09/24/britains-orchids-a-new-book/ https://anirishgardener.wordpress.com/2020/10/24/sissinghurst-the-dream-garden/ https://anirishgardener.wordpress.com/2020/10/17/on-psyches-lawn-the-gardens-at-plaz-metaxu/ https://anirishgardener.wordpress.com/2020/08/21/not-once-but-twice/ https://anirishgardener.wordpress.com/2020/07/31/flowers-wild-and-garden/ https://anirishgardener.wordpress.com/2020/12/24/a-year-at-brandywine-cottage/

The Penny Drops…Eventually!

Yes, I can be slow, slow for things to strike me, for the penny to drop, to eventually come to the realisation of what has been nagging at me for some time. It happens sometimes when I visit a garden. I walk around with that feeling that something is now right, something about the garden …

An Irish Nature Year.

Hot off the presses, An Irish Nature Year, is a collection of 365 short, quirky and fabulously interesting articles from Jane Powers. This is Jane's third book and is, by and large, a selection of her nature notes from The Times. She is the one who cannot pass a wildflower, insect, bird or whatever without …