gardeningatwhichfordpottery

Potting Up has a new address! My blog is now to be found on the brand-new Whichford Pottery website,

My good news is that after about a month and a half my camera is back from the menders. Not in

To follow on from my last post about efficient use of water in pots I wanted to give you a glimpse of

My apologies for the length of this post, but I wanted to tackle this topic throughly... Now that

The noisy people upstairs. Andy is on the left, Jeannette standing behind him, Simon is on the right

Last week gave us an early taste of spring: on Thursday larks sang all day over the fields

I can see spring peeping over the horizon. Pansy 'Aquarelle' and the shoots of Crocus '

Shrammed! This is the word my mother uses to describe how you feel in this weather. Not unreasonably

Pots by the entrance arch at Whichford Pottery this week The weather this week has been crisp and

This week I have been working at home a lot, trying to catch up with paperwork: a backlog of orders

The days are getting longer, bulb shoots are popping up all over the place, but still I have been

Happy New Year! Here we all are with our noses pressed firmly against the grindstone once more. Jim

Vile sploshy sleety chilly weather. I retreated to the pottery to take this photo of the stock yard

Here come the crocus shoots! Crocus shoots are up already Solanum not yum I have carried on stuffing

The Whichford Pottery Christmas Sale got off to a great start last weekend, not only were there

Winter planting at the entrance to Whichford's stockyard Winter plantings are settling in well

Hallowe'en pumpkin This week started with Hallowe'en, of course. Let's hope Jim and

Brugmansia sanguinea The late season sunshine has meant that my Brugmansia sanguinea has had its

I am forcing myself to sit down and write even though it is pretty certain that tonight will be

We are still waiting for a decent helping of rain and I am glad that I planted out so many succulents

I have finished planting the display I started last week - here's the finished article just after

I'm not sure whether this beautiful indian summer is going to make the arrival of autumn proper

Salvias, dahlias and fuchsias are flourishing still, despite cold nights. I often chunter on about

Lots of customers, regular and new, have been to the pottery in the last few days and many of them

Monday brought warm sun (for about the third time this summer) and the return of Our Great Leader

Last weekend I returned from a seaside holiday with lovely clean nails. I took a photo just to show

Proper summer this week! There was an air of exhaustion at the pottery as everyone had worked so hard

Good Day Sunshine We have at last had more than a couple of days of sunshine in one week and - Ta Dah

A bit chilly this week, but lots of visitors. Many of them tell me what a lovely job I have - well

I have been waiting for rain, so that I don't have to waste productive gardening time writing the