Moosey News : July 2009

Dear Subscriber,

This month's newsletter spans two winter months (June and July) in the life of the Moosey garden and web-site. I've been extra busy trying to sort out my wintry garden. So the best way to catch up the time is to squash up all the news? Hmm...

This month's features :

1. Lies, Lies and Garden Writers
2. Cliff-Top Walk
3. Winter Greens
4. Presenting The 2009 Seed Catalogue
5. The New Car Bridge

Regulars :

6. Plant of the Month : John Clare Rose
7. Animal of the Month : B-Puss
8. Garden Quote : Wisdom from the Moosey Dog, for a change...
9. Garden Gallery : Lilac in Flower
10. Forum Focus : An English Garden, in 1995
11. Gardening Advice : Gloomy Days
12. Searching for Moosey : cat hoarder
13. Coming up this month : More gardening daylight. Yippee!

This month's features

1. Lies, Lies and Garden Writers

Have you ever read about lady gardeners who move mountains - according to the garden journalist, that is?

2. Cliff-Top Walk

My local cliff-top walk is delightful in winter, and only minutes away from the nicest hot-chocolate cafe...

3. Winter Greens

There's not much colour in my winter garden - apart from green. But I like green. I LOVE green...

4. Presenting The 2009 Seed Catalogue

The seed catalogue arrives in the post, bringing much winter joy...

5. The New Car Bridge

A new super-strength bridge now spans the water race. Trucks, cars, and the hedge trimmer will no longer face the prospect of sinking into the water....

Regulars

6. Plant of the Month : John Clare Rose

John Clare (a pink David Austin English rose) just keeps on flowering, right through June and July. Silly rose!

7. Animal of the Month : B-Puss the Beautiful

This month my beautiful B-Puss features in a water-colour painting. I still miss him, but in a happy kind of way - especially when he can inspire others.

8. Garden Quote : Wisdom from the Moosey Dog, for a change...

Well, my dog and I do have rather long conversations, so I'd expect some of my wisdom to have rubbed off on him...

9. Garden Gallery : Lilac in Flower

Unfortunately this beautiful lilac isn't in the Moosey garden, but it was photographed by the Moosey camera on a recent holiday. So it's allowed.

10. Forum Focus : An English Garden, in 1995

It's just a tiny topic, but I was fascinated by Jack's visit (back in 1995) to a very special English garden. See what you think...

11. Gardening Advice : Gloomy Days

Great advice, designed to keep all gardeners (including me) feeling positive...

12. Searching for Moosey : cat hoarder

cat hoarder

I'm not a cat hoarder, so I don't know why anyone would search the Moosey web-site looking for evidence! As proof, I've published a group photograph of all my eight cats. Just eight. No more.

13. Coming up this month : More gardening daylight.

Yippee! There's nothing more to say.

Cheers,