Hello from the Emerald Isle

Hello from the Emerald Isle

Well, I’ve had a busy couple of weeks!  Last week was spent tidying my garden for a visit from the RHS magazine. Luckily the weather was gorgeous when they looked around and I hope the...
A rose by any other name….

A rose by any other name….

I wanted to let you know the thrilling news…Thompson and Morgan are going to name a rose CAROLINE QUENTIN! Keep your eyes open for the Sparsholt College Stand at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show… its launching there...
Hedgerow to home cooking

Hedgerow to home cooking

This is such a perfect time of year to forage! Either in charity shops for fun items ofclothing, little bits of pretty pottery and glassware or out in nature, in the hedgerowfor free food! There...
I’ve got a bad case of planter's thumb!

I’ve got a bad case of planter's thumb!

So busy at the moment in the "seed sowing/potting on" department here at CQ HQ! I've been madly washing out plastic containers. I mostly use things that have contained blueberries or raspberries, sometimes they don’t...
Help Me Choose: Which Strawberries Should I Grow?

Help Me Choose: Which Strawberries Should I Grow?

Good day to you all,   The Easter bank holiday is still a favourite time here at CQGardens .  The weather is improving, slowly and the crocuses and Daffodils are making way for apple blossom...
Spring at CQG

Spring at CQG

Hello there friends , I hope this finds you well or at the very least dry!  News from CQG HQ is that it stopped raining for twenty-four hours and then started again almost immediately but...
A Slice of Christmas

A Slice of Christmas

If I’d known you were coming …. (for Christmas) I’d have baked a cake.   This is the gluten free cake recipe that I made so chaotically on insta! I’ll admit I’m not the world’s...
"Though she be but little, she is fierce!" - W. Shakespeare

"Though she be but little, she is fierce!" - W. Shakespeare

This coming Saturday is Small Business Saturday, something I didn’t know about until I started my small business a few months ago…
I'm a Celery Seed, Get me out of here!

I'm a Celery Seed, Get me out of here!

you really don’t need more than a small broad bean sized squeeze to amply cover your hands and wrists, I like to do my forearms too as they get as dry as the Kalahari Desert...