What an absolute treat to attend the incredible Chelsea Flower Show last week, positioned in a maybe never to be repeated September slot. Mr M and I booked tickets way back before we discovered he needed another op and before Rocky developed FIP so it was 50% of Team Moregeous doing the Sloane walk down... Continue Reading →
BBQ Feast Images and Upcoming BBQ Event : 28 Sept 2019
Bearing in mind that for most of us, summer 2019 was a bit of a wash out, we absolutely struck lucky at the start of August with our first summer barbecue. Forty four fabulous guests took a chance on this new venture of ours, a collaborative outdoor eating experience with Chef Peter Naylor from Didsbury's... Continue Reading →
How To: Elegant & Practical Garden Screening – Pleached Tree Paradise
Have you ever seen a plant or a tree and immediately resolved that you MUST have it in your garden? In your life?! Well that's totally how I felt when I spotted this specimen on Robin's Stonecrop Nursery stand at the salvage fair last weekend. Pleached. A pleached tree, that's what it is. I'd seen... Continue Reading →
A Very Clever & Affordable Veg Bed, Made From Hollow Concrete Blocks
How about this for another cracking garden idea, seen on one of the Manchester Open Gardens days we visited earlier this month. We'd 'done' the Heatons and Didsbury in previous years, but not the Levenshulme / Burgage ones, hence M19's turn. Growing your own veg and herbs is a surefire way to stay sane in... Continue Reading →
Moregeous Monday Moments
I know. It's been a few weeks since I wrote a post on what we've been up to here at home with our reno. Like Mondays haven't existed, when actually of course they have, like the other six days of the week we try and cram as much into as possible. I've been working away... Continue Reading →
Share: Using Protek Royal Exterior Wood Finish in Anthracite
The enthusiasm for all things decor grey shows no signs of abating and we're pretty much spoiled for choice in terms of indoor paint. There are hundred, literally hundreds to choose from. Outdoor paint is fairly well covered too, with some delicious shades of exterior paint by both affordable and premium brands. However, painting outdoor... Continue Reading →
The Inaugural RHS Chatsworth Flower Show
We can't simply call it the 'first' can we? Not with a venue as super posh as Chatsworth House, Derbyshire home to the Cavendish family since 1549, seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire and 105 acres of glorious English countryside featuring a spectacular ancestral home and world famous gardens. Nope, it has to... Continue Reading →