Henshaw's Horticultural Blog: Garden In Transit

So, I'm moving house today ! And the most important thing, obviously and of course, is moving my beautiful plants, herbs, shrubberies and garden !!



And here's a couple of action shots of me in the garden, I know you don't get them all too often, but here I am, where I love, doing what I love ... Getting my hands muddy, like the picture at the top, and then like my friend Zee said, it's all about the smell and feel of the earth and then sitting back, reflecting on your hard work with a nice cup of Yorkshire Tea !

And what had I been doing ? Harvesting my crop, potatoes and garlic in the main, but there's some strawberries on their way, and they're currently living in jam jars - Top Tip - jam jars are great for strawberries, protect them, insulate them and give them room to grow in a safe, warm, snug environment. Here's a picture of some of my little lot, ready for the road ...



... and that's just the half of it !!

But, anyway, also, and this, here's a nice thing ... I reached out recently for someone to help me identify these flowers (below), and my good friends at the 'Serenity in the Garden' blog got in touch with me a told me that these gloriously small and delicate pink little beauties are in fact "Claytonia Sibirica" ... so, thank you eternally for that, and to everyone else, go and plant some yourself, they're super cute, good for the bees and easy to care for. Spread The Love !!



Peace, Love & Tea, MHx

PS. #TheWayItIs will be online later in the week, second track from the 'Always In The Way' EP, hope you're excited for that ... I am ...

More of Matt Henshaw in the garden ...
Small Flowers & Container Gardening
Strawberry Flowers & Getting Ready For Summer
Tulips Are My Favourites
Things I Like ... Gardening
National Agriculture Day
Spring Gardening
Planting Season
How To Compost
Planting in Autumn & Winter
In The Garden With Matt Henshaw

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July July July ... #GoodTimes #GayTimes #MoreGoodTimes

Hello Hello Hello and good welcome(?),

So I've had a pretty busy loooooong weekend. 2 shows Friday, down in Gloucestershire on Saturday and then Party In The Park in Birmingham on Sunday ... I won't tell you the setlist because we've tried some new stuff and want it to be a surprise. Especially for Godiva Festival @ War Memorial Park in Coventry this Saturday. We're on in the Rhythm Tent at half past 5 after Lee from Madness and his Ska Orchestra and Neville Staples from The Specials, and it's all for FREE so if you're in the Midlands and you're not there I want a seriously good reason for missing out on this one.

And then over the last two days I've been moving house in Leicester, no internet, and NO KETTLE for the last few hours ... whose idea was it to pack that up and put it in the car so soon ?!?! Before I had one last tea in the old place. Anyways, just murdered a lovely cup of the warm stuff in the new place and it feels so right. Good Times ... or as the kids say #GoodTimes ...

Anyways, the rest of the week? Heading down to London for the next two days, important meetings to be had and heading over to the New Designers Exhibition in Islington to take a peek at the best new art students in the UK. I'm sure i'll tell you a thing or two about it ... art galleries are a new pleasure ... just spread good feelings through great imagery ... and creativity makes me tingle ...

Then, Scorpios in High Wycombe on Friday night for me and ReggiiMental, it'll be nice to be back in High Wycombe, and so soon (they love us down there) as we kicked off the Coming Around Tour down there at the start of May. #GoodTimes #MoreGoodTimes

As this is quite a text heavy blog I'll leave you with a little picture of me from the last couple of months ... Enjoy !



... hanging out at Helsinki, Leicester's Premier Gay Club, with flowers in my hair for a friend's birthday ! #GayTimes

The Actress & Bishop, Birmingham setlist ... Introducing BuBill ...

Afternoon, and what a beauty,

Moving house, same postcode, all the fun of the fair ! New cat in town and some stories from the West Midlands to tell ... let's get that out the way first shall we ...

Here's the songs I played last night in Brum with MuthaFunk ...
We Want The Funk
I've Had Tears
(If You Think You're) Groovy
It Ain't Easy
25 Miles
... and Phil the King Funk King did some fantastic vocals on Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground ! Love it ! Love him ! Love you all !!!

And so now for the biggest news of all ... wanna see a pic of the new member of the Henshaw clan, of the feline variety ... his name is BuBill, after Bill Hicks' bit about smokers and non-smokers, and he already has a cut behind his ear from scrapping with the Leicestershire Alley Cat Alliance (I think that's what they're calling themselves!) ...



... please excuse my pajimjams and messy hairdo ... I'm just chilling with the cat gulping down some leche ...

And here's a remix of Never Know from the Coming Around album ... try it yourself ... here's all you'll need ... http://www.sendspace.com/file/7ouv6s



... thanks Many Elephants soundsystem of Nottinghamshire !

Peace & Love children and men,
Matt Henshaw x

Rusty Jukebox Radio - Episode 1: Cleanin' Up with Flava Dan and ReggiiMental

Have a listen to the first radio show episode from Rusty Jukebox Records ... Rusty Jukebox Radio - Episode 1: Cleanin' Up with Flava Dan and ReggiiMental ... a collection of house bangers from 2010 with the soothing tones of Mr. Jimmy B-Boy's MC skills ...

Download the whole show for FREE here @ Rusty Jukebox Radio - Episode 1: Cleanin' Up with Flava Dan and ReggiiMental

Download more Flava Dan Remixes here at SoundCloud (includes Matt Henshaw, ReggiiMental, The Style Council, Stantion Warriors, Krafty Kuts and many more!) ...
http://soundcloud.com/flava-dan/

And here at Bandcamp ...
http://www.matthenshaw.bandcamp.com

Flava Dan remixes The Deepest Cellar ... for DJs in the mix ...

Another Matt Henshaw house remix and Dj tool from Flava Dan ... here's Flava Dan's DJ tool house twist, for DJs in the mix, on the Matt Henshaw and ReggiiMental album title track The Deepest Cellar ...



Download more Flava Dan Remixes here at SoundCloud (includes Matt Henshaw, ReggiiMental, The Style Council, Stantion Warriors, Krafty Kuts and many more!) ...
http://soundcloud.com/flava-dan/

And here at Bandcamp ...
http://www.matthenshaw.bandcamp.com

Flava Dan remixes Can't Hold Back ... carnival style ...

Another Matt Henshaw house remix from Flava Dan ... here's Flava Dan's carnival house twist on the Matt Henshaw and ReggiiMental track that appeared as single of the month for October in the Guardian newspaper ...



Download more Flava Dan Remixes here at SoundCloud (includes Matt Henshaw, ReggiiMental, The Style Council, Stantion Warriors, Krafty Kuts and many more!) ...
http://soundcloud.com/flava-dan/

And here at Bandcamp ...
http://www.matthenshaw.bandcamp.com

Flava Dan remixes Adidas Trainers ...

Taken from the Adidas Trainers Remixes album ... here's Flava Dan's house twist on the track that Matt Henshaw and ReggiiMental "opened their skank account" with ...



Download it here at SoundCloud ...
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And here at Bandcamp ...
http://www.matthenshaw.bandcamp.com