My 10 Top Tips For Writing a Gardening Blog
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Earlier this week I was invited by a work colleague whom I had never met to have a coffee and talk about my blog. […]
Practical Advice
When The Wind Blows
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I am not a cold person, temperature or temperament wise, but when the wind blows from the north, as it did this weekend, I […]
Why Good Gardening is a Risky Business
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Whilst you won’t find it on a list of extreme pursuits, gardening is all about taking risks. Tending a garden is one of […]
How to Persuade Agapanthus to Flower
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It’s a good year for agapanthus here at The Watch House. A rough count of the flower heads produced by Agapanthus africanus tops […]
True Blue
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There is nothing more irritating for a gardener than to strive unsuccessfully to cultivate a plant, only to discover that someone who apparently […]
Soaked
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“It never rains, but it pours” is an English expression which means that when troubles come, they all come together. This week the […]
Time to Get Growing
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As the mornings get lighter my mind is turning once again to thoughts of growing my own. Each morning the first thing I do […]
Singles All The Way
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I love flowering bulbs. I plant thousands of them in pots every autumn and spring, ready to bloom the following season. I plant […]
An Olympian Task
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As my plane to New York taxied down the runway this morning, I received a message alerting me to a missed call from […]
When Is Too Late to Plant Spring Bulbs?
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If you are reading this post now, in late January, the answer is ‘not yet’, for tulips at least. Originally published in November 2016, […]
The Plight of the Bumblebee
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I like bees, but I love bumblebees more. The sight of their comedically cumbersome bodies ambling across an umbel, or alighting delicately on a […]
Getting The Chop
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Part of any gardener’s skill set is judging when enough is enough; that point where exuberance and gay abandon tip over into a top-heavy, […]