Beginning with Brugmansias
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I’ve been getting increasingly frustrated with myself for posting so infrequently. Okay, so I no longer have a long commute to London and I […]
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Garden Diary: May 2020 Part I
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Where, oh where did May go? No sooner had it started than June was upon us. Now it’s midsummer, the longest day is almost […]
The Plot Thickens…
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I have been meaning to write an update on the allotment for a little while now. While reading the previous chapter, I am wondering […]
Garden Diary: April 2020
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April was a bittersweet month. Among many positives were the beautiful weather and being able to spend extra time in the garden with The […]
Allot of Social Distancing
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If there can be any positive from the current worldwide situation it is the time that we now have at our disposal. We can […]
Easter Extravaganza
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Oh the irony. For the last three years our National Gardens Scheme area organiser has been asking if we’d open the garden for a […]
Garden Diary: March 2020
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Who could have predicted that the Month of March would end as it did? Over the course of two weeks our daily routines changed […]
Plant Profile: Tulipa fosteriana ‘Zombie’
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Do you remember, several months ago, when we were all potting up our spring bulbs …. each and every one of us full of […]
Silence Fills The Void
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It’s awfully peaceful outside. You must have noticed? Since Monday there’ve been no bellowing workmen, no reversing delivery lorries, no aeroplanes, no taxis using […]
From Coastline to Compost Bin – Using Seaweed As A Garden Fertiliser and Soil Improver
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I may be a composting virgin, but now that I have an allotment I am getting serious about the dark art of decay. Since […]
Plant Profile: Salvia leucocephala
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Late last summer we paid a flying visit to Dyson’s Nurseries at Great Comp near Sevenoaks in Kent. It was all rather unsatisfactory as […]
Garden Diary: February 2020
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I have decided to start a garden diary. It’s been over 30 years since I last kept any form of journal so I can’t […]