A Capricious January
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This winter’s weather is turning out to be a bit of tease. We experience a short spell of cold, then it’s back to mild […]
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RHS London Early Spring Plant Fair 2018
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One event in my calendar heralds the approach of spring like no other: the RHS London Early Spring Plant Fair. Throughout the first, frozen […]
RHS Seed Scheme
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How often do we subscribe to organisations or take out memberships and yet fail to take full advantage of them? I have been signed up […]
Jet Lag
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That’s it, I am done with travelling for 2014. I am stuck indefinitely at Amsterdam Schiphol airport with my colleagues, half of us with […]
Rouge Rogue
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A little tongue twister for you on this chilly Saturday afternoon! I refer to a certain magenta marauder that’s found its way into a bowl […]
Deck the Halls
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One of the things I love most about Christmas is festooning our London flat with greenery and flowers. I adore the smell of fresh-cut pine and […]
Glorious Goodnestone, Part I: Mellow Fruitfulness
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I have never been a great fan of autumn. All the untidiness and decay just doesn’t work for me. I generally console myself with […]
Winter Whites
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