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We’re Gonna Build a Wall…
The major structural engineering works in the garden this spring have revolved around defence – or perhaps I should pronounce that DE-fence. You see we are facing a crisis, an invasion from migrants. Migrant cats. They are sweeping across our … Continue reading
Pre-season training
We are into March. The days are lengthening. The February seeds have germinated and are looking sprightly: the race to produce those early tomatoes has started and the chillis are up too. We need to make sure they are in … Continue reading
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Tagged ailsa craig, basil, bird bath, broad beans, chillis, frogs, frogspawn, greenhouse, hurst greenshaft, leeks, Nicotiana, peas, sweet million, tomatoes
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Rewild at Heart
Simon Barnes was speaking on Radio 6 the other Sunday morning, promoting about his book “Rewild Yourself: 23 spellbinding ways to make nature more visible”. He has ideas to get everyone to be more in touch with the natural world … Continue reading
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Tagged badger, birds, blackbird, chaffinch, deer, Ella, great tit, grey squirrel, labrador, rabbit, robin, squirrel, starlings
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Early Birds Seeds
Winter arrived at the end of January with the snow and frost, but before it did, I had managed to plant some extra irises and a Delphinium from the Old Place in the herbaceous border in the back garden. I … Continue reading
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Tagged aquilegia, chillis, hesperis, iris, irises, Korean Mint, pennard plants, pipiche, Potato Day, Real Seeds, sarpo mira, Shipwrecked
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The Year’s Pivot
New Year’s Day and all is quiet about the garden. I saw a quote the other day via Twitter (a friend re-tweeted a quote from Nigel Slater which had been tweeted by a fan which was then also re-tweeted by … Continue reading
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Tagged aliums, christmas roses, daffodils, frog, hellebores, muscari, ranunculus, robin
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Planning for Growth
It’s beginning to feel a lot like winter. The clocks have changed back, the evenings have drawn in and every day when I get in from school one of the first jobs is to light a fire in the log … Continue reading
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Tagged alium, aliums, being there, brexit, daffodils, fruit trees, leaves, peter sellers, pruning, raununculus, roses, winter is coming
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Planting to the Music of Time
The rhythm of the seasons is changing its beat as summer segues into autumn. In the past, it was a time of year I would associate with final harvests of the summer and then closing down for the winter. I … Continue reading
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Tagged aqua dulce, autumn, broad beans, Broccoli, brussels sprouts, curly kale, echinacea, foxglove, foxgloves, garlic, honesty, kale, leeks, mushrooms, Nigella, Onions, phaecellia, Shallot, shallots
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