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Hestercombe: a proper Designer Garden
On Sunday I removed more of the front lawn to widen the border and plant the final Sweet Williams. It is a small development I have been planning for a while as there is little room elsewhere for the Mrs … Continue reading
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Tagged bergenia, canna, canna lilies, edwin lutyens, getrude jekyll, great plat, hestercombe
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Autumn Approaches
Autumn came knocking this morning. There was a sharpness in the air and a mist across the fields which reminded us of October breaks in a Monmouth farmhouse when we were younger. The greenhouse retains the fecund smells of summer, … Continue reading
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Fresh Fruit (for Rotting Vegetables?)
Last week I was at the Old Place to check it was in good order for potential buyers wanting to view the property. Setting aside my feelings on the impending sale of the family home (a home for me in … Continue reading
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Tagged apples, damson, pear, plum, victoria plum, worcester pearmain
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Veronica or Veronicastrum Virginicum?*
I read a good article by James Wong in the Grauniad this weekend in which he gave his four top tips for beginners in the garden. I never feel like I have a great well of knowledge about gardening, although … Continue reading
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Tagged ammi, chard, crown prince, elvis costello songs, fuck em, Germination, greenhouse, Guardian, James Wong, Latin, peas, potting on, slugs, snails, sparrows, squahs, squashes, streptocarpus, tomato, tomatoes, zinnia
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Mid-Term Reports
Deadline for reports was about three days ago but as I no longer have someone to swear at me if I am perceived to be late or include too many ‘gramatical errors’ (sic), I have stuck to my usual report … Continue reading
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Tagged basil, beetroot, Blue kuri kabochi squash, broad beans, carrots, chard, courgettes, crown prince squash, Duke of York, french beans, jersey devil, kavolo nero, King Edward, Little Gem, lollo Rosso, peas, potatoes, runner beans, Salad, sarpo mira, squash, sweet million, Swift, tomatoes
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The Birds, The Birds
One of my former flatmates had a phobia about birds flapping anywhere near her. I thought of her recently when we found a jackdaw in the shed when we were clearing out the Old Man’s place the other day. One … Continue reading
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Tagged blackbird, peas, sparrow, sparrows, The Birds, Tippi Hedren, tomato, tomatoes
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The Dry
Two weeks ago I started this post. I don’t know what got in the way of me completing it. Perhaps it was the end of term which passed in a whir of school trips, successive cover lessons involving repeat showings … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, blueberries, blueberry, carrots, cavolo nero, courgettes, french beans, greenhouse, hose pipe, hosepipe, kale, lettuce, mangetout, runner beans, Salad, sunflower, tomato, tomatoes
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