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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
Posted in Gardening Times
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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Fudge: Forever Free
We are coming to the end of twelve months in which we have ridden an emotional roller-coasting and this week we hit another dip and sharp turn as we sadly bade farewell to our canine companion Fudge who, to coin … Continue reading
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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