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Tag Archives: peas
Preparation & Performance
This week I learnt that plans are afoot for the 2022 Open Gardens Day in the village. I have been told the date (confidentially), but as it probably needs to go through the usual committees and organisational debates, I am … Continue reading
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Tagged echinacea, olympics 2020, open gardens, peas, rudbeckia, sugar snaps, sweet peas, The Old Man
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Grow, Grow, Grow
I was as excited as any other birdwatcher when I read about the Bearded Vulture that has been spotted in the Peak District and Yorkshire. Also known as a Lammergeier, this is only the second time such a bird has … Continue reading
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Tagged ammi visnaga, bearded vulture, carrots, cavolo nero, cosmos, courgettes, cucumbers, delphinium, flowers, fox & cubs, Jay, kale, lammergeier, Nicotiana, Nigella, obedient plant, peas, roses, runner beans, sugar snaps, tomato, tomatoes, wild flowers
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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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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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Going Soft or hard?
A long dry May was rudely interrupted at the end by wet weather which was very welcome in the garden. The veg beds seemed to visibly relax in the damp atmosphere and the plants all shot up as a result … Continue reading
End of an Era
The snow returned on the weekend of the 17th / 18th March. This time it fell benignly and softly, covering everything overnight in a thick white insulating layer. And overnight my father finally passed away: quietly and peacefully in his … Continue reading
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Tagged hurst greenshaft, peas, snow, The Old Man, veg patch, vegetable garden
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End of Term report
It’s that time of the year again when the evening chill sharpens, the leaves start to turn and we spend a fruitless Sunday morning trying to purchase Glastonbury tickets. And it has been months since I delivered any sort of … Continue reading
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