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Tag Archives: sweet peas
One Tomato, Two Tomato
The clocks have gone back, so maybe summer is finally over. The harvest should have been safely gathered in, although the recent warm air currents seem to suggest there is still more growing to do. I cleared two of the … Continue reading
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Tagged chillis, courgettes, garlic, passata, ratatouille, sun-dried tomatoes, sweet peas, tomatoes
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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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We Will Grow Them in the Raised Beds…
We have moved beyond the longest day of the year, although for anyone in quarantine, or shielding, there have been a lot of “longest days” in the past few months. Not that everyone is exacly paying any heed to what … Continue reading
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Tagged blueberries, blueberry, cabbage white, courgettes, nasturtium, PPE, strawberries, strawberry, sugar snaps, sweet peas
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One Month On
It’s been a month since I put finger to keyboard (or for some I know it would be thumbs to keyboard). It is an interesting comparison to see how stuff has panned out in the past 30 days. A month … Continue reading
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Tagged Cabbages, chillis, cosmos, courgettes, curly kale, cut flowers, Elephant garlic, foxgloves, garlic, kale, new potatoes, shallots, sweet peas, tomatoes
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May Now
May is deceptive. You think there is sunshine and warmth there, but look closer and all you see is grey and coldness. That’s the PM for you. It’s no different in the garden, where temperatures remain cool and seedlings need … Continue reading
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Tagged brussels sprouts, Diane Abbott, kale, May, psb, purple sprouting, sweet pea, sweet peas, Teresa May
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Sweet Memories
Sweet peas are as good a reason to garden as any. Their ease of cultivation along with the sheer abundance of flowers with their heady aroma make them the signature flower of any summer around here. And they are a … Continue reading
Warming Up
Finally the cold weather has relented and it suddenly feels like summer might be about to happen. It’s the time of year when I personally get constantly challenged over where I have just come back from holiday. Answer: nowhere. I … Continue reading
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Tagged blight, camellia, echinacea, melon, potato, potatoes, sweet peas, tomatoes
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Laughter and Forgetting
My memory fails me. It always has. But these days I do not seem to have the faculties to hang on to the most basic information. I could not even remember the names of charities I give regular donations to … Continue reading
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Tagged flowers, herbs, kohl rabi, laughter and forgetting, memory, milan kundera, raised bed, raununculus, rose garden, roses, sweet peas, tim lott
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Looking to spring
Back from half term we have had some frosts in Somerset which has knocked everything a little. I actually brought my sweet peas in from the greenhouse just in case they get nipped by the frost. The temperatures did not … Continue reading
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Tagged aubergines, chillis, gardeners delight, gardeners world, monty don, sweet peas, tomatoes
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Spring Clean
In the past two weeks we have had a major eclipse, the term has finished at school and Parliament has been dissolved to make way for the General Election. All worthy or exciting events, but frankly not as exciting for … Continue reading
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Tagged eclipse, greenhouse, higgledy garden, labrador, Nicotiana, pheasant, retriever, sweet peas
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