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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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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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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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“Oh The Summertime is Coming..”
What a difference a month makes. In the space of what feels like a few brief days we have gone from a cold spring to the heat of midsummer. The Beast from the East has departed, with last month’s snowy … Continue reading
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Tagged amelanchier, howard 350, magpies, Onion, Onions, potato, potatoes, rotavator, rotovator, shallots, squash, squashes, tomato, tomatoes
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Green Shoots
Back to a new term and the new garden as we prepare to put my father to rest on Monday. It has, of course, been a strange time – the combination of funeral arrangements, sorting The Old Man’s estate and … Continue reading
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Tagged cavolo nero, greenhouse, hen, potato, potatoes, potting shed, psb, purple sprouting, tomato, tomtoes
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Put your back into it
Back in mid June I suffered the ultimate gardening injury – a slipped disc. Well, strictly speaking I understand it to be a herniated disc. I wasn’t even gardening – I had simply been doing some house work in … Continue reading
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Tagged amelanchier, bean tree, sciatica, slipped disc, tomato, tomatoes
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We should label things
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore had – as their alter egos Derek and Clive – an expletive-laden conversation regarding the lack of labelling on important household items (such as motorbikes and sunglasses – getting them mixed up can be awkward, … Continue reading
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Tagged brocoli, coriander, Dudley Moore, label, Peter Cook, Plant, potato, snails, Sowing, Sprouts, tomato
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Don’t Say What You See
Prince Charles has been ridiculed in the past for his admission that he talks to his plants to encourage growth. Looking over my desolated veg patch this week, if HRH had had a look he could have been forgiven for … Continue reading
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Tagged broad beans, Charles Prince of Wales, Countryfile, gardening, John Terry, parsnips, Plant, potato, Prince Charles, rain, Sundays, Sydney, tomato, Weather, weather forecast
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