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Primroses and The Flood Resilience Garden

I've spotted primroses popping up in many places on my walks this week and it's a welcome s…

Testing Times: Tomatoes

I've run a couple of tomato trials this year. The first is a revisit of the biochar trial wi…

The Resilient Garden

Part of Tom Massey's Resilient Garden at RHS Hampton Court I've been pondering VP Gardens…

Extra virgin olives

I harvested last year's olive crop from my patio allotment over the weekend. As you can see the…

A cowslip survey

Regular readers know how much I love the cowslips at the entrance to our estate. They usually bloo…

Garden Bloggers' Blooms Day: Hellebore Bowl

I confess I find it difficult to cut flowers from the garden and bring them indoors, but after he…

A mindfulness walk

Two years ago we visited Rufford Old Hall whilst on holiday in Lancashire. I spotted they had a Mi…

Pelargonium preparation

It's taken me a long time to appreciate pelargoniums. I have a childhood memory of them overwin…

June Drop

After a warm, dry spring and almost a hundred percent pollination I guess it was almost inevitable …

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