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Is Chelsea a Flower Show?
I may be about to commit horticultural heresy. The exhibitors at Chelsea Flower Show have wowed us with blooms grown to perfection and colo...
Bees
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Something Old and Something New for Bees
I've been a busy old blogger, and I'm feeling terribly ashamed that my blog has been forced to take a back seat while I run around w...
Cabbage White
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Why Grow Food?
It’s spring! I know this because every gardening book I have ever read declares that in the northern hemisphere, March is in spring. The v...
Queen of the Seasons
February is the month for spending more time than is socially acceptable with my ever-expanding collection of seed packets. How I dream of r...
Gardening Jobs for January - Get Set for a Fruit Glut
Happy new year! January is the perfect month for appraising our gardens, making plans and compiling lists. In my case this involves staring...
Roy Lancaster, Achocha, and The Cotswold Wildlife Park
Autumn brings out the forager in me. I love roaming along hedgerows in search of fruit; it makes me feel like the heroine in a Thomas Hardy...
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Cosmos ‘ Cupcakes’
GBBD
Mary Berry
Nicotiana
Persicaria orientalis
Seeds
Tithonia rotundifolia 'Torch'
Zinnia elegans 'State Fair'
Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - An Annual Event
Every year I grow a handful of annuals to plug the gaps in my garden, and in September they strut their stuff as if there is no tomorrow. Wh...