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Bloomin' wildflowers

Unsightly wildflowers or beautiful weeds? We revel in the sight of wildflower meadows full of colour but are repelled by brambles and stinging nettles. Some of those plants classified as...

Bloomin' wildflowers

Unsightly wildflowers or beautiful weeds? We revel in the sight of wildflower meadows full of colour but are repelled by brambles and stinging nettles. Some of those plants classified as...

Black elder champagne is pink!

Black elder champagne is pink!

It's probably a little late now as the recent downpours combined with hailstorms have smashed the blossom heads but here's an easy recipe for elderflower champagne. Pick your flower heads on a sunny...

Black elder champagne is pink!

It's probably a little late now as the recent downpours combined with hailstorms have smashed the blossom heads but here's an easy recipe for elderflower champagne. Pick your flower heads on a sunny...

nasturtium peach melba

TOTS, POTS AND SEEDS - ideas for childrens' gar...

Ideas for Childrens' Gardening Week - sprouting soon! (sorry for delay in getting these posted  - busy, busy!) Easy to grow seeds with fairly quick results include cress, radishes, dwarf green...

TOTS, POTS AND SEEDS - ideas for childrens' gar...

Ideas for Childrens' Gardening Week - sprouting soon! (sorry for delay in getting these posted  - busy, busy!) Easy to grow seeds with fairly quick results include cress, radishes, dwarf green...

various seedlings in pots in unheated (cold) greenhouse

Doing the hokey cokey

In out in out shake it all about - do the Hokey Cokey and turn around…. A rhyme for our times - whether in lockdown or as a gardener. Now...

Doing the hokey cokey

In out in out shake it all about - do the Hokey Cokey and turn around…. A rhyme for our times - whether in lockdown or as a gardener. Now...

Overgrown!

Sorry we haven't been posting as we have been extraordinarily busy, events rather overtook us.  We will be back with more tips and news on what to sow now and...

Overgrown!

Sorry we haven't been posting as we have been extraordinarily busy, events rather overtook us.  We will be back with more tips and news on what to sow now and...

Lovable 'Love Apples'

Lovable 'Love Apples'

Initially thought to be aphrodisiac, the French call them 'pommes d'amour' (love apples), Italian 'pomodoro' (golden apple). Tomatoes are our most popular fruit but used as a vegetable, mandatory in Mediterranean...

Lovable 'Love Apples'

Initially thought to be aphrodisiac, the French call them 'pommes d'amour' (love apples), Italian 'pomodoro' (golden apple). Tomatoes are our most popular fruit but used as a vegetable, mandatory in Mediterranean...