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'For gardening, begins in January, with the dream'
New Year, new season to come - what seeds to sow this month. Looking out at my somewhat bedraggled and soggy garden I dream of sunshine and flourishing plants, bees...
'For gardening, begins in January, with the dream'
New Year, new season to come - what seeds to sow this month. Looking out at my somewhat bedraggled and soggy garden I dream of sunshine and flourishing plants, bees...
"Will love be true as December frost"
Will love be true as December frost, or fickle and fall like the rose in June? ~Clement Scott, "In Sight of Home," c.1883 This time of year, out in the...
"Will love be true as December frost"
Will love be true as December frost, or fickle and fall like the rose in June? ~Clement Scott, "In Sight of Home," c.1883 This time of year, out in the...
Cuttings to create a memory
Autumn seems somewhat late to be trying to catch the moment and take cuttings. Spurred on by a house on the market it seemed a good time to try and...
Cuttings to create a memory
Autumn seems somewhat late to be trying to catch the moment and take cuttings. Spurred on by a house on the market it seemed a good time to try and...
Broad beans
Eager for a head start, in previous years I have made a late autumn sowing of broad beans. This year the rain has reduced my heavy soil to soggy mud....
Broad beans
Eager for a head start, in previous years I have made a late autumn sowing of broad beans. This year the rain has reduced my heavy soil to soggy mud....
"when November's sun is low"
James Rigg, "To the Corn Marigold," -what to sow in November Although the weather in November can be off-putting, with the nights drawing in and rain filled days, I try to sow...
"when November's sun is low"
James Rigg, "To the Corn Marigold," -what to sow in November Although the weather in November can be off-putting, with the nights drawing in and rain filled days, I try to sow...
"October is the month of painted leaves."
quote is by Henry David Thoreau, Autumnal Tints I'm clearing those leaves from my paths and patios to prevent a slippery carpet forming. (I don't mind them on my grass as...
"October is the month of painted leaves."
quote is by Henry David Thoreau, Autumnal Tints I'm clearing those leaves from my paths and patios to prevent a slippery carpet forming. (I don't mind them on my grass as...