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Trains and/or Boats.. 2 Dec 2012 | 01:25 am
I went up to London on Wednesday to visit my daughter and granddaughter, and as I'm now quite a long way from London, I thought I would let the train take the strain as they used to say in the train a...
Fungus Foray 23 Nov 2012 | 10:23 pm
Our new house is on the eastern edge of Exmoor, in the Brendon Hills. It's spectacular walking country, when it's not raining, which today it wasn't so I took the opportunity to stride off up the hill...
Welcome back to me 21 Nov 2012 | 10:15 pm
It's well over a year since I made any contribution to this blog, but in my defence I will say that there's been quite a bit going on around the place. I hope you've missed me, but given the ever incr...
Spontaneous Wildflower Meadow 21 Aug 2011 | 05:47 am
It's not much but it's ours! The new Community Garden for our village is set to get the green light any time now, and although not a sod has yet been turned, and the Lottery Award is still sitting in...
Gonna Eat a Lot of Peaches... 8 Aug 2011 | 10:03 pm
Millions of peaches, peaches for me, or so it says in the song, and although I can't lay claim to millions,relatively speaking, I do have more peaches than I could normally dream of producing. I've ne...
Monty Don's Trousers 8 Jul 2011 | 01:16 am
We were lucky enough to be given tickets for the preview day of the Hamptons Court Palace Flower Show,and got to see the BBC filming for their coverage later this week. Here's Monty Don and Joe Swif...
Lettuce Lawn 24 Jun 2011 | 07:33 pm
I've heard of a chamomile lawn, indeed I've tried to grow one several times, with limited success it has to be said, but how about a lettuce lawn? This bit of grass is where the Hubbard table chickens...
Unexpected Item In The Potting Area 16 Jun 2011 | 03:28 am
If you share the rather relaxed attitude to the garden that I have, you can often come across unexpected lovely, and sometimes not so lovely things, small pleasures which tidier gardens may miss out o...
Rhubarb, The Colonel Gaddafi of the Allotment 8 Jun 2011 | 05:51 am
Well rhubarb time seems to be drawing to a close. Thank heavens. It (the rhubarb patch) never seems to get any smaller, though goodness knows I've done my best - I've given lots away, - visitors are s...
It's been a while.... 5 Jun 2011 | 11:46 pm
I can't believe how long it is since I last posted. Shameful. But you'll be relieved to know that the weeds in the veg garden are as prolific as ever, so plus ca change, as they say.... The lack of r...
