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Autumn Gardens in England 20 Sep 2012 | 05:28 pm
The National Trust owns and/or manages an amazing collection of gardens throughout England. Many of these are especially attractive in the Autumn. Here are some examples: Sizergh Castle, Nr Kendal, Cu...
More on Hostas – July 2012 20 Jul 2012 | 08:00 am
I’ve just been trawling around the web for hostas and came across the following news items and video. Hosta Stories One article started with the question “Are hostas native to America?” The answer ...
Fuchsia “Winston Churchill” 9 Jun 2012 | 04:35 pm
I hadn’t planned to do a post today, but as I was thinking about my fuchsias I came across this photo taken last year of a flower on Fuchsia “Winston Churchill”. This is a splendid variety, indeed man...
Hostas around the Blogs 8 Jun 2012 | 08:00 am
Following on the post about my new hosta planting a couple of days ago I thought that today I’d add a few links to other sites around the world of blogs. Here first is a picture I came across this aft...
My New Hosta Planting 7 Jun 2012 | 02:25 am
As I’ve commented more than once in recent weeks a substantial part of my “garden” (actually more like a long thin patio) is shaded from direct sunlight by a high stone wall. It’s not extremely dark, ...
Motion-Sensitive Water Spray Animal Repeller 31 May 2012 | 03:23 am
Garden pests come in many shapes and sizes, from the microscopic to the massive. Somewhere in between are rabbits, squirrels, pigeons and the neighbour’s cat and dog. Depending on where you live you m...
Container Gardening – Top-Selling Books 30 May 2012 | 08:57 pm
A very short post today, but good things often come in small packages. It took a bit of “digging” but I got there. I wanted to know what were the three current top-selling books on container gardening...
Don’t Cook Your Cuttings! 30 May 2012 | 12:24 am
After more than twenty years of growing fuchsias I ought by now to know how to look after my fuchsia cuttings, but today is confession time. The other day I bought several plants that had been allowe...
Evernote for Gardeners 29 May 2012 | 02:40 am
Something rather different today. It’s a digital recommendation. Do you use Evernote? I do, on both my Android phone and my desktop, for all kinds of things including garden notes. (Oh, and by the way...
Compost, Compost, Compost! 25 May 2012 | 08:55 pm
This is only my second year of trying to work out what to do with my new long thin garden. The only bare earth is a long 30-inches deep border that is in the shade for all but a couple of hours in a d...
