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Chelsea

Just to let you know that tickets are selling fast! Already Wednesday is sold out. I've...

The world in my garden - part I

A garden is a tiny representation of the environment in which we live. It will share...

The last time I took a decent bite out of an enemy ….

Was 30 odd years ago and I still remember the look on my class mates’ faces. No more...

A new friend in the garden

I mentioned a little while ago that I had seen a Goldcrest in my garden. I dont much...

Heligan and other lost gardens

“The Lost Gardens of Heligan” is rather a page turner-unusual for a book essentially...

Adventures with radishes

I spent the very best part of the 70s in front of my television set entranced by...

Not quite DIY more DIFM (Do it for me!)

I was determined when I got up this morning not to lose the children to the Wii and...

Birdies everywhere

On Wednesday I spent the entire day in the garden weeding, mowing the lawn, straightening...

A morning in two halves

I spent the first half of the morning in the garden digging up a Camellia: something...

Just jottings really

Seedlings everywhere in the house-we all move with trepidation for fear of knocking...

Bringing the lavender back from the dead

I have been feeling rather guilty about the amount of money that disappeared into...

Stone age tools in my back garden - hip hip hooray!

I am completely over-excited. I was digging a virgin patch of clay over this morning...