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Design & Planning
13th May 2022
Planting for Pollinators – The RHS Chelsea 2022 Feature Garden
Sowing & Growing
7th February 2022
Indoor seed sowing – peat-free compost, worm casts and mole hills
Sowing & Growing
15th December 2021
Vegetable seeds substantially cheaper for 2021/22
Sowing & Growing
29th December 2020
Vegetable seeds – price comparison for 2021

Soil & Nutrients

Agricultural weedkiller in my manure… again

Agricultural weedkiller in my manure… again

The guilt of lockdown happiness

The guilt of lockdown happiness

Why ‘Dig For Victory’ is vital in 2020… #GrowYourOwnaForCorona

Why ‘Dig For Victory’ is vital in 2020… #GrowYourOwnaForCorona

The Allotment

Phototoxicity – Beware the plants that burn!

18th October 2019

We’ve probably all heard the horror stories about severe skin burns from Giant Hogweed exposure (all Putin’s fault according to…

How to ripen green tomatoes – ethylene borrowing
30th August 2019
Should you remove potato flowers and/or their fruits?
18th July 2019

The Garden

Leonardslee Gardens, Loder’s Sussex Jewel Reopened

25th May 2019

When we moved into our home there were a few rhododendrons and azaleas dotted about in the small front garden.…

Fertiliser from Lightning Bolts and Crimson Clover
9th April 2019
Lunar Gardening – Should We Pay More Attention to the Moon?
19th March 2019

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RHS Volunteering

Hampton Court Flower Show 2018

Hampton Court Flower Show: Water, Give Me Water!

13th July 2018

I spent another two days volunteering for the RHS at Hampton Court Flower Show last week and I have never…

The Weston Garden: Top Plant Picks from Tom Stuart-Smith’s Chelsea Garden
31st May 2018

Medieval Grow Your Own

How to Grow Onions: Medieval Grow Your Own

How to Grow Onions: Medieval Grow Your Own

31st March 2018

Looking for grow your own tips? These ones are between one and two thousand years old, passed on from the…

Herbs – Fennel, Oregano, Sage: Medieval Grow Your Own
18th March 2018

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It's not Christmas season until I receive my @farm

It's not Christmas season until I receive my @farmergracy #hippeastrum gift. Wasted no time getting it potted up.

Those ice crystals are still up there. Definitely

Those ice crystals are still up there. Definitely on for snow.
#moonlight

Tuesday night talk at Newdigate Horticultural Soci

Tuesday night talk at Newdigate Horticultural Society. Bumblees - why they are under threat and honey bees are NOT, indeed why the latter threatens the former.
#beekeeping #bumblebees #allotmentife

New giant pumpkin genetics for 2024 growing and po

New giant pumpkin genetics for 2024 growing and pollinating the result of this year's cross pollinations. And on it goes...
#giantpumpkingrower #giantpumpkin

Strawberry runners now well established as individ

Strawberry runners now well established as individual plants so planted into raised beds (vacated by dahlias) then repotted the parent plants in their big pots for their third and final season. #strawberrygrowing #growyourownfood

Dahlias up. A couple of days in the greenhouse the

Dahlias up. A couple of days in the greenhouse then I'll give them another shake and bring them indoors. Could have left them in the ground and mulched to protect them (sandy soil) but want the beds until May for strawberry plants #dahliagrowers

Picked up two reduced #lavenderaugustifolia trays

Picked up two reduced #lavenderaugustifolia trays at the GC yesterday, potted them on. I should really take my own cuttings instead of buying in, but I just never get around to it.
#gardening #lavender

Built a new pallet compost bin in bamboo corner at

Built a new pallet compost bin in bamboo corner at home. Been meaning to do that job for months. Should be paying out in compost by 2027 if it's like the last one 🤞 #palletcompostbin #gardencompost #gardening

Cosmos still clinging on. #cosmosflower #gardening

Cosmos still clinging on. #cosmosflower #gardening #gardenflowers #autumn #surreyhills #gardening

Such lovely autumnal colours in the front garden t

Such lovely autumnal colours in the front garden today despite the acers having dropped all their leaves yesterday. #autumn #ornamentalgrasses #autumnleaves #surreyhills #gardeninglife

Old brown leaves stripped off. Looking much less r

Old brown leaves stripped off. Looking much less ragged now.
#gardening #gardentidyup

Homeward bound. Really good day out seeing @rekha.

Homeward bound. Really good day out seeing @rekha.garden.kitchen and @adesellars collect their garden media guild awards. The universe also mended a lockdown twitter fallout with @dirtygardenhoeuk over Primark underwear. I'd completely forgotten about it 😂 #gmgawards

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