I love this time of year. It is the season when, despite the cold weather, the garden is full of new growth. Everything is full of possibility again, seed packets plop through the letterbox seducing you with images of beautiful flowers or glossy vegetables. Every bit of tired old dead growth cut back seems to…
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Firstly, an apology – I truly didn’t mean to “disappear” for so long without so much as a by-your-leave. I know people just stop blogging from time to time, and I always appreciate it when people say, rather than just disappearing, because otherwise you can just be left wondering. It was only supposed to be…
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It was a weekend of milestones for me. On Saturday I finally took down most of the insulation in the greenhouse and re-installed the automatic roof vent opener. The sudden increase in light levels will, I hope, make up for the 2 to 3 C drop in temperature and spur the seedlings into even stronger…
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I was pottering around the garden the other day, assessing what to do next, when I heard a strange tap tapping noise. It was quite loud, insistent, and it took me a while to work out where it was coming from. It turns out that not all birds are as daft as the collared doves…
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