When I began the attempt to recover my gardening mojo, one of the first things I did was visit Plas Cadnant garden. The current owner, Anthony Tavernor, bought the 200 acre estate back in 1996 having fallen in love with the place, despite it being a tangle of weeds, brambles and broken walls. He embarked…
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It’s been a little wet recently. By which I mean, it has rained a lot, for several months now, and the ground is sodden. Something brought home to me courtesy of a photo taken by TNG – I think he thought he might finally get a swimming pool… It appears I may have a few…
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If anyone had told me that when we moved I would have a conservatory, I would have assumed they meant one of those rather spiffy “extra room” affairs, with comfy chairs, possible even heating. We saw quite a few on property details as we started looking, and although I always thought it would be rather…
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I’ve always had a bit of a problem with heather in the garden. I hate seeing it dotted through a border, or worse, crammed into those narrow beds people insist in building in the tops of walls. I have inherited both. Don’t get me wrong, its a beautiful family of plants. I also know that…
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