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June 2012

  • Candy Spires

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    The other half likes lupins, so in order to make the gradual conversion of grass into border more palatable, I’ve planted several of the Gallery hybrids, which are a smaller …

  • The Star of Persia

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Onions; they don’t really have much glamour to them do they? They can make your eyes water but not in a good way. However, the humble culinary onion is part …

  • Bad, Bad Wind

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I absolutely, utterly, totally and categorically hate anything above a breeze. Today much of the UK has been battered by gale-force gusts of wind, it still continues as I write …

  • East Border Progress Review

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I only started gardening about three years ago. At first I knew next-to-nothing, but a bit of enthusiasm, learning and a lot of hard work go a long way. The …

  • My First Rose

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Well, my project for having a pair of rose arches in the garden has good news and bad news. The bad news is that the rose, Rosa “Strawberry Hill” (Ausrimini) …

  • Yellow Osteo Cuttings

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Last year, during the early Autumn I picked up a yellow Osteospermum (Cape Daisy) at a reduced price. At best it had about two months left outside before the first …

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