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2016

  • Mind the Gap

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    In the midst of the festive season when the days of winter are darkest, thoughts of the garden remain close to my mind as I’m looking forward to the next growing …

  • Frosty Leaves

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I don’t know if it’s just me, but I’m sure it’s been colder than average recently. Since the end of November I’ve been regularly having to de-ice the car in …

  • Winter Clearance

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    The Nomadic Patio Pot display on the “upper terrace” is probably the most intensive and time-consuming part of the garden. It is an ever shifting, fluidic display of annuals, perennials, bulbs, tubers …

  • Cycle of Nature

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Earlier this week, an irreplaceable part of the borders died. It wasn’t a specimen tree, sentimental shrub or prized plant that died, it was Bob, the ginger cat. Bob doing …

  • Spice it up with a Ginger

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    One of the best things about growing in the UK and particularly in the south is pushing the boundaries on just what you can get away with growing. As I look …

  • Tip of the Iceberg

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    This is not about lettuce. As I have been banned from buying any more clematis, terracotta pots or climbing roses by my other half, I thought the relationship would survive …

  • Something in the Air

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    It was a year or two ago, in one of the many gardening catalogues that get posted through the door, that I spied a small an unassuming little plant – …

  • The Light Side of Gardening

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    As we slide into Autumn (in the northern hemisphere, at least), the days are getting noticeably shorter and cooler. The sun doesn’t reach as high in the sky and spends an awful …

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