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  • The Halfway Mark

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    We’ve just had another Public NGS Open Day and so I slept in til around 10:30am this morning. Five events down, five to go. We’re at the half-way mark and …

  • The Three Day Warning

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I thought I might be able to just squeeze in a sub-week warning post as it seems things have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous. For example, I’ll tell …

  • The Two Week Warning

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    It’s been another week, it’s also been dry so I’ve managed to continue preparing the garden for its first ever Open Day, due in a fortnight. We’re still mostly overcast …

  • The Frost Before Christmas

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I’m just going to gloss over the fact that I haven’t managed to write a post in well over a month. On the flip-side everyone has been commenting on how …

  • Autumn in the Garden

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    The clocks have changed for winter and while we get a little bit of light back in the mornings (that only lasts for a few weeks), the dark evenings are …

  • Starting Without Me

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    It’s been mild and wet recently. That’s a statement that would validly apply to the weather here at any time of year, not just at the end of January as …

  • Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Recently we took a trip with our local gardening club to Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens. Set in the rolling weald of West Sussex, mid-way between London and the south coast, …

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