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2011

  • Cash Crop Credit Crunch

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Last autumn, my partner was given a bunch of saffron crocus bulbs (Crocus Sativus) for his birthday. It may have been a dual-present since he is definitely not a gardener. …

  • Amaryllis Spire

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    It’s been around three weeks since the first post and pictures about the Amaryllis “Apple Blossom” that we have. The flower spike has been growing higher and higher as the …

  • Monster Wisteria

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Cambridge is full of old buildings and against many of them, there is a wisteria planted that has had many, many years to grow. There are some pretty large ones …

  • The Winter Garden

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    My garden is very much a spring garden, that’s when most of the plants are in out flower and there’s the most interest. Other gardens are winter gardens, where they …

  • November Cuttings

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    This is the first effort at trying to change a very bad habit of mine, which is to throw away plant labels and not write down what plant cuttings I …

  • Carry On Osteo

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    Though most plants seem to be turning brown and looking sickly, the garden isn’t ready to keel over and die just yet. This Autumn has been very mild and damp, …

  • Dull days

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    For over two weeks now, the sky has been pretty much a constant, unchanging, dismal, damp, dull-grey. There have been occasional blue patches, sometimes I’ve even spotted glimmers of sun, …

  • Indecent Potting

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    It’s funny how I’m always so easily side-tracked when out in the garden. As I’ve been cooped-up inside, not feeling very well these last few days, I decided to get …

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