Exotic Amaryllis
I came across this plant while on holiday, there was a row of them planted along the path. I wanted to see what it was so I took a look […]
Autumn Fire
The year is definitely getting on.
Agricultural India
Recently I went on holiday to India to see some fraction of the extended family. Indian families are so large that it is not possible to meet everyone you’re related […]
Hours of Darkness
Here in the UK, the “clocks go back” an hour sometime this weekend and Summertime ends. I’ve always wondered what happened to late-night train timetables and buses, and TV schedules […]
Annual Biennials
A few of the hollyhocks I sowed around April this year have decided to make a mad-dash for it and try to grow, flower and set seed all in one […]
Coconut Palm
If there’s one plant that just screams “tropical” and “exotic”, it’s the coconut palm. Seen on countless holiday programs, the images of coconut palms lining beaches of the finest white […]
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Unwelcome Visitors
There are a lot of visitors to my garden, birds, cats, bees, caterpillars, butterflies, even the odd frog. They’re all welcome, of course, the buzzing of bees busy among the […]
Re-potted the Palm
A couple of weeks ago, when the remnants of hurricane Katia came back across the Atlantic and ran over the top of Scotland, here in the south we experienced blustery […]
September Sunshine
We’re in the middle of an unseasonably hot week, this week. Temperatures are way into the mid-to-high twenties and the sun is shining without a cloud in the sky. Of […]
1000 Snowdrops
The garden of a thousand snowdrops begins with the planting of the first bulb. I came up with that particular line of Zen after spending a week planting snowdrop bulbs […]