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  • 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 …

  • 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 …

  • Cheery Arrangements

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I don’t have a garden large enough and don’t yet grow enough to be able to regularly have large vases of cut flowers fresh from outside, the parents do and …

  • Agricultural India

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    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

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    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 …

  • September Sunshine

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    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 …

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