Category: Gardening
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on the hill
The city garden is on the steep side of a small valley, like a chip out of a big hill. There is a rugged micro climate up here, the Southerlies are mitigated by the hill but it is still a bit windy when a Nor’West blows in. And today the Nor’Wester is blowing. In New…
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gardening in california
I am finding it tough to chat about gardens when we have all these shady goings on in the USA and the major news channels so well managed by the Musk and Trump that they are not even reporting it. The Musk unit have not just stolen data from the people who did not vote…
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Dirty Fingernails
Yes! That is the first thing that came to mind for my subject heading this morning. My fingernails are a little bit dirty but that’s because I’ve been working in the glasshouse and the barn. Dirty fingernails are a badge of honor! The glass-house is my happy place in the winter. Plus there is no…
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Mud Mud Mud and a Tomato
Do you want to see some mud says FreeBeeI’ll show you some mud. Freebie is very, very well. I still can’t quite work out why he spent two days in bed. Maybe it was just the cold? The mud is only going to get worse – I suspect we are looking at another wet winter-…
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Fresh Winter Herbs – How to Grow Them.
Growing herbs inside during the winter is easy and rewarding not to mention delicious. In late autumn it is critical to bring my herbs from the cooling verandah to the sunny glasshouse. If killed by the cold, cry I would, for my herbs. So I bring the potted herbs inside early. Crying over spilt herbs…
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