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I didn’t set out with a specific aim to plant bee or butterfly friendly plants – that seems to have happened by chance.
It’s been nice to see hosts of bumblebees working with slow progression across the garden...
Irrigation, irrigation, irrigation
It’s either deluge or drought !
At the moment it hasn’t rained much at all and I’m really trying to make my water stretch, especially since we’re on a water meter.
The greenhouse has a huge rainwater tank u...
Pear Vodka
Caution – contains alcohol.
I’ve just done my summer pruning on the two pear trees. They are three years old and in the vegetable garden. The plan was to train them as dwarf pyramids but I think they have th...
Aubergines
I have always loved aubergines and after two holidays in Turkey, where they really know how to roast an egg plant, I have been growing my own.
I
started off with the classic Moneymaker variety. I grow them in...