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RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
It’s that time of year when the birds and bees need some help (hmm… I might have worded that better…) The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch is a great way to help protect our wild birds by bringing the...
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… don’t fence me in!
Three years ago we moved from a largish four bedroomed detached house in the outskirts of Southampton to a smallish two bedroomed terraced house closer to the city centre. In so doing, we paid off our...
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On your marks…
Spring is finally here; the spring equinox has passed, daylight exceeds darkness and temperatures are gradually rising. As March moves into April and the ground slowly dries out after its winter...
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Of Mice and Men – Fighting Nature
Two minor setbacks on Maddi’s allotment this week have caused me to ponder the nature of allotmenteering and, perhaps, how we kid ourselves that we are being kind to nature by gardening organically and...
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Fruit at Brogdale
I’ve been in Kent for a few days visiting Brogdale and Hever Castle. Brogdale Farm holds the National Fruit Collection, which is the world’s largest collection of fruit trees and plants with just under...
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Be sure to wear flowers in your hair.
If vegetables feed the stomach then flowers feed the soul but sometimes flowers feed the stomach too. I have grown more flowers on Maddi’s allotment this year than ever before, partly because I now...
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Doh! A deer (proof plant)
Back in spring this year I spent some time clearing an awkward bank of weeds and brambles and constructing some timber framed raised beds. Apart from the difficult aspect and position of this bank its...
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