Well next year I’m going to turn 50! Yes yes I know I don’t look anywhere near that old but I am! To celebrate it I’m doing to do various events throughout the year covering all the areas of interest I have in my life including fishing, running, birdwatching and of course horticulture! I’m aiming…
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The great butterfly count!
Yes it’s that time of year again when the Butterfly Conversation asks for people to join in with its annual count. This count is so simple to join in! Down load the app or apply for a count pack online and then take 15minutes out and count the butterflies you see in your garden, out…
Identifying roses-Part 1, the basics
Roses are now gracing us with their splendid flowers once more. One of the biggest questions at this time of the year is can you identify my rose? So with this in mind, I have put together a small handy guide of what to look for when identifying roses . Like anything else in life…
Dividing and maintaining bearded iris
How to divide and look after bearded Irises
10 of the greatest Rambling Roses
10 of my favourite rambling roses to grow in your garden
Making wooden seed trays
Using old pallets to make seed trays
Getting though Covid!
Live is hard at the moment, everything is the unknown, health, food, jobs, money, freedom, toilet roll, indeed all the things we took for granted, 2 weeks ago, have changed. But take this plant as an example of the way to cope. Everything is against it but despite that, it’s finding food, water and the…
Jobs for the week-April
Well it’s been a glorious week abet strange as well. I am one of the lucky ones, with this virus not directly affecting the work I do. That said, like anyone else it is effecting the amount of work and the getting of materials but it’s makes it all worthwhile in the end This week…
Roses, the plant of love!
Roses have been a symbol of love for many thousands of years. Some people think it could of be back as far as roman times. The Roman god Venus, the goddess of love, favourite flower was indeed a rose. This lead to the fresh petals of the fragrant Rosa gallica, being spread over the beds…
Small changes can reduce our environmental impact-part 1, our soil
There’s no room for any doubt now that our world environment is changing. The worlds environment of course is always changing, no year, Century is the same but it’s pretty clear now, that we as humans are hastening up this change. One striking statement made the other day at Palmsteads soft landscaping day, was from…
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