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How I plan to get through January
Jan 5 • Alex Valk
Tis the season for digging up more lawn
Hibernating, digging and constantly being hassled to extend the Nintendo game time
Jan 1 • Alex Valk
November and avoiding the garden
Gardening diary
Nov 27, 2025 • Alex Valk
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Things that make you go 'oh for f***s sake'
Sep 30, 2025 • Alex Valk
November and avoiding the garden
Nov 27, 2025 • Alex Valk
Saving the world one mess at a time
Feb 4, 2025 • Alex Valk
How to enjoy January
Jan 9, 2025 • Alex Valk
Tis the season for digging up more lawn
Jan 1 • Alex Valk
The big stink
Jan 20, 2025 • Alex Valk
Gardening disasters
Life lessons from my many horticultural errors
Oct 8, 2025 • Alex Valk
Things that make you go 'oh for f***s sake'
My horticultural horrors
Sep 30, 2025 • Alex Valk
On not no digging
Learnings from my adventures in cardboard and mischievous magpies
Sep 23, 2025 • Alex Valk
Another tree bites the dust
On my curse of autumn falling trees, and how this one has unleashed an ornamental grass obsession.
Sep 16, 2025 • Alex Valk
Horseflying around
It's been a brilliant year for insects of all kinds. Including f***ing horseflies.
Aug 20, 2025 • Alex Valk
Show border diary part III: Log jenga and last-minute jitters
Only a few days to go...
Jun 3, 2025 • Alex Valk
Show Border Diary: Part II
Dead wood Jenga and moss collecting
Apr 7, 2025 • Alex Valk
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