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Violets and Herbs
I’m spending the week in Switzerland, but I managed to take enough pictures for this week’s Six on Saturday, hosted by Jim at Garden Ruminations, before setting off. This week, I’m featuring two plants from the Violet (Violaceae) family, three edible plants, and some of my growing seedlings. Wild Violet I found this single little…
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Stabilising and Blooming
The builders cleared much of the bottom section of the garden when they were installing the fence. Unfortunately, this has made the earth movement problem more acute. The slope from the middle section to the bottom is slowly sliding down. We need to stabilise it with plants as quickly as possible, which is what we’ll…
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Planting and Digging
My Six on Saturday this week, hosted by Jim at Garden Ruminations, is all about the process. I spent most of yesterday at the house, working on different bits of the garden. I thought this was a good opportunity to feature the sections of our new garden and what we plan to do (or have…
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Blooming and Sprouting
Spring has definitely arrived! All of a sudden, everything seems to be shooting up and starting to bloom. So, here are six things from my garden, as part of Six on Saturday hosted by Jim at Garden Ruminations. Cyclamen This cyclamen is still flowering beautifully. It’s been going for more than a month, so I’m…
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Learning and Growing
This week, I’m mainly featuring a strange assortment of ‘works in progress’. It’s a time of preparation in my garden and on my terrace: lots of things are almost ready to bloom, but not quite there. Others are slowly starting to germinate and grow inside, and still others are being hardened off. Transplanting Trying to…
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Springtime Shoots and February Flowers
Things are starting to happen in the garden. More and more plants are flowering, and my indoor seed “factory” is starting to look exciting. Even More Crocuses In addition to the special crocuses we bought last week, all the regular ones on my terrace and in the community garden are starting to flower. I’m…
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Croconuts and Galantophiles
Last Saturday, we attended the Myddelton House Snowdrop Sale. We didn’t realise until a few days before that this was an important event for galantophiles (snowdrop lovers), who apparently come from all over the country and even abroad. Fortunately, there were still plenty of plants left when we arrived at 11am. We weren’t going to…
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Garden Firsts and Garden Seconds
This is a year of firsts and seconds for me. I started getting serious about gardening last year, but I still had no prospect of having an actual garden back then. This year, I’m growing dozens of new-to-me species, along with favourites from last year. This post is part of Six on Saturday, hosted by…
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Indoor and Outdoor
I am still living in my small flat until about April because renovations are ongoing in the new house. It’s frustrating because the 20-25-minute bike commute makes working on the garden harder. However, that doesn’t mean I can’t plan and start some seeds, ready for spring. Today’s post is a mix of indoor and outdoor…
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First Month of the First Year
This is the first month of our first full gardening year at the Highgate Garden. Even though we can’t move into the house until about mid-spring, there’s nothing to stop us from getting on with the garden. I’m trying to grow as much as possible from seed, so I’m starting several things in late January.…
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