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A very unscientific trial of peat vs peat free compost. Basil seeds on the right sown in peat free compost at the begin...
29/05/2026

A very unscientific trial of peat vs peat free compost. Basil seeds on the right sown in peat free compost at the beginning of May, those on the left sown in peat a week later…. Haven’t found a decent peat free compost yet.

Plot peonies 😍. If you fancy giving peonies a try buy tubers from a reputable seller or as potted growing plants. Plan...
29/05/2026

Plot peonies 😍. If you fancy giving peonies a try buy tubers from a reputable seller or as potted growing plants. Plant in full sun with the crown of the plant/top of the tuber just 1 inch below soil level. Too deep and they won’t flower.

Keeping this Box hedge healthy and free of Box Moth which would strip it given the chance. Will give it trim when the w...
27/05/2026

Keeping this Box hedge healthy and free of Box Moth which would strip it given the chance. Will give it trim when the weather is cloudy and has cooled down a bit.

Poached Egg Plant - Limnanthes douglasii. Hardy annual that will self seed if you let it die down - you’ll never be wit...
24/05/2026

Poached Egg Plant - Limnanthes douglasii. Hardy annual that will self seed if you let it die down - you’ll never be without it! Absolute bee and bug magnet.

4 year wait really starting to pay off now 👍🏻
10/05/2026

4 year wait really starting to pay off now 👍🏻

Tomatoes in the greenhouse in their final pots. Will start feeding when they have the first flowers. Varieties are Sak...
08/05/2026

Tomatoes in the greenhouse in their final pots. Will start feeding when they have the first flowers. Varieties are Sakura, Orange Wellington, Green Zebra and Zlatava. 🍅

Strawberry leaf ‘jewellery’ 😉. This a process called ‘guttation’ and is the plants way of regulating water pressure wit...
02/05/2026

Strawberry leaf ‘jewellery’ 😉. This a process called ‘guttation’ and is the plants way of regulating water pressure within its cells.

Here’s what’s looking good in the garden 🌱
30/04/2026

Here’s what’s looking good in the garden 🌱

4 years from seed…. 😳. Asparagus needs patience!
16/04/2026

4 years from seed…. 😳. Asparagus needs patience!

A couple of hours getting rid of ‘weedlings’ in between loads of daffs and purple crocus at the plot - yellow ones are a...
08/02/2026

A couple of hours getting rid of ‘weedlings’ in between loads of daffs and purple crocus at the plot - yellow ones are ahead of the rest 👍🏻. A few miniature iris flowering and the fat red buds of future peonies 🌸

Made a start on emptying one of the compost bins. Soon warmed up despite it only being 1° this morning. Had the compan...
14/01/2026

Made a start on emptying one of the compost bins. Soon warmed up despite it only being 1° this morning. Had the company of a Robin for a couple of hours and he was well fed 🪱😉

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