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Author Archives: Frogend_dweller
The ‘Sweet Shop’ that is RHS Hyde Hall
As a birthday treat we took ourselves off to RHS Hyde Hall last weekend. There’s so much to see and explore in the gardens that I feel myself torn in multiple directions. Steve let’s me run around from area to … Continue reading
Posted in Out and about, Winter
Tagged Dry gardens, Gardening, Gardens, Photography, RHS Hyde Hall, vegetables, Winter Garden
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Sweet Preserved Walnuts – Stealing a march on the squirrels
Since getting involved with the National Juglans Collection at Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire, I’ve become fascinated with all things walnut. For instance, did you know that: In China, particularly Beijing, the nuts are traditionally used in finger or hand exercises … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Trees
Tagged #GYO, Gardening, Juglans regia, Preserves, Recipes, Sweet walnut preserve, Walnuts
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Wordless Wednesday – Bat-faced cuphea: A perfect plant for a monastery!
Posted in Flowers, Whimsy, Wordless
Tagged Bat-faced cuphea, Cimiez monastery, Cuphea llavea, France, Gardening, Photography
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Wildlife Wednesday – Funny faces and anthropomorphised gestures
Posted in The home garden, Wildlife, Wordless
Tagged #wildlifewednesdway, Horticulture, muntjac deer, newts, Photography, swallowtail moth, wildlife gardening
Six on Saturday – Better than survivors
27/07/2019 Just down the road at Cambridge Botanical Gardens they were registering potentially record breaking temperatures of 38.7 deg C on Thursday. It was hot. I went in to work to water the borders early and called it a day … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Six on Saturday
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, Agapanthus, Didiscus caeruleus, Gardening, Gladiolus papilio 'Ruby', Photography, Pond plants
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