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Tag Archives: Gardening
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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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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Six on a Saturday – Cosmocracy!
Well, we’ve had a few dribs and drabs of rain recently and it seems to be cheering the plants up no end. The beans are romping up their canes (and not just the runners!), courgettes are swelling in nice quantities … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Six on Saturday, The home garden
Tagged Achocha, Agastache, Daisies, Gardening, Photography, Roses, vegetables
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