Stories tagged with Tag: gardening

In the garden

BORDER clearance is still a hotly disputed subject as far as I can make out. Spring is now the nationally prescribed time because it’s con­sidered…

October 3, 2008 | 9.45am
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In the garden

CONTRARY to popular belief, things don’t slow down in the autumn. If anything, they begin to really hot up now. There’s always plenty of dull…

September 26, 2008 | 9.42am
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In the garden

AS SUMMER turns to autumn the garden is at its most productive. Salads and vegetables are plentiful – almost too plentiful at times. We’ve started…

September 19, 2008 | 10.00am
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In the garden

THE FIRST chore I usually give to new volunteers at Lea Gardens is a spot of hand weeding. It’s somewhat nerve-racking for the individuals, especially…

September 5, 2008 | 10.00am
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In the garden

MODERN photo technology has left us in no doubt of the fact that plants are capable of moving of their own volition. They move as…

August 29, 2008 | 1.10pm
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In the garden

DURING August things are meant to slow down, but this year the opposite has been the case. We managed to take the boat out once…

August 22, 2008 | 8.03am
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In the garden

WHAT a summer it’s been so far. I can’t recall so many sunshine hours and such long spells without rain since the summer of 1977,…

August 15, 2008 | 10.19am
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In the garden

ABOUT a fortnight ago, Lily the Supreme Illustrator and I motored south into the Scottish Borders, where we had the most divine lunch imaginable. Many…

August 8, 2008 | 12.27pm
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In the garden

LAST Thursday, on my way to St. Ninian’s Isle with a group of friends, I came across a most extraordinary sight: two men dedicatedly prop­agating…

August 1, 2008 | 12.44pm
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In the garden

LILY, the supreme illustrator, started her artistic career with tiny and minutely detailed silk embroideries, featuring plants, insects, amphibians and birds in exquisite detail. Her…

July 25, 2008 | 11.59am
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In the garden

WHEN it comes to waterside planting and bog gardens, damp borders even, there is usually a large gap from the moment the last spring flowers…

July 11, 2008 | 9.41am
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In the garden

A COUPLE of days before sum­mer’s official beginning, summer rapidly turned to winter, and has, more or less, remained there since. All growth seems to…

June 27, 2008 | 11.44am
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In the garden

IF YOU are expecting propagation hints, vegetable progress reports, or a piece liberally peppered with those weird botanical epithets you love so much, I’m afraid…

June 20, 2008 | 11.15am
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