While many of us have been enjoying the extra time out in the garden of late (my farmer’s tan has reached new levels, and my hair is a carbon copy of Boris’...

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So here we are. Still in lockdown, hopefully safe and well, but rather confused and dazed. As the weeks pass, there is maybe a little less of the “flat spin” about us,...

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It doesn’t seem appropriate to have a full-blown gardening column in these strange times so I hope you will indulge me a couple of novice haiku on the subject of gardening.  I...

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So are we up to Ellen now? This month has felt like the most depressing month for gardeners for a very long time, as far as the weather is concerned. Ciara, Dennis,...

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A New Year, and better weather thus far, any way. Although it has been howlingly windy at times, we have got through it, and had a few absolutely beautiful days, on which...

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After a dryish September, Mother Nature has certainly turned the taps on us in recent weeks. Never have I seen such a succession of miserable and damp faces, and that includes my own....

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With the clocks going back tonight, we are plunged once more into the realm of short, darker days. Those first few times it is dark by 5.30 are not good for the...

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As I write here on this blustery Sunday morning, summer is most definitely in the past for this year. If we needed any more proof than the weather, the Veryan Autumn Show...

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Well, I’m rather regretting harping on about water in last month’s column. No sooner I did, then we had apocalyptic rain for a few weeks. Sorry, peeps. However, erratic this August has...

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This last few weeks have really focused my mind on the importance of water, and made me think harder about how I garden and plant. In practice, we had 5-6 weeks with...

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