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By Pippa Greenwood in
Gardeners' musings
[...] the other day a tornado arrived (yes, a real tornado) and I sat in the bay window, gawping silently. It was like watching two minutes of a particularly scary Hollywood film. Continue reading...
By Pippa Greenwood in
Plants
I've always loved horse chestnut trees and fondly remember a specimen near the house where I grew up... Continue reading...
By Pippa Greenwood in
Grow & eat
It has always infuriated me that I've never been able to grow a halfway decent crop of either of the two brassicas I do like: broccoli and cauliflower Continue reading...
By Pippa Greenwood in
Grow & eat
Although I've stored a lot of garlic in plaits and loose in trays, to see me through the coming months, I've already started planting bulbs for the 2010 crop... Continue reading...
By Pippa Greenwood in
Gardeners' musings
I've just come back from a pear-harvesting foray, and as I stomped through the scruffy grass in the field I looked ahead and saw numerous patches of miserable, yellow grass. Continue reading...
By Pippa Greenwood in
Grow & eat
This year, for the first time, our damson tree has cropped. This seems to have been the best year for growing stone fruit in ages - the crop is enormous. Continue reading...
By Pippa Greenwood in
Grow & eat
...the recent soggy, damp weather [...] has meant that all the later flowers on the courgettes and marrows have quickly rotted. Continue reading...
By Pippa Greenwood in
Plants
The weather was fantastic. But it was the gardens and floral displays that put a smile on my family's faces. Continue reading...
By Pippa Greenwood in
Gardeners' musings
I've employed a home-grown method to reducing the number of ants in my garden. As soon as I find an ants nest, I scoop up one of my hungry hens and position her in front of it. Continue reading...
By Pippa Greenwood in
Grow & eat
I grow most of my tomatoes in the greenhouse, as growing them outside increases the risk of them getting tomato blight. Continue reading...
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