David's gardening blogs
"Big Tree Country" - Part 7
Aberfeldy and Kenmore : Part C
This is my final account of my fab day out last Monday...
Posted on 26 Jul, 2009 |
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"Big Tree Country" - Part 6
Aberfeldy and Kenmore : Part B.
As I strolled around Kenmore village, cold drink...
Posted on 22 Jul, 2009 |
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"Big Tree Country" - Part 5
Aberfeldy and Kenmore : Part A.
Last day of my hols (Monday 20th July), and, suffering...
Posted on 21 Jul, 2009 |
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Drying Alliums
Alas, our stunning Allium "Beau Regard" are now past their best.
Their magnificent...
Posted on 13 Jul, 2009 |
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In Praise of our Parks : Part Five
Last August, I wrote a four-part series of blogs on the history of municipal parks,...
Posted on 26 Jun, 2009 |
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In an English Country Garden.
The perfect one, too!
Thursday afternoon saw me driving along narrow, hedge-lined...
Posted on 14 Jun, 2009 |
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Something NOT to be Sniffed At.
On Monday, whilst on our short break at Aviemore, we visited a permanent exhibition...
Posted on 7 Jun, 2009 |
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Building My Own "Chocolate Box" Planter (Part 2)
The basic planter now just needed finishing touches.
The corners were made neat...
Posted on 28 Apr, 2009 |
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Building My Own "Chocolate Box" Planter (Part 1)
I woke up this morning feeling creative, and with an idea in my mind.
So I set off...
Posted on 30 Mar, 2009 |
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"Eternal Plants" : A Botanical Vision of the Past.
It is 26 years since I last entered the "hallowed" portals of a University, but,...
Posted on 27 Jan, 2009 |
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"Big Tree Country" - Part 4
Scone and David Douglas.
Just two miles outside the city of Perth is the village...
Posted on 17 Dec, 2008 |
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"Big Tree Country" - Part 3
Dunkeld, Birnam and Inver : Part C.
A "compendium" of 8 forest walks (totalling...
Posted on 4 Dec, 2008 |
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