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Asian or 'Nashi' Pear: 'beautiful'

Just a celebration really! On our heavy clay soils ordinary pears do really badly...

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15 Oct, 2012
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OUCH!

It is very hot but I thought at long last I should get some grass cutting done. ...

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7 Jul, 2010
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My Kiwai is fruiting!!!

If like me, you've struggled to grow kiwi fruit for years without success, take heart....

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17 Jun, 2010
Bertiefox

The 'Potager' in June

June is the best time of year in our garden. The weather is really beginning to...

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6 Jun, 2010
Bertiefox

Miscanthus giganteus... a magnificently useful plant.

Four years ago I bought a pot of Miscanthus giganteus at a garden sale. It's now...

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29 May, 2010
Bertiefox

Polytunnel Regained

Finally the weather has changed and Wednesday was a calm, warm and sunny day. A few...

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18 Mar, 2010
Bertiefox

"La grande tempĂȘte": my polytunnel takes to the air and the greenhouse comes crashing down.

We had what I thought was a terrible storm on Thursday night. When we got up I...

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1 Mar, 2010
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2009: Another summer of drought, but not all bad

I thought I would write an update on my original 'blog' when I bemoaned the effects...

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11 Oct, 2009
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Managing two hectares of wilderness

We've been struggling for six years to carve a decent garden out of two hectares...

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17 May, 2009
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