24 JULY 2009

This will be a short post, as life has been very busy recently, but I wanted to give a quick update on developments in the garden.   Look out for a longer post later next week.  I spent much of last weekend filling the new raised beds around the deck with plants – or rather, filling [...]

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18 JUNE 2009

It’s the valerian season again – or, rather, that of Centranthus ruber, otherwise known as jupiter’s beard and kiss me quick, and a great coloniser of beaches and dry ground.  In the golden evening sunlight the colours – all shades of pink through to deep crimson, rich red and the occasional patch of pure white [...]

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15 MAY 2009

We’re eating the first summer produce from the garden: fat crunchy radishes and lots of frilly oakleaf lettuce.  And here’s a quick progress update on the raised beds etc. I’d had the idea for a central bower-type structure up which sweet peas and runner beans cold climb, and Stewart Walton and the lads from Hastings [...]

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