The garden is looking exceptional at the moment with splashes of pink everywhere. The cosmos sonata is such a delicate and pretty flower and looks…
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Pretty in Pink
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Bountiful harvest
30/06/10 .Thank heavens for the poly tunnel. I don’t know what people are harvesting further south, but up here, we area having regular meals form the…
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Bloomin’ marvellous
28/06/10 .My Petunia Sophistica Lime Bicolour is just coming into flower and is really something to be pleased about. The deep pink is complemented by the…
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We love lettuce
21/06/10 .I am sure that this week is the national week of something, but here in our northern garden, I have officially declared it the week…
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Geranium St George
17/06/10 .The lettuces are going crazy, the first strawberries are beginning to ripen and the first cauliflowers have begun emerging. The potato plants are huge and…
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Cuckoo Spit
12/06/10 .
The glorious weather we had during half term was a fantastic opportunity to finish the planting out. The hanging baskets are now filled and are…
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Line-dancing Sevenoaks grandmother wins Gardening Direct’s £15,000 national prize draw
10/06/10 .
The lucky winner of Gardening Direct’s fantastic £15,000 prize draw competition has been presented with her cheque.
Keen Sevenoaks gardener and line-dancer, Val Philp,…
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Chelsea inspiration
1/06/10 .
I was lucky enough last week to visit the Chelsea Flower Show – as usual, full of inspirational ideas, but, this year, they seemed somewhat…
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Planting and harvesting
27/05/10 .
Heres hoping that the sun we had over the weekend will come back soon as I had a lovely time pottering around in the garden…
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One Extreme To The Other
25/05/10 .Well after almost daily frosts until a fortnight ago we have had shade temps of up to 29deg here for the last week.
My Gardening…
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