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Salix caprea, Pussy willow.
House Plants are back! — Noel’s Garden Blog
After many years of being seriously uncool, house plants seem to be back in fashion. My son, more in tune with the zeitgeist than I (after all he lives in Clapton in east London – Clapton-the-new-Brooklyn (but hasten to add is NOT a bearded hipster) has started to pack his windowsills. A few trendy looking…
Drifts of Snowdrops
Well if you would like to see some stunning snowdrops this garden is abundant with them. Painswick Rococo Garden has them spilling down the hillsides and throughout the forest floor.
Even on a dull day it was beautiful.
Companion planting of coloured Cornus stems and Hellebores mix with evergreen shrubs.
A stunning carpet of Cyclamen hederifolium spreads out beneath the white blooms in some areas,
whilst a complement of evergreen ferns Asplenium Scolopendrium (Hart’s Tongue) supplement the mass of snowdrops in others.
Don’t rely on my poor photos as you can catch a glimpse on their video. https://vimeo.com/252180121
If you have a chance, do go and look. There are several species of Snowdrop together with their own special Galanthus Atkinsii which is a tall variety. You can purchase the plants in the green to plant up now. I have to add rather a lot to my garden to create the same effect. Thankfully you can achieve a beautiful display even in a small area.
Humphry Repton 200
Details regarding celebrations for the 200 anniversary of Humphry Repton via Repton and his business
Allotment Harvest 2017: the winners and losers
An interesting project on home grown fruit and vegetables. Do the results match what you have grown in your own garden?
During 2017 I took part in a research project being conducted by staff at University of Sheffield, under the banner of MY Harvest, into the impact of home grown produce on UK food production. The project involved enlisting domestic gardeners who grow their own fruit and vegetables, either on an allotment or at home, to submit data about their crop yields throughout the year. This blog post is about what the data for my own plot has revealed about this year’s harvest and has been written in conjunction with Datawoj (otherwise known as my husband!) who did some snazzy data visualisation for me.
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