The beans, peas and lettuce have just sprouted. I planted them seven days ago. I’m growing a pretty heirloom pea called ‘Golden Podded Pea’, the seeds of which come to us, apparently, from…
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Today feels complete already (at 2pm) because I have had success with radishes and rocket. I think I planted them two months ago – maybe longer. The radishes are in a round, faux terracotta…
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Today it’s raining. Steady rain like you see in the English countryside, I imagine. The Japanese andromeda (Pieris japonica) has been in bud since April. It’s a shrub I love because it was part of the…
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This month’s beauty comes courtesy of the High Line in Manhattan, New York. I had the absolute pleasure of wandering the walkways of this rejuvenated railway track several days ago and these Coneflowers caught my…
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This delicate little beauty caught my eye at the Sydney Botanic Gardens last week. It’s a Camellia but not the C.japonica variety I’m used to, which is also flowering everywhere I look at…