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November Sunset

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Walking across Clissold Park this afternoon  I was struck by the sun shining through the Autumnal (Fall)  skeletons of the trees. So I took a pic, with my phone so it isn’t necessarily super super quality.

Season of mists and Mellow Fruitfulness

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness is how Keats described Autumn. It’s nearly on us again and the signs are all around.
The wasps are out of their nests, seeking sugary nutrition. The new queen wasps are flying, looking for new homes for next year’s brood.
September means the Horse Chestnuts are ripe and have taken on [...]

Welcome David Tennant to the world of gardening!

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

I saw a snippet in the paper that said the ‘Dr Who’ star is working on his green fingers, trying to keep his plants alive.
Then I found a bit more later on DigitalSpy

What is a park anyway?

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Sitting in Clissold Park in London,  it just looks like a great big garden.
There are flower beds, water features (OK. Two large ponds), play areas, wonderful trees and lots of grass.
There are great parks and gardens everywhere. Cambridge has a marvellous botanical garden, Ipswich has a great park and Derby has some lovely communal spaces [...]

Save the Sparrow. You can start this weekend.

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Save the Sparrow.

Wet Summer and some thoughts about lawns

Friday, August 7th, 2009

It’s been so rainy this Summer that we haven’t made much progress in the garden. However it has been great for the new willow tunnel we put in in early March.
At the end of August we’ll have been living in our ‘new’ flat with garden for two years. I’m not sure how long the ‘new’ [...]