Year: 2013
The Alpine Plant Centre and my experimental alpine wall
On the weekend I had the opportunity to visit The Alpine Plant Centre, which is in the Hope Valley in the Peak District. Sadly the garden itself (above) wasn’t open. I missed the NGS open days and must make sure …
Initial outline of new garden: balancing permaculture practice and growing ‘needs’
It’s been a couple of months since I last blogged about the new garden. I’ve not been that well so when I do feel ok, I tend to focus on actual gardening, rather than blogging. Things have come on since …
Out damn Leylandii
The first task in the new garden was to get the Leylandii hedge at the back end of the garden removed. As mentioned in my previous post, I’m not fond of Leylandii and dislike the way they stop other plants …
The new garden: a blank canvas
Now that a majority of the boxes have been unpacked and we can now effectively cook in the kitchen, I thought it was time to introduce the new garden here in Sheffield… Front garden Back garden As you can see, …
Oxford, my Oxford
Outside the Isis Farmhouse, Iffley Lock, Oxford After living in Oxford for c. 15 years, we will be leaving for Sheffield, Yorkshire on Monday. We are planning to go to our favourite Oxford pub one last time tomorrow, and this …