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Garden visit: Easton Walled Gardens

14 August 202018 August 2014

We often make journeys between Sheffield and Cambridge to visit Kevin’s mum. It just so happens that along this route, the A1, sits Easton Walled Garden. We had visited in late Spring 2013, so this was our second visit to …

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Categories Annuals, Brassicas, Garden visit, Pear, Perennial, Vegetable borders

End of month view: March 2014

31 March 2014

March has been a month full of quiet growth in the garden. Not much in the way of drama, just a gentle unfolding of new buds, leaves and early Spring flowers. Overview of the garden, including new mini-greenhouse Flowering and …

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Categories Cornus Border, Damson Border, End of month view, Herb Border, Kitchen garden, Shady Border, Vegetable borders

Decision time: the final layout for the back garden

12 November 2013

Since moving into our Sheffield home over 7 months ago, I’ve been observing how the sunlight and shade moves over my back garden, photographing it and thinking about the final layout for the design of the back garden. How the …

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Categories Permaculture, Raised beds, Vegetable borders

Problem: growing vegetables on acid soil. Solution: raised beds

11 July 2013

Along with recently setting up my first perennial beds, I have now also got my first vegetable raised bed growing. first vegetable bed I did a soil test early on, and found out two key things. One: the soil is …

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Categories Acid soil, carrots, No dig, Pak Choi, Raised beds, Seedy Penpals, Vegetable borders

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