Plants for pollinators in late Winter
Having visited Hodsock Priory on the weekend (mid February), where they not only have a woodland carpeted with snowdrops, but also an ornamental garden, it reminded me of just how many plants are flowering in late winter. So I thought …
Small greywater system: a step-by-step guide of how to set up a small greywater system.
At the moment I have two blogs. This is my 10+ year gardening blog but I’ve also set up a permaculture/solarpunk blog on the new blogging site, Plume. Hopefully once Plume develops more features I’ll be able to move off …
Describing solarpunk: for those new to solarpunk, or looking for ways to describe it
Bosco Verticale, Milan. Credit Ale Desiderio. This has been cross-posted from my Plume Solarpunk blog. If you are new to solarpunk as I am, it might help to have some descriptions of what solarpunk means. So here are a few …
Seed viability: will my packet of old seeds still germinate?
L-R: Broad bean, Fennel and Pumpkin seeds Last updated (sources section): 23rd April 2025. It’s the time of year (in the Northern hemisphere) when everyone starts going through the shiny seed catalogues and then get tempted by all the new …
Back garden – the first six months
Back in June I introduced the interim design for the back garden, but I haven’t yet got around to showing you how it looked during the rest of the year. Now it’s the end of the year, it seems like …
Blogging, and Athyrium otophorum var. okanum
There hasn’t been a lot of blogging going on recently. Once again, it’s because the ME is bad and most things are a struggle, and unfortunately blogging goes down the bottom of the to do list. However, I have managed …
Autumn light
A short study of Autumn light in the front garden. Capturing the exquisite blue of this Salvia patens ‘Blue Angel’. A sense of movement through Panicum virgatum ‘Squaw’ and Verbena bonariensis. The fairy wands of Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Hameln’. Welcome to Autumn in …