Pippa has been gardening since she was four, when she would trail behind her mother as she tended her garden - she was soon given her own small plot of land. Her particular speciality is garden pests [...]
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Greenhouse cleaning
at 1:27 pm on Wednesday 27 January 2010 7 Comments
I’ve been spring cleaning. The greenhouse, of course, not the house. Somehow the lure of the compost and seed trays was much greater than that of the vacuum cleaner and duster.
Read moreSnow and ice in the garden
at 11:58 am on Thursday 14 January 2010 13 Comments
Yesterday at a Gardeners’ Question Time recording it was amazing to hear that Eric’s Cumbrian plot had only had 5cm of snow. Not so here in Hampshire.
Read moreJohn Cushnie
at 3:04 pm on Monday 4 January 2010 15 Comments
Even though listeners couldn’t see that super-wicked grin of his, they could sense it. John delivered what I think of as ‘visible radio’.
Read moreFeeding the birds
at 9:09 am on Wednesday 30 December 2009 20 Comments
The hedge outside is covered with birds in all shapes and sizes, munching away at the many and left-overs I’ve put out for them.
Read moreAlgae in the garden
at 4:21 pm on Wednesday 16 December 2009 3 Comments
I’ve always been fascinated by algae. These simple organisms take so many forms… But right now they’ve gone too far…
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