I’m hoping for sunshine this year. Sunshine is integral to lavender - apparently the more sunshine it gets, the fuller the scent. Blissful.
You see, having been inspired and somewhat egged on by my almost-mother-in-law Helen (check out her blog here at Downland Views), I’ve been getting more and more into lavender recently. Partly because there [...]
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Yes, the title says it all. I got my Polka raspberries in last weekend, beneath a beautifully blue sky. I’m ashamed to say that although Stephen at Victoriana Nursery Gardens sent through a very informative leaflet about caring for my raspberry canes, I have a feeling that it may have be sabotaged by my bunnies. [...]
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Big ‘F’ for Fail!
No, I didn’t cajole myself into trudging out into the pissing rain and wind and cold to plant my raspberries. I’m sorry. I just couldn’t do it. It was my last day before my new job started, it was warm in the house, fecking cold out of the house, and I was [...]
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