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I have just pruned some of my plum tree that was sending wild new growth to the sky. I kept all the fruiting branches a…
I went to a Church of England Girls Grammar School …. most of which I loved, but the day I left I decided I’d had enoug…
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It was only back in April that I decided to plant a few tomato seeds and blog about the process. Five months on and wh…
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It seems hard to believe that the frail little tomato plants I kept inside the balcony windowsill are now the sturdy, t…
Seizing on the opportunity to snap up a couple of grow bags retailing in Somerfield for £1.29, I spent the afternoon te…
I've been getting my hands extremely dirty today, but fear not, I haven't been claiming expenses for 'duck …
In 1868, Charles Darwin published a book entitled ‘The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication’. 141 years…
As we approach the end of April, now seems a good time to summarise exactly where we’re at with the London Vegetable G…
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Exactly two weeks to the day and already it’s time to transplant the runner beans! Regular follows of the London Veget…
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Modern Horticultural Perspective
I. Introduction: Reintroducing the Duke Avocado The avocado industry has witnessed dynamic shifts in cultivation pract…
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