Daily details from the garden to bring you inspiration throughout the year
Cabbages get everywhere, from the tiny hairy bittercress in your flowerbeds, to the yellow rape blanketing the countryside in summer, to the mustard leaves in your salad. Here on the beach, where the line of mounded shingle marks the high tide line, a particular salt-tolerant cabbage makes its home, sea kale, or Crambe maratima. Even the name has something of a shanty rhythm to it, some murmur of distant shores. It’s a common sight on the beaches of South East England, and so we run into one another on regular occasions, though this is the first time we’ve been down to the sea for too long, and it’s good to meet an old friend. Tough, leathery, hardened to the difficult conditions, and capable of producing the most flamboyant, honey-scented floral display. These are the characteristics I want in those with whom I choose to surround myself.
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Hello! I’m Andrew, gardener, blogger, podcaster, and owner of a too-loud laugh, and I’m so pleased you’ve found your way to Gardens, weeds & words. You can read a more in-depth profile of me on the About page, or by clicking the image above.
