Day 42: bathroom buddy

The melianthus has taken up temporary residence in the bathroom basin. I have a habit of killing these poor things, which follows a pattern…

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Day 276: under cover

With some plants, it doesn’t pay to play frost chicken (Day 270) and, while the calendar may only recently have flipped round to October, already the overnight temperatures are taking a dive…

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Waiting for snowdrops

January can be a miserable month, so a few weeks of bright, dry weather make for a welcome start to the year. Refreshingly chilly conditions in which to while away the garden hours until the first flowers of spring appear. 

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