Tag: Grid
Gardening with Scrambled Egg
No, I’m not going mad. Here at Chez Rivendell, scrambled egg plays a big role in fighting slugs! And it’s not the only odd thing with which I garden. Sometimes a bit of eccentricity not on... Read More
Planning for Growth
‘Tis plant-growing time. We’re all madly sowing seeds (or buying plug plants or a mix of the two) with abandon. Well, the flower growers are; veggie people are probably getting ready to pl... Read More
How I Became a Gardener (Possibly)
I often wonder what it is that decides when someone will become a gardener and someone else won’t. Is it in the genes? Or is it conditioning? This is my theory about me. In my young years, lunchtime... Read More
Eating the Heating
One thing any greenhouse owner has to think about is what will be grown in the greenhouse and, if plants will need a minimum temperature, how to keep it warm. I’d mention that, at the moment, I ... Read More
Rewinding (Part 5: The End)
I was on a roll now. While still young and fit enough, I was going to take care of big things with a view to spending the rest of my life enjoying the easier pleasures of the garden. So with my new ra... Read More
Weekend Weblink: 21 February
It’s nice to be in a minority occasionally. And I find I’m in one because old Ben Higgledy, curator of the Higgledy Garden, is convinced that over 90% of his customers are female. Indeed h... Read More
Book Review: Secret Gardens of the Cotswolds
All gardens are linked to people. The more famous include Great Dixter and Christopher Lloyd, Sissinghurst and Vita Sackville-West, and Hidcote and Laurence Johnston. In my review of Victoria Summerle... Read More
Rewinding (Part 4)
Having got as far as I could with the raised bed thing and now waiting for delivery of the final tonne of topsoil, I decided to indulge myself with a bit of variety and demolish one of my old garden s... Read More
Rewinding (Part 3)
Ah, the joys of scheduling. I knew WordPress could do it but my approach has been to write, publish, sit back. That, I think, is one of the reasons for my inadequate output. I would think to myself &#... Read More
Weekend Weblink: 7 February
I was reading an article by Dan Snow the other day (those who know me will know that I like articles/programmes by Dans) in which he bemoaned those that criticise Twitter. A lot of what he wrote gelle... Read More
Book Review: Of Rhubarb and Roses (The Telegraph Book of the Garden)
These days I watch very little television unless a programme comes from a Scottish garden or has a Dan in it. I like Dans – Dan Snow, Dan Jones, Dan Cruikshank present some pretty decent history pro... Read More
Rewinding (Part 2)
How many hours would it take you to complete a three-dimensional jigsaw of 1745 pieces? If your jigsaw is made of WoodBlocX, the answer is a leisurely few days. My plan for the former shrubbery involv... Read More
Weekend Weblink: 31 January
OK, so I’ve had a brilliant idea for upping my blogging rate. I’m going to pinch some other blogs. Not really! In one of those revealing moments you get while standing naked in front of a ... Read More
Rewinding (Part 1)
I failed last year! I mean failed! All my good intentions turned into failures. Well not all; only my blog and web site ones. I’d started fairly well and had even devised a little chain of posts... Read More