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Market day – Thursday

On 15/11/2013 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized6 Comments

A friend of mine recently commented that although I am living in both the city and the garden, our city life is underrepresented in these posts. Of course, I began writing here when I was only living in the garden, and it has remained my focus but I see now that it is quite true …

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Morning ramble

On 26/07/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized12 Comments

Ali and I sat  on the porch for a moment this morning, enjoying the cool of the morning. "We would be watering now," he said. I can't recall if he bothered trying not sounding smug. After watering our potted plants and the greenhouse this morning, I went down to the bottom terrace of the garden …

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What’s up

On 27/05/201227/05/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized14 Comments

A little while back, the amazing Celi at the Kitchen's Garden wrote this post about what's what in her garden. And in her typically generous manner, she invited us to show her what we her readers are up to. It's not all that grand and I shot these with my iPod because I hadn't found …

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Spinach from top to bottom

On 17/04/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized8 Comments

Our summers are relentlessly hot and dry, so I adore spring. We still have enough rain not to do much watering at all, and the temperature is mild enough for all the plants to be quite relaxed and cheery. It's the season that makes me feel like gardener of the year because everything just won't …

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What’s growing

On 30/01/201230/01/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized5 Comments

A friend asked me on the phone what we're eating from the garden lately, so I was moved to take few snaps while I was out weeding and manuring yesterday. One of the most productive beds at the moment is this keyhole bed with salad material on one side and then brassicas (mostly bok choy …

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