The RHS MHort

On Wednesday 14th March 2018 I graduated from the Royal Horticultural Society with their most prestigious of qualifications, the Master of Horticulture. I was part of one of the largest cohorts the RHS has seen come through the course, 1 of 26 professional horticulturists breathing a sigh of relief at the realisation that it’s all finished….

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Frosts in May

There is a point in the year where we finally see the back of winter, it is usually in May. However, throughout this month there is the potential threat of a final Balrog whip of frost to keep us all on our toes. In some European folklore there is a point in the month which…

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A Wood of Ones Own by Ruth Pavey – Book Review

Synopsis After years spent living amid the thrum of London, Ruth Pavey yearned to reconnect with the British countryside and she endeavoured to realise her long-held dream of planting a wood.  Touring to the West Country in the late 1990s, Pavey found herself in the Somerset Levels. On seeing this expanse of reclaimed land under…

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Charles Dowding’s Veg Journal – Book Review

Synopsis Learn to grow a year’s worth of healthy, organic crops while preserving the soil’s integrity with the help of Charles Dowding, the UK’s leading no-dig gardening expert. With seasonal checklists and expert no-dig advice, this month-by-month journal draws on Charles Dowding’s Vegetable Course to help you plan bumper harvests the no-dig way. From tomatoes…

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Hedgerows

Hedgerows in this country are at risk It’s not something that is shouted about but they are in huge decline and because of this the habitats and eco-systems they support are also losing their homes. They not only provide boundary markers for plots and fields but they give soil stability and are natural windbreaks, they…

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Feed the Birds…

The best way to encourage birds into your garden and what to feed them.

The Head Gardeners by Toby Musgrave – Book Review

Synopsis The great head gardeners of Victorian and Edwardian Britain enjoyed a status and an importance that extended far beyond the walled frontiers of their fiefdoms. Only the very best of the uneducated country lads who were taken on as garden boys survived the apprenticeship of up to fifteen years, but those that did were…

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Samhain and Halloween

This year may well have been the scariest in living memory and all I have craved is something to look forward to. With plans ALL cancelled at the beginning of the year, being the introvert that I am, I felt a relief that I could legitimately stay indoors and not go out. However, once that…

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