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Julian in the garden
http://julianinthegarden.blogspot.com/
My ramblings as a keen amateur gardener and occasional gardening writer / photographer
- Added on: Jun 29th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Julian Desborough
- Listed in: Gardening Home and Garden
- Tags: flowers gardening plants gardens fruit and vegetables practical advice
Recent Posts
A lot of rot?
I was reading an interesting article about the properties of urine in the process of decomposition.Apparently, gardeners at Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire are urging people to try 'peeing' on their green waste because it is good for the environment...
More autumn colour
It was nice to see the Telegraph picked up on my autumn trees stuff, putting their best 20 trees for a small garden.The acer palmatum 'Sango-kaku', which goes a vivid yellow at this time of year, was particularly striking while the "berry appeal" of ...
Autumn colour
It is this time of year that many trees really do come into their own.One of my favourite is the humble shoemack tree, which has some of the brightest scarlet red leaves you could possibly find in the natural world. The ornamental cherry is another t...
Harvest time for the Obamas
It's great to see the First Lady take on the concept of "Grow Your Own". Check out these pics from the White House garden.Some 55 varieties of herbs, fruit and vegetables are grown and there is even a couple of beehives. And, the best of the produce ...
Fence find
I spent the glorious Sunday afternoon putting in new fence panels and gravel boards and almost got sunburnt in the process (didn't think it possible for end of September).I must commend the supplier of my lap panels and concrete gravel boards, AVS Fe...
Rain - at last
I find late August and early September pretty depressing in the garden since most of the flowers have gone over and the shrubs are looking decidedly shaggy. But this has been heightened by the sheer lack of water which has turned parts of the garden ...
