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It’s been a pretty good summer so I thought I’d post some photos of it. My greenhouse is still going strong. I do need to clean the windows a lot and I had it repainted recently for no small ...

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So the school garden. There’s been a lot going on there since I last posted about my involvement there. As with most things connected to the school, you attempt to dip your toe in the water and...

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When I say I live in Portland, Oregon lots of people say, “Well, the weather is pretty similar to the UK there anyway.” And I well it is. If you mean it rains a lot in the Winter. But it’s ...

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Our local school, like many, has a school garden. There are around 25 raised beds in it with a fetching chainlink fence surrounding it. There is a cute wooden gateway that was made by one of the ...

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Where has the summer gone? One minute I was inundated with seedlings in the greenhouse and then the Tomatoes were ripe and the Japanese Anemones were flowering. It all happened so fast this year ...

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I was asked by Michelle the editor at Gardenista.com to write a piece about my kitchen garden here in Portland. I was thrilled and started working on it right away. I love to read Gardenista. It�...

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Why, why, why am I so obsessed with seed packets? Buying them, arranging them, counting them, arranging them again, categorizing them, photographing them. What is going on? If it was shoes I coul...

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As I hunched over my Onions, doing a bit of weeding about 11 years ago, I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was Clive my ‘allotment’ neighbour. An old chap, brown clothes, occasionally smoked a p...

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…my Onions. Garlic (Crimson Rose). And these mini Peppers that I saved the seed from some shop-bought Peppers that I liked. I also have Chilli Peppers to bring in and Aubergines if they get a b...

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Gosh! It seems too early to be really beginning Autumn but the temperature has dropped and my Pumpkins are ready!. I’ve harvested two large Red Warty Thing pumpkins. Six Pumpkin Pie’s and abo...

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