I’ve been got
I thought it couldn’t be long – especially with the summer we’ve just had. Blight has made its first unwelcome …
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Back to school
I started my new college course this week. It’s the Plants and Plant Design course, run by Capel Manor College …
Hasta la vista, ratties
This is a cob on my sweetcorn the day before I got my two feral cats to keep down the …
It’s a cabbage moth!
Remember those caterpillars I found on my client’s pelargoniums? Well – thank you to all who replied. Plant Mad Nige …
Canna blues
I was so pleased with the big canna I bought at Chelsea for a fiver… but look what’s happened to …
A lovely pair of melons!
Now boys, that’s enough sniggering. I mean the horticultural kind, of course 😀 I’m a melon virgin (oh stop it) …
September flowers
Things are beginning to go over a little, but the roses are making a spectacular late-summer show and as always, …
Mystery caterpillar
Can anyone identify this little chap? One of my clients asked me to have a look at some bedding she …
Freebies
I didn’t realise this when I started out gardening, but it’s a great job for perks. Take the garden I …
Meet my mousetraps
I don’t know why it is that none of those worthy tomes about growing things on allotments ever talk about …
Sally Nex 