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My first garden

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:05:00 GMT

Posted in Plants by James Alexander-Sinclair, 21 October 2008, 01.05

Do you remember the first plant you ever grew in your own garden?

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Fungi in lawns

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:18:00 GMT

Posted in Gardeners' musings by Adam Pasco, 20 October 2008, 02.18

Perhaps I'm just too cautious, but much as I enjoy eating mushrooms I just can't bring myself to eat wild fungi.

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Composting

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:13:00 GMT

Posted in Allotments by Jane Moore, 17 October 2008, 02.13

It may have been a lousy summer for growing many crops but the wet weather bodes well for my compost.

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Grafted tomatoes

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:55:00 GMT

Posted in Grow & eat by Pippa Greenwood, 16 October 2008, 12.55

The thing with growing tomatoes in your greenhouse is that pathogens can build up in the soil and can hamper the growth of plants.

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Felling trees

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:54:00 GMT

Posted in Wildlife by Richard Jones, 15 October 2008, 11.54

Saturday was a fabulous blazing sunny day ... I did the macho lumberjacking bit, in my suitably butch steel-toe-capped boots and very bright white hard hat.

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Out and about in autumn

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:09:00 GMT

Posted in Plants by James Alexander-Sinclair, 14 October 2008, 02.09

If you can spare a moment from harvesting pumpkins, admiring dahlias and cutting things back then this is a good time to think of your last garden visits of the season.

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Agapanthus seed heads

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:18:00 GMT

Posted in Plants by Adam Pasco, 13 October 2008, 02.18

It pays not to be too neat and tidy in the garden or you'll miss out on so many unexpected delights.

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Growing garlic

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:50:00 GMT

Posted in Allotments by Jane Moore, 10 October 2008, 01.50

Growing garlic is easy and hugely rewarding. You can plant it now or leave it until later on in the autumn or winter - whatever you like, it really doesn't matter.

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Tomato blight

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:11:00 GMT

Posted in Grow & eat by Pippa Greenwood, 09 October 2008, 12.11

With my perverse interest in pests and pathogens, I find blight quite interesting. And this year has been especially interesting, as both the crop and the disease thrived.

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Wagtails

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:29:00 GMT

Posted in Wildlife by Richard Jones, 08 October 2008, 01.29

I was in Peckham Rye Park on Monday and saw a wagtail strutting about by the small stream that runs past.

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Gardening gloves

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:25:00 GMT

Posted in Gardeners' musings by James Alexander-Sinclair, 07 October 2008, 01.25

I'm pondering the great 'glove question'. My reflections are prompted by having such cold fingers that I've had to dig out my fingerless Scrooge gloves...

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Japanese anemones

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:18:00 GMT

Posted in Plants by Adam Pasco, 06 October 2008, 02.18

...it's so uplifting to see others, such as Japanese anemones, ending the year with all guns blazing.

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Preparing the soil for planting

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:36:00 GMT

Posted in Allotments by Jane Moore, 03 October 2008, 12.36

The recent sunny weather has been a godsend on the plot, as I've been able to get on with some much-needed digging.

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Autumn lawn care

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:10:00 GMT

Posted in Gardeners' musings by Pippa Greenwood, 02 October 2008, 02.10

I just hope the local bird population is not now feeding on the grass seed and that I can continue to persuade our cat that the area is not a huge purpose-built litter tray.

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Garden lowlife

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:54:00 GMT

Posted in Wildlife by Richard Jones, 01 October 2008, 11.54

The only wildlife I've seen this week has been the rather dead-life brought in by the cats - three and a half mice and a rat not much smaller than our guinea pig.

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The last dance - grasses in autumn

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:25:00 GMT

Posted in Plants by James Alexander-Sinclair, 30 September 2008, 01.25

After the recent soft mists and bright days I'm going to formally declare that autumn is with us. Not picture book autumn, with flaring red leaves and dustings of frost, but a sort of pubescent autumn.

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Apple harvest

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:02:00 GMT

Posted in Grow & eat by Adam Pasco, 29 September 2008, 11.02

Blackbirds ate my cherries, the plum crop was non-existent, but now it's apple time! And what a wonderful year it's been.

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Brussels sprouts

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:39:00 GMT

Posted in Allotments by Jane Moore, 26 September 2008, 02.39

Despite the attentions of the cabbage white caterpillars my Brussels sprouts are doing really well.

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Late harvest

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:11:00 GMT

Posted in Grow & eat by Pippa Greenwood, 25 September 2008, 11.11

The sun is shining, I can't believe it, and I'm pretty sure my plants can't believe it either!

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Leaf miner

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:18:00 GMT

Posted in Wildlife by Richard Jones, 24 September 2008, 11.18

I parked in a side street in Forest Hill last week and walking down to the Horniman Museum I noticed something odd with a small Norway maple, Acer platanoides, growing in a rather untidy hedge.

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Aching for annuals

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:34:00 GMT

Posted in Plants by James Alexander-Sinclair, 23 September 2008, 11.34

I don't usually grow much in the way of annuals in my garden (apart from dahlias and poppies, of course).

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A scorched lawn

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:56:00 GMT

Posted in Gardeners' musings by Adam Pasco, 22 September 2008, 01.56

What a disaster! Of course I wanted a lawn with stripes, but nice alternating green ones, not brown!

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Couch grass

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:36:00 GMT

Posted in Allotments by Jane Moore, 19 September 2008, 01.36

The site is buzzing with activity as everyone makes the most of the weather and gets on with all those jobs they couldn't face doing in the dismal weather of August.

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Trees for autumn colour

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:43:00 GMT

Posted in Plants by Pippa Greenwood, 18 September 2008, 03.43

In the garden the leaves on the trees are starting to turn, marking the beginning of what I hope will be a fabulous display of autumn colour.

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Pimpla hypochondriaca

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:18:00 GMT

Posted in Wildlife by Richard Jones, 17 September 2008, 11.18

...suddenly something caught my eye - a dark flitting creature an inch long, with bright red legs and a menacing pointed tail.

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