*[image: Helienthus 'Lemon Queen']*
*Helianthus* 'Lemon Queen' is a late summer stalwart on my patio. I have a
longish narrow bed in the corner, dominate...
Right around the time quarantine cookies and tacos became a habit this
spring, I also realized that that none of my existing chili recipes exactly
fit th...
We are very often asked which rootstock and scion varieties are most
popular. So we finally got our heads down and worked it out. The percentage
given is...
I love it when the garden gets so big in summer that it’s hard to see parts
of it. It’s difficult to believe that most of this dies down to bare earth
in t...
I bought a pomegranate tree about 7 years ago. It spent a couple of years
in a pot and then I planted it out to a spot that gets a reasonable amount
of aft...
Beth Chatto Gardens in springtimeIt's always a pleasure to visit the Beth
Chatto Gardens in Essex - a green oasis near Colchester, created from a
once-neg...
Riding the D010 along Turkey's Black Sea coast The 1,200 miles across
Turkey was a good time for reflection. The days were warm and the nights
cool. Most o...
Blogging feels very retro these days. I started this blog in 2009 and then
abandoned it in 2012 and lately I've been thinking about getting back on it
agai...
Amazing how we grow and evolve. We follow our passions and goals; they
evolve and come in and out of focus. For example, I started this blog
because I l...
There’s no denying that when you live in a place you often don’t make an
effort to visit many of its attractions, probably because you think that
there wil...
First time a bait hive has worked for me. I have swarms arrive and take up
residence in piles of bee boxes, where they weren't welcome, but never into
a p...
Don’t own acres of rolling New Zealand countryside or a trusty beekeeping
outfit? Here’s my cheat’s guide to making your very own ‘mocknuka’ honey
from h...
Joseph Strutt, *A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of
England*, First published in 1796, reprinted, 1841.
From this terrific yellow cov...
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