Went to Italy for Easter, as usual - we have a house near Livorno, with a big garden which now needs a lot of work doing to it. We'll be going...
I have been rehoused by Camden Council because of harrassment by my landlady and the upstairs neighbour. So far I've been very lucky, esp. as in...
Oh, and another thing...I live on a council estate in West Hampstead/Kilburn (for those of you who are not Londoners, this is a rather complicated...
Oh good, I'm really glad I got a discussion started here! oh yes, indeed there's a class system when it comes to gardening, as Hoyles' book...
Ah well, yes, this was my point, sort of...who does the actual WORK??!!! Hoyles has a chapter on GARDENING AND WOMEN - apparently Vita...
What I meant was..the CLASS aspects of gardening have not really been discussed in any detail, except in this book by Hoyles, and a book on...
Surprised no-one has mentioned this before!! (Or is it somewhere I haven't thought of looking?) Books about gardening, books about gardens,...
One week last year I had THREE presents from Millou (one of the cats I look after in the summmer - long-haired white tom - well, ex-tom). One...
Indeed! What a thoughtful cat...how did it know it was a special occasion? :D
Started back in the 1980s. I lived in West Hampstead, my landlady - old lady from Czechoslovakia (as it then was) said to me one day, "If you're...
I would recommend Jekka's Herb Farm http://www.jekkasherbfarm.comI have been buying from her for years...and her stand is usally the first one I...
I have to say that my experience of DIY shops in Italy has been better...well, ONE DIY shop in Livorno. We went to buy herbs for the garden of our...
yes, that is the advantage....I quite often buy houseplants in the local Homebase that are reduced because they look a bit feeble. I've given up...
Uh, should have read this before I posted about Homebase!! Evidently I was right, they don't give their staff any formal training in looking after...
Ok, maybe Homebase isn't regarded as a particularly good gardening store anyway, but....last week I went into the Homebase in Finchley Road and...
You're doing well....can I ever catch up?http://leonora-opera.blog.co.uk http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/leonora/gardens.html
A few years ago, when I was living in Leeds - sharing a house with friends - we'd put a lot of work into the garden, but the local kids kept...
My mini-apple tree is covered in the most beautiful blossom...will try to upload a photo at some point. The cherry tree I planted last month has...
Just want to boast about my mini-apple tree! :rolleyes: It's in a pot, and this year has produced some really beautiful apple-blossom, [img]...
Just got back from Italy...the wisteria in our garden is just wonderful!! You can see a photo of it on my blog page,...
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