Echium pininana

It was only when my Agave americana started whimpering and heaving itself out of it's pot, millimetre by millimetre, that I thought, "Hmm, really must repot that." After a prolonged struggle I managed to lever it out;  the state of the roots were, frankly, shaming. Sorry, sorry - so sorry.   I've now re-homed it … Continue reading Echium pininana

Retired to the Greenhouse

Why do holidays speed past ... so ... darn ... fast?  Is it a plot?  Evil magic?  A little time spent strolling about Bath, Stroud, Gloucester and Nailsworth and most of the week was gone. Three days gallivanting through the Forest of Dean and along the Wye Valley and it had been gobbled up altogether. … Continue reading Retired to the Greenhouse