These Dahlia Tubers have important information that I require. When they talk, I'll cut them down. But not before. Not before.
Gardening
Priory Picture Post # 17
Erodium x kolbianum 'Natasha' is a favourite of mine - and a fine name to say out loud. I first came across it when working in an Alpine nursery and was hooked; pretty, veined flowers with two dark patches, raised on tall, delicate stems above a small mound of glaucous, finely cut foliage. Not a … Continue reading Priory Picture Post # 17
Snipping Amphibians …
... is, I imagine, an unpleasant experience and one I try to avoid. Common Toad - Nov 2011 The gardens at The Priory are watery. They contain two large ponds, lots of drainage ditches and are bordered on one side by a mighty, broad river. (Or a little brook - depending on how big you … Continue reading Snipping Amphibians …
Priory Picture Post # 16
Still got plenty of ... ... to collect. So have to spend a lot of time over at the ... ... trying to make more space. But whenever I do a local busy body ... ... turns up. Uninvited. Getting in the way, making a nuisance of himself. Turning the compost had exposed a wriggly … Continue reading Priory Picture Post # 16
Sussex Eucalypts
Were you to walk up the drive from The Priory you would, after a couple of hundred yards, come to an area of mown grass surrounded on three sides by a small wood. In January 2009, I thought it would be a good idea to plant Eucalyptus gunnii here; three of them. So I did. … Continue reading Sussex Eucalypts
Making Leaf Mould
There are a lot of trees in the Priory gardens. Six very big oak trees, six big weeping willows, two large ash trees, nigh on twenty alder, half a dozen hornbeam and then various fruit trees, shrubs, hedges and specimen trees. In addition there are trees aplenty in the surrounding fields and on the driveway … Continue reading Making Leaf Mould
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
The Anxious Gardener 