There’s rain scheduled for tomorrow. And the day after that. And the day after that. And knowing how the weather can be here, we might be carrying umbrellas right through November. December. January. February. But…
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For a few years, while we were getting our garden set up, Pater and I built our weekend entertainment around visiting nurseries, especially the favourite now-sadly-defunct Island Specialty Nursery. Because we did this almost year-round…
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How ironic that having waited summer after summer after summer for close to a decade for this Acanthus mollis to bloom, disappointed every year that the dramatic foliage didn’t reveal any of the bear-breeched stalks,…
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An August garden is seldom, according to most gardeners, as attractive as a June garden. This is especially so after weeks and weeks with almost no rain. But some stalwarts continue to bloom, particularly this…
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My garden isn’t at its best in July. It’s a month when I tend to sit back and watch how plants “duke it out” with the dry weather. Partly for environmental reasons, partly from laziness,…
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