September Seed Collection
I can’t believe it’s already September. It means it’s time to collect annual and biennial seeds, and I’ll say it quietly, time to make my Christmas cake too! Collecting seeds is my little ‘ethnobotany endeavour’ that leaves me with a stash to swap or sow next year. How did I not know that being an Ethnobotanist was a thing? Spending days studying the relationship between plants…
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The Sweetness of Sweet Peas
Have you ever had that feeling of something being utterly perfect? For me it’s the sweet pea with its scent, colour and abundant blooms. My love affair started in the 1980s having picked a bunch from my Mum’s garden, and despite filling my bedroom with green fly I was hooked. Being a detail person, I got stuck into the raft of information available from the National…
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Battling black spot on roses
I’ve always loved roses because they remind me of my childhood. Mum grew them in a long border, and I hurdled them as part of my imaginary garden athletics track! Fast forward to Alfriston and I have a garden full of roses lovingly planted by the previous owner. Unfortunately, in the last couple of years they have been diminished by black spot. The fungal disease has…
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What’s your soil texture?
I confess I’m no soil scientist, but I am a ‘plant parent’ creating a happy home for my leafy brood. In the process I’ve become a little bit fascinated by soil hoping those welcomed to my garden like what I offer. If my soil is to the plant’s taste, they will be able to access the water and nutrients they need, as well as stretch out…
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