Victoria's backyard

A subtropical suburban oasis in Wandsworth, south-west London designed to defy the depredations of global warming, garden pests and kids without recourse to carbon emissions, chemicals or cranial damage.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

It was such a lovely day, I decided to go out into the garden and cut off a bit of my finger

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Gorgeous weather in London today. Blue sky, warm sunshine, girls walking down the King's Road in short-sleeved T-shirts, that sort of th...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The sort of lecture I like

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Isn't it great when you come across someone who can really make a subject come alive for you, or has the knack of making things seem ins...
Thursday, February 12, 2009

Free tickets to the Chelsea Flower Show!

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I was talking to the Royal Horticultural Society press office yesterday about tickets for the Chelsea Flower Show. Rules for allotting pres...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009

A tale of two town mice

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Goodness, I'm such a townie. I never really quite realised before. I went to Cornwall last week, to Falmouth to be exact. I was accompan...
Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Snow, Day II: Anyone for ice cream?

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It's very easy, when you're trying not to skid into a neighbour's car, or sitting in a mile-long traffic jam, to lose your sense...
Monday, February 2, 2009

February brings the snow (no, wait, that's not right...)

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It usually takes only a dusting of snow to bring London to a halt, so four inches overnight has paralysed the city. My children and I watche...
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