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.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Muttering in the shrubbery with Rob

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Today I went to visit Rob, who writes a gardening blog called Mutterings in the Shrubber y. Rob lives quite near me - about 15 minutes driv...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Lights, camera, wasp action

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A few weeks ago, I noticed that the cordyline beside the pond was dying. This was a bit worrying. Cordylines are as tough as old boots in Lo...
Friday, July 17, 2009

How to annoy your kids on holiday

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Forgive the travelogue, but I'm just back from Majorca, where I spent a week boring the swimming shorts off my teenage kids by oohing an...
Monday, July 6, 2009

Doing the hokey-cokey at Hampton Court

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The Sadolin Nature to Nurture Garden, designed by Philippa Pearson. I thought this cottage-garden planting was superb It was preview day at ...
Monday, June 29, 2009

The legend of the pinging frogs

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I want to tell you a story. It’s called “The Legend of the Pinging Frogs”. I wrote about them for  The Independent  two years ago, but the i...
Saturday, June 27, 2009

Well, I'll be chiggered

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I'd heard about chiggers. I'd heard they were some kind of biting insect that likes to hang out in blackberry bushes and rough patch...
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