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, September 24, 2011

The one-minute review solution

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I'm in the process of packing up my study. (Oh dear, just typing those very words makes me want to go and lie down.) I'm having the ...

Monday, September 19, 2011

The garden bird rant

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A great tit on the feeder outside my study window The concept of a garden as an "outdoor living space" has a lot to answer for. At...

Friday, September 16, 2011

GBBD: September 2011

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Phew, only a day late! I don't know where the time goes. I thought September was going to be a relaxing month, but for some weird reason...

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Major (tree) surgery

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The tree surgeons came today to prune my eucalyptus. I don't have the usual E. gunnii, which you see looming over many London gardens, b...

Monday, September 5, 2011

Going totally tropical in south London

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When I opened my garden on Sunday 28 August, among the visitors were Clive and Steven, who were opening their own garden for the National Ga...

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Now we are two - sometimes

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I was so busy getting ready for the garden opening, and then so busy getting over the garden opening that I haven't had time until now...

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