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, October 29, 2011

The virtues of autumn

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I've just been reading Veg Plotting's post about her GMT tidy-up . The clocks go back in the UK tonight, from British Summer Time (B...

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Golden October

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It seemed odd, when I got up early this morning and found the car registering a temperature of 7C (44F), to look back and think that only th...

Monday, October 17, 2011

Home makeover: final episode

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So where was I? Oh yes, I was about to have the study redecorated. Well, today I can report that for the first time in three weeks, I can si...

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...

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