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    Monthly Archive for: "October, 2020"
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     Should You Put the Garden to Bed?
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    By Alan Down
    In Gardening, Hardy perennials, Seasonal Gardening, Trees and Shrubs, Winter colour
    Posted October 25, 2020

    Should You Put the Garden to Bed?

    I shudder every time I hear that phrase ‘put the garden to bed for winter’! Okay, so if you own a great pile and have to open your garden to raise funds to fix the hole in the roof I can [...]

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     How to grow bulbs for Christmas
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    By Alan Down
    In Bulbous plants, Bulbs, Greenhouse Growing, Indoor Plants, Winter colour
    Posted October 17, 2020

    How to grow bulbs for Christmas

    If you’ve ever wondered how to grow bulbs for Christmas, here’s how to do it! It’s not hard, complicated or even expensive to do this and can be very rewarding. In fact, to grow [...]

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     Fungi and Plants and their relevance for gardeners
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    By Alan Down
    In Gardening
    Posted October 5, 2020

    Fungi and Plants and their relevance for gardeners

    Fungi and plants have a very close and not always negative association. The reaction from gardeners to finding fungi and plants together in their garden is often one of alarm! However in many [...]

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     The Henchman tripod ladder
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    By Alan Down
    In Harvesting, Product Review, Pruning
    Posted October 2, 2020

    The Henchman tripod ladder

    .The Henchman tripod ladder was offered to me to review and I jumped at the opportunity! I’d heard how good these were but had been able to justify actually owning one. How wrong I was and [...]

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    About Alan

    Flora and fauna have always fascinated me but it was a lifelong career in horticulture that filled most days.

    Having grown up on a farm where boyhood days were filled with discoveries of the natural world I soon found that my passion for plants – wildflowers at that time – would direct my career…

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    A wonderful piece of #Cornwall and hopes of better times to come but really beautiful #Daffodils from wonderful @Fentongollan for my wife’s birthday!
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    This little beauty started flowering today. It’s #Camellia Winton and blooms are small and numerous. It’s C. cuspidata x saluenensis. Named by Hillier (1948). Winton is an old name for Winchester. https://t.co/QpwUuzfLKa
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    Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb! New on my blog- tips on growing and forcing #rhubarb #KeepBritainGrowing
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    It’s a beautiful morning after storm #christoph It’s a beautiful morning after storm #christoph at NT Lytes Cary. So lucky to have this nearby but the property is of course closed at the moment.
#somerset #somersetlife #lytescarymanor #lytescarynationaltrust #manorhouse #anthill #ruralidyll #watertower #onmydogwalk #january #lockdownwalks
    The #hoarfrost this morning has turned to solid ic The #hoarfrost this morning has turned to solid ice but will soon be gone. This is on hemlock.
 #onmydogwalk #gdnmediaguild 
#jackfrost #frost #frostymorning #naturalworld #botanical #iceicebaby #thenaturalworld #naturessecrets #celebratetheseason
    Freezing fog all day has transformed what some cal Freezing fog all day has transformed what some call common weeds!
Teasel x 2
Common Reed
Hogweed
Broad leaf dock
Cocksfoot grass
Stinging nettle
Hemlock
Corn parsley
and Great Willow Herb

#thewonderofnature #hoarfrost #wildflowers #winterwonderland #winter #onmydogwalk #somersetlife #somerset #whimsicalwonderfulwild #botanicalpickmeup #distractionsandinspirations #underthefloralspell #thewonderinglight #jackfrost #frostymorning
    What a fascinating read! The Story of Trees and h What a fascinating read! 
The Story of Trees and how they changed the way we live by @florafanatica and @plantstoplant ! 
It’s full of fascinating stories about 100 trees of the world and a wonderful gift from @matthewsfamilyusa .
My only quibble.... why no iconic #baobab?
You can dip in to this one or as I did read it from cover to cover!

#treesofinstagram #tree #fascinatingworld #fascinatingnature #wildwood #treesforlife #natureisbeautiful #theconstantlycurious #allthingsbotanical #allthatsbeautiful #botanical #botanicalpickmeup #arborist #arboretum #dendrology
    Don’t waste your #ChristmasTree - #upcycle it to Don’t waste your #ChristmasTree - #upcycle it to protect plants! Cut branches off, lay on bedding plants and insulate others such as these bananas. 
#gardentip 
#gardenideas 
#inmygardennow #inmygarden #wastenotwantnot #recycle #recycling #banana #tropicalplants #winter
    Less frost here this morning but spotted this #hoa Less frost here this morning but spotted this #hoarfrost on Hylotelephium Herbstfreude (Sedum Autumn Joy) yesterday. The wonders of #nature !
    Old #orchards are valuable #wildlife havens. Here Old #orchards are valuable #wildlife havens. Here are 5 different fungi on old apple trees, dead ivy and elder in my neighbour’s old #orchard. Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor), Gillet Cap (Tubaria app), Jews Ear (Auricularia auricula-judae), Stag’s Horn or Candle Snuff (Xylaria hypoxylon) and another I can’t identify. I’m an amateur at #mycology so happy to be corrected!
    Prompted by @tonyhall_1 of @kewgardens I post Ilex Prompted by @tonyhall_1 of @kewgardens I post Ilex aquifolium Bacciflava - the yellow berry form of common our native #holly. Never a favourite with #birds but eventually eaten.

#berries #gardentreasures #winter #wintergarden #gold
    Good to see these early #blooming #hellebores perf Good to see these early #blooming #hellebores performing reliably and providing some #winter cheer!
The first two pics are of Helleborus #Christmas Carol #inmygardentoday and the second two of H. x ballardiae Cinnamon Snow. Both excellent #christmasroses .

#december #wintercheer  #winter #helleborus #aseasonalyear #aseasonalshift #myquietbeauty #morningslikethese #botanicalpickmeup
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