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     Bloomin Amazing mulch review
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    By Alan Down
    In Irrigation and Water Saving, Low maintenance gardening, Peat Free, Product Review, Weed control
    Posted November 9, 2020

    Bloomin Amazing mulch review

    Bloomin Amazing mulch has a memorable name! I’d heard lots of positive reports about it before I decided to go ahead and buy. In fact a very large amount! I negotiated a generous discount [...]

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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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     A Garden Studio review
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    By Alan Down
    In Product Review
    Posted August 11, 2020

    A Garden Studio review

    A Garden Studio was constructed in our garden a year ago. It’s been a huge success in so many ways!   This building was constructed on site by Creative Garden Studios.     [...]

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     Erecting a Keder Greenhouse
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    By Alan Down
    In Greenhouse Growing, Grow your own, Polytunnel, Product Review
    Posted July 7, 2020

    Erecting a Keder Greenhouse

    Erecting a Keder Greenhouse in my new garden was always going to be a big step forward but I hadn’t bargained on just how difficult taking those steps would be! Let me be clear I’m no [...]

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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!
    (Just perfect James! Thanks)
    @GdnMediaGuild #britishgrown https://t.co/AuzdenZfsV
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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
    https://t.co/DKmGTCRje8 @GdnMediaGuild @taylorsbulbs https://t.co/9TLQ3F1dxV
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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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