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  • A Seriously Big Pile of…

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    I’m not very good at estimating quantities and so things reached an all new level of absurdity with the order and arrival of this: That is almost 1 tonne of …

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  • Ailing Bay

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    For a while we’ve had a young bay in a pot. It was doing fine until the back end of this winter when after some rather cold harsh winds and …

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  • Blue Blue Bamboo

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    You wouldn’t think of bamboo as being tender, the thought just doesn’t occur; it’s always lush and green, even when bent double under the weight of winter snow. You always …

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  • Beware Flattened Plants

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    A serious problem for some gardens is the risk of the weight of snow bringing down tree limbs or sections of large plants, especially evergreen plants where there are leaves …

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  • Poor Little Azalea

    by Sunil
    by Sunil

    We have a tiny little azalea, about 15 cm high at best, tucked away in a sheltered and shady-ish spot underneath an established ornamental red-currant. It doesn’t really take any …

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