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Lodge Hill

I've often commented on how terrible our political class is at dealing with environmental issues. That's not a party political point but a general one. A recent poll put Labour...

Himalayan Balsam

What's that lovely pink flower that's appeared all the way down the river bank? I'd never noticed it before. It's called Himalayan Balsam - yes, the flowers are very pretty....

British Nurseries

We are – finally – planting our small formal garden. I wanted to source the plants for it directly from the nursery – the British nursery – which grew them....

Designer Habitat

I'm not a very visual person. I can't see stuff jump from the paper into the real world at all. For me it's a case of trial and error, then...

Martha the Passenger Pigeon

Martha, the world's last Passenger Pigeon, died on 1st September 1914. The last wild one was seen by a boy in Ohio in 1900, who shot it. Passenger Pigeons weren't...

A New Pond

The landscaping around our new house has been coming along very nicely. The meadow areas have been very exciting this year and the forest garden is doing really well. We've...