Tag Archives: Sarah Raven
Six on Saturday
Ok, I’ll admit it straightaway – this is probably a bit of a cheat, but in my defence this week I have either been ill, or working and today I am off on a trip. So here is something that … Continue reading
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Tagged Carol Klein, Green and Gorgeous, Katherine Swift, Morville Hours, Sarah Raven, Worton Organic gardens
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January’s Itchy Flower Growing Fingers
So the skies are blue, but the ground is frozen. The light is increasing day by day, but there is still probably not enough to be planting seeds other than sweetpeas (as everything I read warns me). A quiet month … Continue reading
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Tagged antirrhinums, crocus, iris reticulata, pelargoniums, Rose of Attar, Sarah Raven, scilla, Sweet Mimosa, Sweetpeas, tulips
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Early Sowings
The sowing of seeds has started and some have startled me by germinating almost immediately – Cosmos Dazzler and Purity were already showing after two days and now the challenge is to find enough light to stop them getting too … Continue reading
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Tagged aubergine, broad beans, chillies, Cosmos, Gardeners Delight, Higgledy Garden, Kings Seeds, Roger Parsons, Sarah Raven, Seedaholic, Stupicke, Sungold, Tomatillo, tomato seeds
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Reviewing the Plot
Christmas, New Year’s travels and week long flu have all meant almost nothing has been done since half way through December to develop the plot. Even getting to it hasn’t been possible. The last plot related activity was a Homesown … Continue reading
Sweet peas – sowing
These are perhaps my favourite flowers of all: delicate, abundant and beautifully scented and not easily bought from a florist. I first grew these in a bucket in our London backyard and have grown them with different degrees of success … Continue reading
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Tagged Kings Seeds, Mattewman's Sweetpeas, PumpkinBeth, Roger Parsons, Sarah Raven, Sweetpeas
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Dahlia Days
Yesterday someone poetically described dahlias to me as ‘explosions of happiness’ which seemed just right for the spiky, sumptuous and simple bundles of colour I was selling in the market. Dahlias are one of my favourite flowers and, although they … Continue reading
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Tagged dahlias, Green and Gorgeous, Hillcrest Royal, Maldiva, Porcelain, Rip City, Sarah Raven
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Sowing Seeds in the Sun
The sun is out and I have been doing hopeful, late plantings of biennials and perennials for next year’s pickings and plants to sell on the stall. Don’t think even the biennial seeds that were sown earlier and have germinated … Continue reading
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Tagged anchusa dropmore, foxglove camelot, knautia macedonia, salvia patens, Sarah Raven, violas
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Sowing Seeds
A grey day and the rain came earlier than expected, but kitchen table planting of flowers for the plot and tomatoes for the allotment made it seem brighter. Sorting packets of seeds earlier this week, on another wet day, found … Continue reading
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