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Today marked an important step forward with the arrival of my new Head Gardener. Debbie Rees brings with her a wealth of experience and knowledge that the garden, nursery and I will all benefit from. Adding Debbie to the knowledge and expertise here already through Janet, Peter and Mary, we
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To my great delight I was invited to the Great Budworth Garden Club tonight for a talk by David Howard, head gardener of Highgrove. He is something of a character and a truly dedicated plantsman. I think I was most impressed with his strong sense of the interconnectedness between plants,
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I can't identify this Pulsatilla. If you can put a name to it please let me know. It's on the scree bed in the garden and looks absolutely stunning. On a completely different scale, the wild anemones are in flower in the nearby Longacre Wood. We
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The days are flying past and I've barely enough time to think straight, let along blog. But here is a quick catch up... Last weekend I set up a new display table of Pulmonarias and Erythroniums. It's been popular with visitors but also very educational for
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Yesterday 7 friends from Reaseheath came over to help get the garden ready for NGS. Between us all we got most of the original cottage cleared up. Thank you to Mary T and Mary H, Isabelle, Advolly, Hilary, Brenda and Sandra. And to H&H for keeping us fed
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We have a watering system - at last. The leaks are fixed, the pump is in place and we have figured out the electronic control thingy. It didn't save us any time tonight - we spent an entertaining hour watching bits go on and off and dodging the
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Thanks to everyone for their good wishes, for sharing my garden with me over the past two years and for your many encouraging comments. Here's a link to the new website - no plant database as yet, but we are getting there! Lodge Lane Nursery website.
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Growers and farmers are always whingeing about the weather - and I'm in danger of doing it too. Overnight frosts have nipped the tips of some of the new growth, while warm, sunny dry days are drying out plants in pots faster than I can water. Even the
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With my parents up for a long weekend and friends from college here today we've made great progress. Dad as good as fixed two lawnmowers, the garden gate and two wheelbarrows. Mum weeded about a hundred Penstemons and cleared the path borders to the house. Today, my college
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Well the nursery has been open a week. We have figured out how to use the till -which we have used once or twice - and how to unlock the gates. Perhaps it's best to say that the first week can be summed up as a critical success
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For those of you who know me from my former working life, may I proudly present my new office. It is spacious, if a little spartan, and has the benefit of continuous fresh air ventilation. The horizontal hail is an optional extra. It's actually the sales hut, but
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I went to the Cheshire NGS meeting today - 100 people all with wonderful gardens to show off this year and with a target of £100,000 to raise for charity. I'm seriously impressed with the organisation - a credit to Nick Payne, the regional co-ordinator. I came