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Well as you can see from the graph below we had a huge thunderstorm at 3pm today. I planted up a pretty pittosporum for the neighbours (C&R) this morning, removing an old berberis to make space. Hot work, even for a tough old camel like me - over
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Anatomy of a thunderstorm
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5 days ago it was so cold I had the pumpkins under winter cloches. Today reached 29.9C in the shade. We went to a family event and the paddling pool came out, partly for fun, but mostly because the children were overheating. Several of my newer plants are wilting
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A David Austin - I'll have to look up which one.
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Had a wonderful, hot and self-indulgent day out at Gardener's World 2005. I especially enjoyed Jo Swift's presentations on garden design - probably the best thing all day. Below is my favourite photo. For all those who said that children should be banned from Chelsea -
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Colourful and compulsive. All the adults envied the kids that they were allowed in and we weren't.
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It's 17C, there's a slight breeze and the sky is clear. Only one problem - it's 11pm and pitch black outside. BUT - I'm off to Gardeners' World live tomorrow so a great day will be had. I will at least
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So, the temperature's improved - up to 20C. Blue skies and fluffy white clouds. But now the wind has picked up - gusts of 20mph in the last hour. The pumpkin cloches have slipped their moorings and are careering across the lawn. The happiest plants are the ones
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13th June, it's supposed to be high summer and the thermometer is reading 11.5C, or 52F. The pressure's dropping, wind is rising and it feels like early March outside. I sowed the courgettes and pumpkins late this year because it was so cool, the'
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My miserable pumpkins and courgettes in chilly June
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I don't know where I read this quote, but it is apt. 10mins after I posted the picture below it started to rain. I got the message, and cleared the shed. Not all of it, the teetering piles of plant pots can wait, but it's a
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I shamed myself into a clear up..