The Garlic Forest

“Rather than a bluebell wood” said my sister, “it’s a forest of garlic”. And it was.
Wild Garlic
This ramson floored glade lies on the banks of the Coly. A friend has just given me some ramsons for my garden, but they aren’t anything like as prolific as this. Yet.

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Basil

Growing on the window sill:
Basil - 2
The other ingredient for the aforementioned tomato salad.

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Shamrock

Shamrock
Half time in Germany v. Sweden. Just time to get another picture, so here are my shamrock. It’s lovely and sunny right now, so they’re wide awake, but they like to sleep at night. They seem to absolutely thrive on our chalky soil.

But I think it’s also time to take some action to maintain the frog-flora balance, here on Little Storping…
Frog

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Roses & iCal

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Here’s today’s non-frog garden post, under the newly created “flora” sub-category.

Gardeners: could your most useful garden tool be your Mac? Why not create an iCal calendar with recurring annual events set to give you reminders to prune, thin, divide or repot your stock? This free tip was brought to you by Little Storping.

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