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  • Jona (and friends)

    Just home from the school run and trip to buy some more compost, and have a confession to make.
    As I was walking into the garden section of Homebase, I saw their reduced plants section. As you do, I wondered over to see if there were any bargains to be had, and managed to find a [...]

  • Another day, another apple tree

    Yes, I shall now be known as Rachel – Rehomer of weedy looking fruit trees.
    I popped along to my local Wyevale, where I had a massive £6 of vouchers to use up, and came across their sale trees section. That is when I saw it, a sweet little Jonagold apple tree (m26 stock if you [...]

  • Busy Day

    Its been a busy old day here. I headed over to Cadbury Garden Centre over in Congresbury this afternoon, intending just to look at their costs for fruit trees.
    I ended up coming back with my very first tree -  a 1yr old Miniture Bramley Apple seedling on M9 stock. I’ve already managed to pot it [...]

  • Plants

    I thought I would list all the plants and trees I hope to grow in 2010, and the methods I intend to grow them, then this time next year you’ll hopefully be able to see my successes and my failures.
    Apple (tree)
    Asparagus (Connover’s Colossal – plant)
    Aubergine (plant)
    Basil (seed)
    Blueberry (plant – bargain at only 67p as they [...]

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