Just watched GW recording, brilliant - learned a lot. How to split up plants, planting a rockery in a planter, planting through membrane, cooking chard, bold use of colourful flowers and best of all Monty Don's cute dimples, all made it worthwhile watching! That garden on the cliff was seriously amaazzzing! What skill and what a view.
Probably more similar than mine, even though we're in the same county, I think? You're in Devon, Verdun? Or are you over the Tamar?
I thought that lady in Ireland was lovely. I can honestly say I didn't notice the music And the Cornish garden was just amazing. I love Lamorna. (Except the song gets stuck in my head)
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Slightly beetrooty spinach. It doesn't have the stick-to-your-teeth quality of spinach, or the sweetness of beetroot. It does have that rather earthy taste though. I love it - very useful, very pretty, grows all year, near enough
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Sadly I'm an expat living over the river these days. I am familiar with the peculiar climate you're describing though. Roseland haa a similar one, I think. Noticeably warmer and drier than the north coast, even just a few miles away
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
It is surprising what a different a few miles can make where the weather is concerned. Our island is just 5 x 9 miles and with fog at one end and clear as a bell at the other - altitude, and sea air can make a dramatic change. We can have sea mists and land fog, snow on the higher ground and slush or sleet lower down. Jersey may sometimes have more sunshine than us but also colder winters as they are nearer France. It is now raining here so perhaps Verdun will have rain tomorrow?
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Just watched GW recording, brilliant - learned a lot. How to split up plants, planting a rockery in a planter, planting through membrane, cooking chard, bold use of colourful flowers and best of all Monty Don's cute dimples, all made it worthwhile watching!
That garden on the cliff was seriously amaazzzing! What skill and what a view.
Probably more similar than mine, even though we're in the same county, I think? You're in Devon, Verdun? Or are you over the Tamar?
I thought that lady in Ireland was lovely. I can honestly say I didn't notice the music
And the Cornish garden was just amazing. I love Lamorna. (Except the song gets stuck in my head)
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Slightly beetrooty spinach. It doesn't have the stick-to-your-teeth quality of spinach, or the sweetness of beetroot. It does have that rather earthy taste though. I love it - very useful, very pretty, grows all year, near enough
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Ah, right. I'm from up-county myself. Truro.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Sadly I'm an expat living over the river these days. I am familiar with the peculiar climate you're describing though. Roseland haa a similar one, I think. Noticeably warmer and drier than the north coast, even just a few miles away
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
It is surprising what a different a few miles can make where the weather is concerned. Our island is just 5 x 9 miles and with fog at one end and clear as a bell at the other - altitude, and sea air can make a dramatic change. We can have sea mists and land fog, snow on the higher ground and slush or sleet lower down. Jersey may sometimes have more sunshine than us but also colder winters as they are nearer France. It is now raining here so perhaps Verdun will have rain tomorrow?