With thanks to Mike Petty for supplying the below text Fenland History on Friday is back again on October 14th 2016 for another session The meetings will be held in Ely Methodist Church (entrance via St Mary’s Street car …
Archive for October, 2016
On a recent visit to Tavistock, I went over to see how the extended ‘Devon Wall’ I’d seen some months ago was looking…though mainly shades of green now, as most flowering is in the spring time, it was looking superb. Well done that gardener!
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Originally posted on Digging for Dirt: Malcolm Mollart is the author of a long-running garden blog Greenbenchramblings which is inspired by the garden he created with his wife, Jude, in the South Shropshire Hills. In June of this year, Malcom paid us a visit and took plenty of photographs whilst he was at it. We asked…
So what is winter sowing? Many of you probably think it’s the same as winter growing. Winter growing is when we grow crops outside during winter. Winter sowing is different in that it is done in late winter but not directly in the garden. Winter sowing is completely different as you plant seeds in containers…
Hurricane Matthew has weakened over the past 24 hours and is now a category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 75 mph and is currently centred just off the South Carolina coast. Matthew made landfall just to the north-east of Charleston, South Carolina on Saturday bringing with it widespread and locally record breaking flooding and destructive […]
via The latest on Hurricane Matthew — Official blog of the Met Office news team
If you are a fan of historical and romantic novels, you may be familiar with the works of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), one of Scotland’s most famous and prolific authors. His classics, Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Waverley, and many others, brought him a good deal of fame and fortune, and with his riches he bought a […]
via “Time Rolls His Ceaseless Course”: Abbotsford House and Gardens — Edinburgh Garden Diary
People in some parts of the globe are anticipating the arrival of extreme weather. Australia Thousands of homes in South Australia are without power as an unusually deep area of low pressure moves across the area bringing gale force winds, rough seas and heavy rain. 50-100mm of rain is expected, which will fall as snow […]
via What’s happening around the globe — Official blog of the Met Office news team
We’re back from a great trip to Ireland. We met new people, including some from our area, and everyone in Ireland was extremely friendly and hospitable. Homes with real thatched roofs, horses and carts in almost every town, gardens, churches, castles, cliffs, and enough sheep, cows and horses to keep any photographer busy. It was a great […]
If you arrive in Lisbon by ship, you might understand how Portuguese navigators felt as they entered the tranquil waters of the Tagus river to glide into the city’s warm embrace. Every week, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship treads the same waters where Vasco da Gama once sailed to bring its passengers to Lisbon. The cruise operator asked us: […]
I’m delighted to feature another guest post this week, this by Rosamund West who is researching ‘London County Council housing schemes and public art, 1943-1965’ for a PhD at Kingston University. She’d be pleased to hear from anyone with an interest in her work – further information and contact details are given at the end of the post. The London […]
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