“. . . human carelessness [and lightening] often provides the ignition sources for fires in areas like Northern California. However, without the underlying severe climate conditions, such fires would not have become so large or spread so fast.”
Nigel Boldero aka 'Old School Gardener'
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- Gardening and Gardeners: historical snapshots (42)
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- Power of 7- tips (24)
- Recycling projects (111)
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- This and that (1,553)
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- Wildlife and Nature (419)
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Recent Posts
- August in the Garden: Top 10 Tips
- (Near) Peak Flower at Old School Garden
- Haveringland Gardens success!
- Reggie’s (and Poppy’s) Bug Hotel
- Haveringland Gardens- this Sunday!
- Haveringland Gardens
- A Gentle Plea for Chaos
- Soil Chemistry Fundamentals, Part 2 – How to Change Soil pH in Organic Gardening
- Global temperature: how does 2020 compare so far? — Official blog of the Met Office news team
- Plant Spotlight – Agave americana
- Making pasteis de nata — Salt of Portugal
- Shaking Up the Center of Classic Charleston with a Wild Heart — GardenRant
- Hattie’s Tatties!
- July in the Garden: Top Ten Tips
- Plant Spotlight – Marigolds — Winterbourne House and Garden
- Sultry Southern Finland; +30c and rising! — Vanha Talo Suomi
- A Garden to Love: the essential guide to starting up and carrying on….
- Splendid Salle
- New Zealand: February 21, 2017
- Plant spotlight – Anthemis
- Gardening in Lockdown – clematis
- First Strawberries
- Welcome back to open gardens…
- School Awakenings — PlayGroundology
- Looking outwards: recording nature – Part One — The official blog for the North York Moors National Park
- Kirkby, Liverpool, Part I: ‘a tremendous achievement’? — Municipal Dreams
- A local look at the record-breaking Spring and May weather — Official blog of the Met Office news team
- Biting the Bullet — Rambling in the Garden
- Old School Garden: a few more floral corners…
- The Arrival of the Future — GardenRant
- The Well Gardened Mind
- Old School Garden- floral corners
- Could COVID-19 drive a rethink of outdoor space design? — Specifier Review
- Emotionion
- June Arrives in the Shady Back Garden — gardeninacity
- #FungiFriday: the silence of the shrooms — Daniel Greenwood
- Garden Glimpse
- Even More Pink Roses — Susan Rushton
- June in the Garden: Top 10 Tips
- (Re)discovering Norwich..
- Easing Lockdown..another religious ruin
- Lantern
- Purple Haze
- Easing lockdown
- 2 Minutes of a Norfolk Country Walk
- The Horrors of Corfe Castle – Part Two: Starvation and Civil War
- Spring Zing
- May in the Garden- Top 10 Tips
- Bird Songs | Find out about Bird Calls in the UK – The RSPB
- Capability Brown | Explore Churches
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