meditations of a wild woods & allotment gardener: one year on, the story of our shack
- Home
- Allotment
- Back Patch & Woods
- Plants
- Aquilegia Vulgaris (aka Granny’s Bonnets)
- Artemisia (aka Wormwood)
- Bamboo – Fargesia scabrida Asian Wonder
- Clematis
- Crocosmia
- Dahlias
- Echium
- Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)
- Fuschia
- Grasses
- Heuchera (Saxifragacaea)
- Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
- Honesty
- Hydrangea
- Iris
- Japanese anemone
- Lavender
- Liatris
- Lilac (syringa vulgaris)
- Lily – Asiatic
- Lily – Calla Lily
- Mallow – malva
- Mourning Widow (Geranium phaeum)
- Peonies
- Poppies
- Pulmonaria (aka Lungwort)
- Roses
- Russian Sage
- Salvia – ‘Amistad’
- Sweet Woodruff
- Tree mallow (Lavatera maritima)
- Verbena bonariensis
- Winter Flowering Honeysuckle – Lonicera
- Winter Flowering Jasmine
- Yarrow (achillea millefolium)
- Spring bulbs
- Wish List
- Plants
- Bookshelf
- Pests & Problems
- Things to do in…
- Tips & Tricks
- Bulbs, Corms & Tubers
- Cold Frames
- Coppicing
- Crop Rotation
- Cut Flowers (Annuals)
- Cuttings
- Greenwood cuttings – late spring / mid-summer
- Hardwood cuttings – mid-autumn to late winter
- Root Cuttings – from late autumn (in cold frame)
- Semi-ripe cuttings – late summer to mid-autumn
- Soft-wood cuttings – spring & early summer
- Softwood Cuttings – Early Spring / Summer
- Softwood cuttings: Propagating Tender Perennials in late summer/early autumn
- Dividing Perennials
- Fertilisers..
- Gardening by Moon Phase
- Green manures
- Nicking & Notching: Notes on Apical Dominance
- Pruning
- Seeds
- Shady conditions
- Succession planting (aka catch-cropping)
- Wormwood Pesticide Spray
- Wild Things
- Bats
- Bees
- Birds
- Butterflies
- AA_Butterfly host plants
- Brimstone Butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni)
- Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album)
- Common Blue Butterfly (Polyommatus icarus)
- Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
- Gatekeeper Butterfly (Pyronia tithonus)
- Orange Tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines)
- Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io)
- Red Admiral Butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)
- Small Heath Butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus)
- Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly (Aglais urticae)
- Small White Butterfly (Pieris rapae)
- Cricket or Grasshopper?
- Earwigs
- Foxes
- Lacewings
- Ladybirds
- Moths – Lepidoptera
- Pondlife
- Wild Words
- Witch’s Kitchen
- Waldorf Salad
- Baked Blackberry Cheesecake
- Blackberry Coulis
- Blackcurrant Vodka
- Blossom Syrop (think roses.. lilacs.. violets..)
- Compote – cousin to jam and just as good!
- Currant Jelly
- Dill Rice (Sheveed Polo)
- Gooseberry Crumble Cake- Summer delights
- Gooseberry Gin!
- Kale-slaw
- Lemon Roasted Artichoke & Asparagus
- Lemon Verbena Gin Cordial
- Mint & Lavender Tea
- Plum Jam
- Red Wine Vinegar Pickles
- Roasted Figs with Goats Cheese and Honey
- SPRING
- Stewed Gooseberry – Summer delights
- Tzatziki
- Zucchini Bread
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