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    • Crops – Annual
      • Brassicas
        • Brassica – Oriental vegetables
          • Mizuna
          • Pak Choi
        • Brassica – Sprouting Broccoli
        • Brassicas – Kale & Calvero Nero
      • Legumes: Peas & Beans
        • Beans – Broad Beans (aka Fava Beans)
        • Beans – Runner Beans
        • Peas
      • Onions Etc
        • Garlic
        • Onion
        • Shallots
      • Peppers
        • Chilli Peppers (Capiscum anuum)
        • Sweet Peppers (Capsicum annuum)
      • Root crops
        • Beetroot – beta vulgaris
        • Potatoes
        • Turnip
      • Salad, Leaf & Herbs Crops – Annuals
        • Chard
        • Chicory
        • Coriander
        • Radish
        • Rocket (Eruca sativa)
        • Spinach
        • Spinach Beet (perpetual spinach)
        • Swiss Chard
      • Squashes of all kinds
        • Winter Squashes
        • Zucchino Custard White
      • Sweet Corn
      • Tomatoes
    • Crops – Perennial
      • Globe Artichoke
      • Horseradish
      • Rhubarb
      • Strawberries
    • Flowers – Annuals
      • Cosmos
      • Lobelia
      • Nigella (Nigella damascena)
    • Flowers – Edible
      • Calendula
      • Polianthes tuberosa ‘The Pearl’
      • Sunflowers
      • Wild Violet
    • Flowers – Perennials
      • Arum Italicum
      • Bluebell
      • Campanula (Bellflower)
      • Clematis (Doctor Ruppel)
      • Cyclamen
      • Dianthus (aka Wild Carnation)
      • Iris foetidissima (stinking iris)
      • Sea Holly – Eryngiums
      • veronicastrum virginicum roseum – ‘pink glow’
    • Fruit Trees
    • Fruiting Shrubs & Canes
      • Blackberries
      • Blueberry – Jersey Blue
      • Currants – red & black
        • Blackcurrant cutting – hardwood (Autumn)
      • Golden Raspberries
      • Gooseberry
      • Kiwi fruit
      • Loganberries
      • Raspberries – rubus idaeus
    • Herbs – Perennial
      • Borage
      • Catmint – Nepeta
      • Chives
      • Hyssop
      • Lemon Verbena
      • Lovage
      • Marjoram & Oregano
      • Saffron (Autumn crocus)
      • Sage
      • Thyme
      • Winter Savory
    • New Patch
    • Roses
      • Short History of Roses in England
  • 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
        • Californian poppy
      • 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
      • Crocus
      • Daffodil
      • Hyacinth
      • Tulips
    • Wish List
  • Bookshelf
    • Biophilic Novels
    • Reflections on Hope Jahren’s Lab Girl
  • Pests & Problems
    • Blight
    • Cabbage White Butterfly
    • Parakeets
    • Powdery Mildew
    • Red Lily Beetle
    • Southern Green Shield Bug
    • Wood Pigeons (aka Fruit Raiders)
  • Things to do in…
    • 1. .. January
      • January Journal
    • 10. .. October
    • 11. ..November
    • 12. .. December
    • 2. ..February
      • February Journal
    • 3. .. March
      • March Journal
    • 4. .. April
      • April Journal
    • 5. ..May
      • May Journal
    • 6. .. June
      • June Journal
    • 7. .. July
      • July Journal
    • 8. .. August
    • 9. ..September
  • 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
      • Hardening Off
      • Seed Collection
      • Seeds – Starting Seeds
      • Seeds – Stratifying
    • Shady conditions
    • Succession planting (aka catch-cropping)
      • Cut & Come-Again Leaf Salad Crops
      • Herbs in Succession
    • Wormwood Pesticide Spray
  • Wild Things
    • Bats
    • Bees
      • Super G’s B-Gallery
    • Birds
      • Blackbirds
      • Blue Tit (aka Tom-Tit)
      • Coal Tit
      • House Sparrow
      • Jays
      • Magpies (pica pica)
      • Reed Bunting (?)
      • Ring-necked Parakeets
      • Robin
    • 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
      • Jersey Tiger Moth
    • Pondlife
      • Dragonflies &c
      • Frog or Toad?
      • Palmate Newt (Lissotriton helveticus)
  • 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
      • Creamy Chive Pasta
      • Creamy Wild Garlic pasta with Mint (SPRING)
      • Lovage Syrup for Cocktails!
    • Stewed Gooseberry – Summer delights
    • Tzatziki
    • Zucchini Bread
  • WWW
    • Art and the Garden
    • London: Gardens & Open Spaces Worth A Visit

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