My botanical desk – Winter nature diary
“Determined that this diary should start off with a bit of flourish, I sallied forth on this fine winter’s day to see what I could […]
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My botanical desk – Autumn nature diary
“Nature never did betray…The heart that loved her…For she can so inform the mind that is within us.” From The Nature Notes of an Edwardian
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The secret lives of our winter garden birds
I feel guilty when I run out of bird food in the winter. The little garden birds pop back and forth to my feeders checking
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Flying the Nest – The Early Days of Britain’s best loved animals
I bought this book to give as a gift but had to keep it. There are 50 illustrations by the painter Hannah Dale of baby
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On my bookshelf: Gifts from the Garden
I’ve recently been making gifts for friends rather than buying. My presents have included homemade chocolate truffles and bottles of sloe gin, wild plum gin
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Flower Joy and Instagram
When the sun said hello on Sunday morning, I immediately went out into the garden to greet it back. Little did I know that a
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