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Serpentine Detached 2020 - 100 posts
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Succulents for the Fringe Secret Garden
17/07/2020
The succulents we propagated at the beginning of April have already provided a delivery to the Transition Buxton ...
Angelica
15/07/2020
The angelica has turned from flower heads to seed heads. We collect seeds by running a hand through ...
Heritage update: Lettuce Bloody Warrior
10/07/2020
Last year’s Bloody Warrior plants have overwintered well at Serpentine and are now starting to flower. The small ...
Prospective Peacocks
09/07/2020
We called in briefly to SCG today for the first time in nearly four months. We were amazed ...
Gourds - ready to be craft items
07/07/2020
Last year’s ornamental gourds have now completely dried and some of them rattle when they are shaken as ...
Great British Pea Week
06/07/2020
Saturday’s post was well timed as today is the start of Great British Pea Week. The pea harvest ...
Heritage update : Peas
03/07/2020
The tall peas have continued to grow well and Magnum Bonum in the centre of the frame has ...
An early wild harvest
30/06/2020
Cordials and wine are among the first “products” from early harvests. The elderflowers are just ready so we ...
There's something in the air.....
29/06/2020
…. of our conservatory. The Corpse/Carrion flower (Stapelia) has started to produce blooms and to share its rather ...
Contributing to a Plant Swap
26/06/2020
In blogs back in March and April, we showed how we were propagating some of our succulents. They ...
Sweet Peas
23/06/2020
Our sweet peas are coming in to flower so it seems a good time to revisit the information ...
Heritage update: Dwarf French Beans
19/06/2020
The dwarf french beans are now well-established and benefited from the protection from the recent winds. It’s a ...
The past through the eyes of today
16/06/2020
Recent events reminded me of a quote from L.P. Hartley (author of “The Go-Between”): “The past is a foreign country; ...
Heritage Update: Peas
12/06/2020
All the six varieties of tall peas are growing well and the three here are about halfway towards ...
John Evelyn
09/06/2020
John Evelyn (born 1620) is best known as a diarist. but he was more than that. He coined ...
Heritage update: Achocha
05/06/2020
We were sent seeds for Achocha Fat Baby this year and having started them off inside, they are ...
Angelica
02/06/2020
The angelica in our plot is grown from seed from the Serpentine plants and is now looking very ...
Heritage report - Lettuce
29/05/2020
The Heritage lettuce we grow is called “Bloody Warrior”, the name being derived from the flecks of red ...
A Future Fast Approaches?
26/05/2020
In our post of April 7th on the No Parking Whitebeam, we referenced “Edgelands”, a fascinating book by Paul Farley ...
Heritage French Beans
22/05/2020
We are growing eight varieties of Heritage french beans, six dwarf and two climbing. These are the dwarf ...
Heritage seeds - weekly update 16th May
16/05/2020
We will be providing regular reports on the progress of the Heritage seeds we are growing in our ...
Our 50th Post
10/05/2020
This is the 50th post we have added to this blog, hence the celebratory image. As well as ...
The Seasons they go Round and Round
09/05/2020
“There’ll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty Before the last revolving year is through. And the seasons they ...
Succulents - an update
08/05/2020
In previous blogs (24/3, 9/4) we covered propagating various succulents and promised to come back to doing the ...
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