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Pesky Pests: Rose Sawfly 26 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
It's been a good year for the roses here at VP Gardens, so I suppose it's no surprise to find rose sawflies have made their first ever visit too. Grrr. They're quite hard to spot, but what usually giv...
Salad Days: Getting It Taped 23 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
I've cleared the alliums from the raised beds and whilst I'm waiting for them to dry - so I can finally assess the results of my biochar experiment - I've started off some new leaves for our autumn sa...
Tah dah! Success :) 21 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
It's been a very satisfying week as I've managed to make a success of two things: one I've never tried before, the other where I've failed previously. I hope you don't mind while I bang on my drum a l...
A Purple Patch - At Cotswold Lavender 19 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
Part of the show beds at Cotswold Lavender which displays mass plantings of a number of different varieties. You can also see a little of the harvested beds towards the top of the picture Lavender i...
Gromit Unleashed 16 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
I've had lots of fun going to Bristol lately because of all the decorated Gromit Unleashed models found around the city. There's been other trails before - such as the Wow Gorillas in Bristol 2 years ...
GBBD: Mellow Yellow and Crocosmia Glow 15 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
This picture was taken on a dull day and the flower is shaded by other vegetation, thus showing how yellow can light up the planting scene There is one universal prediction which holds true for gard...
Wordless Wednesday: Every Garden Centre Should Have One 14 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
If you're not reading this on vegplotting.blogspot.com, Blotanical or your own web reader such as Bloglovin' or Feedly, then the website you're using is a blogpost feed scraper. Why not go straight to...
Do You Have the Best Blog? 12 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
The RHS have launched a competition to find the best garden blog for 2013 :) Sounds interesting, tell me more All you need to do is select one blog post about gardening you've published between the ...
For Seed 9 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
I sneaked over and took this picture on my neighbour's allotment earlier this week as it's a timely reminder to start saving my own. Coriander is notorious for running to seed quickly (though 'Confett...
Roll Out the Barrows 7 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
The outdoor space surrounding the Southbank Centre in London has plenty of growing on show at the moment as part of its Festival of Neighbourhood :) I'd gone especially to see the Edible Bus Stop's l...
