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Always Look On The Bright Side…

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Francis Pryor

…Of Life!” de-dum, de-dum, de-dum de-dum de-dum… And with any luck, that’s a cheerful earful established for the rest of the day.  I bet it beats the hell out of the high background whistling sound my ears have been making … Continue reading →

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Dig for Victory!

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Francis Pryor

The Dig for Victory campaign was launched in 1941 at a time when food imports to Britain were being blocked by a very successful enemy naval blockade – mostly using submarines. Today, of course, the enemy is the Covid-19 pandemic, … Continue reading →

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PLEASE NOTE: This Blog Post is NOT About Covid-19

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Francis Pryor

This blog post is for any followers of this blog who are confined indoors and cannot get out. It’s also for anyone whose spirits are starting to flag. I think we’ve all been affected to a greater or lesser extent … Continue reading →

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Late February: The End of the Wet?

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Francis Pryor

First let me say a few words of welcome to anyone who has had the sound good sense to follow this blog having read my short piece (‘I wouldn’t be without…’) in the Correspondence section of the March issue of … Continue reading →

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Digging the Vegetable Garden: One of My Favourite Jobs of the Year

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Francis Pryor

I know there’s a big danger about droning on and on about a wet season, but whenever I meet other gardeners that’s all we ever want to do. And it seems to make us all feel just a little less … Continue reading →

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Off to a Cracking Start

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Francis Pryor

Today began bright and sunny and it stayed that way. In fact, I think it was the sunniest garden opening we have every experienced. To our delight, visitors started to pour in from our opening at eleven, and the car … Continue reading →

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High Summer 2019: Hot and Wet

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Francis Pryor

I think last Thursday, July 25th was the hottest day I’ve ever experienced and at 38.7o Celsius (101.66o Fahrenheit) the thermometer in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden agreed with me: an all-time British record. But it was the humidity that … Continue reading →

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Hello to All This…

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Francis Pryor

And what do we start with? Why, sheep of course! I know what I said in my last blog post, but this is what we in Britain once used to be very good at, namely, compromise. I contacted two neighbouring … Continue reading →

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Good-bye to All That

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Francis Pryor

There are times when you have to pause and take stock. A year ago I had my prostate removed and six months before that I’d had a hip joint replaced. I guess it was Mother Nature’s way of telling me … Continue reading →

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Busy Mid-Winter

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Francis Pryor

The longer term weather forecast doesn’t look too bad. The mid-winter high pressure ‘Dog Days’ that I wrote about in my last post of 2018, now appear likely to persist until at least January 15th. Thereafter the Met Office are … Continue reading →

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