It’s time to think about nest boxes
A note caught my eye the other day that now is a good time to think about adding nest boxes to your garden, if you want to offer accommodation to garden birds this year! Ryan and I were doing a bit of bird watching in the garden today and it’s clear that the...
Conkers and spiders and wonderful trees
The morning after last week’s storms, our morning walk was littered with ‘conkers’, the large and shiny seeds of the Horse Chesnut (Aesculus hippocastanum). Ryan started picking some of the nicer ones up. “The people at work”, he said, “have been discussing whether or...
Bathrooms for birds
I’ve wanted a bird bath for the garden for a long time, but I’ve never found one I liked. They’re usually great gothic monstrosities, or horribly twee, or just plain ugly. But last year we had an unfortunate incident where a fledgling got stuck in a collection of...
Could you be the UK’s best amateur gardener?
It seems like the gardening season is one long whirlwind of garden shows. With the Malvern spring show, Chelsea and the new Chatsworth out of the way, garden designers and their teams are ramping up for Hampton Court. Their show gardens may offer up the best and...
Tendrils: 170519
Hello! Welcome to Tendrils. We’ve had some proper rain here at last. The wild strawberries are flowering and beginning to fruit in the fruit garden, which is starting to look very lush. There’s some clover competing with the wild strawberries for ground cover space;...About Me
Hello, my name is Emma.
I'm an ethnobotanist. I love edible and useful plants, and my garden is my sanctuary. I'm building a beautiful, bountiful paradise in my back yard.
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