Saturday, June 30, 2012
How is it, that despite unprecedented availability and effortless access to a substantial information resource that is new (social) media, in particular (garden) blogs and Twitter, mainstream media are still so off the mark when assessing and/or addressing target audience interests? This week saw the inconceivable return of Ground Force, in its newly fangled ‘Love Your Garden’ format, featuring Alan Titchmarch and Mr David ‘feed your plants Coca Cola’ Domoney. [...]
Monday, June 25, 2012
There really is no other way of saying it, this year the kitchen garden has been pants. Record breaking hot March weather, subsequent and unremitting torrential rain, persistent cold temperatures, fuming storms, in addition to exceptionally lethal slug vandalism and uncanny pigeon mutilation, amount to the perfect recipe for disaster. With the bulk of painstakingly grown produce mullered, and end of June nearing, one can’t help but wonder if there [...]
Monday, June 11, 2012
Pointless. The superbly harebrained, naive notion of taking along a list, to what is undoubtedly one of the best plant sales in the country, is best completely disregarded. The sheer mass of colour, plant quality and scale of varieties available at the Crocus Open Day, is simply too tantalising. My list never saw the light of day. One could argue, that this incredible drive to impulse buy is down to [...]
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