Category Archives: Borderland Garden

About my garden high up on the Welsh – English border

do less, see more, learn

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

As we accustom ourselves to life in lockdown – for however long that may be – we find the need to contain ourselves within a much smaller space than we are used to and in so doing we to rediscover … Continue reading →

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when I say ‘my garden’ I mean ….

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

When I refer to ‘my garden’ I don’t mean that the garden belongs to me. Legally, it does belong to me, in terms of ownership charted on a document – or more likely on a database.  But this kind of … Continue reading →

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a forest garden is gardened differently

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

Part 2 of  my forthcoming book – the garden of equal delights – is about how a forest garden is gardened differently.  Here are a few quotes from the first chapter of that section to introduce the topic. Principle 2:  … Continue reading →

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filling in the gaps

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

I have just been reading through my old posts and realise there are some gaps to fill in – about filling in the gaps! When I first planted fruit trees in the garden I had planned for them to be … Continue reading →

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healing for the garden

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Anni Kelsey

At some point in the remote past right there where you live and right here where I live there was a healthy, intact ecosystem.  Unless you live in a desert or tundra landscape there would have been animals from the … Continue reading →

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Hooray for nettles, thistles and docks

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Anni Kelsey

and because of them hooray for ever more butterflies. This summer I have seen more butterfly species in the garden than in any previous year.  Whilst none of them are rare I am delighted by each sighting.   Counting actual butterfly … Continue reading →

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re-interpreting the garden

Posted on May 25, 2019 by Anni Kelsey

Q:        When I walk out into my garden this afternoon what is the most helpful ‘thing’ I can take outside with me? A:        A different attitude of heart and mind.  A mind that is prepared to give up control and … Continue reading →

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Massive perennial kales

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Anni Kelsey

Perennial kales were one of the first perennial vegetables I tried to acquire and from that time to this they have always been a mainstay of my garden.  This year they have surpassed themselves in growing even more massive than … Continue reading →

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tree following April to May 2019

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Anni Kelsey

Apple Trwyn Mochyn, Borderland Garden, Wales 23 April 2019 This is a slow starter, which is perhaps a good thing in this somewhat unpredictable climate.  But by the end of April the flower buds are beginning to open. And being … Continue reading →

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untidy-ing-up

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Anni Kelsey

In time – after watching and waiting – comes doing the minimum. The weather has been far warmer than ‘normal’ for February – last weekend was warm, sunny, sparkling spring like weather – the kind of days we would perhaps … Continue reading →

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