Category Archives: Telford Garden

About my perennial veggies garden in Telford, Shropshire

Thinking about strategies

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Anni Kelsey

That is to say, thinking about what strategies the plants are using in the garden and how I can appropriately respond.  Yesterday I was tidying up the edge of the lawn working my way along the ‘long border’.  As I … Continue reading →

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End of an era

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

Next Friday we move out of this home.  My partner has lived here for 32 years and I joined her fourteen years ago when the new millennium was a few months old.  Needless to say we have a lot of … Continue reading →

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A (somewhat early) harvest of yacon

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

We hope to complete on our house sale soon which means I am harvesting vegetables in the Telford garden sooner than I would normally do. On Thursday it was the turn of the yacon.  I broke off the edible tubers … Continue reading →

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Moving on

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

It has been a lovely autumn day to spend out in the garden.  A bit windy perhaps but sunny and much warmer that I might have expected.  I spent the time tidying up mainly –  cutting back lots of growth from some … Continue reading →

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Where are the bees?

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

How are the  bees (and other insects) doing where you are this year? As I have been watching my Telford garden this year I have noticed that there seem to be far fewer bees than in previous years.  I have … Continue reading →

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Nature’s way of ‘planting’

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

I tend to leave the edges of the garden away from the vegetable polycultures to do their own thing as far as is practical.  I have an ever increasing respect for nature knowing what is best and like to trust … Continue reading →

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Exuberant angelica

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

Reviewing recent photos confirmed what my senses told me – that when the angelica came up this year it veritably exploded from the ground!  One week it was a relatively small hummock of leafy growth, eight days later it had … Continue reading →

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Plans and Priorities for 2014

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

My general aims for both gardens this year are: To increase the amount of produce from the perennial vegetables already under cultivation – essentially by having more plants. To extend the area under cultivation – in the Borderland garden. To … Continue reading →

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Evaluating 2013 in the Telford garden

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

Our house in Telford went up for sale in the late spring of 2013.  As yet it has not sold but the year began with the clear possibility in mind that we may not see the growing season out in … Continue reading →

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Delights in the Mid Winter Garden

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

I would contend that a garden of edible perennials must be one of the few to yield delights in the cold and often bleak mid winter months.  I have left a number of root vegetables in the ground over the … Continue reading →

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