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three forest garden essentials

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

The three forest gardening essentials are biodiversity, biomass and perenniality – because: biodiversity strongly supports a healthy and resilient ecosystem biomass strongly supports soil fertility perennial trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants support the living food web in the soil together … Continue reading →

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Summer in the garden

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

After my post a few weeks ago about a lack of bees, there are more about in both gardens than there were.  The Borderland garden is now absolutely buzzing with both bees and other insects.  The Telford garden has less, but … 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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The Wild Edges of the Garden

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Anni Kelsey

I am reading Glennie Kindred’s book “Letting in the Wild Edges” http://permanentpublications.co.uk/port/letting-in-the-wild-edges-by-glennie-kindred and had it in mind this morning when I was out in the wild edges of my (Telford) garden. For one reason and another I have not had much time … Continue reading →

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Ingredients for a New Perennial Vegetable Patch

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Anni Kelsey

At last I have been able to start preparing a perennial vegetable patch in my new “Borderland” garden – like this: Ingredients dead sticks, boughs and twigs from the hedge turf from the lawn topsoil from the bank below the … Continue reading →

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Layers of fruity delights

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Anni Kelsey

Birds are notoriously fond of soft fruit and many gardeners take the precaution of growing blackcurrants and raspberries etc under netting or in fruit cages.  A few years ago I planted two blackcurrant bushes in the combined shade of a … Continue reading →

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Making light work of it!

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Anni Kelsey

Around this time of year everything in the garden starts to grow so fast you can nearly watch it moving upwards.  Everything green is surging towards the light and much of what grows fastest are things that gardeners traditionally do … Continue reading →

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