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Urban front gardens and flooding
Front gardens, hard landscaping, water butts and flooding
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Sally Morgan
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A love of salvias
Growing up, salvias meant those garish red bedding plants (Salvia splendens) but decades later I have come to love this genus of flowers for its…
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Sally Morgan
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The garden in winter, watching birds and seed viability
This week I cover structure and ground cover in the garden, floral diversity in January, the benefits of looking and learning, testing seeds for…
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Sally Morgan
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Keyhole gardening, push/pull control of pests and growing amaranthus
Some take away ideas for gardeners from the Oxford Real Farming Conference and some questions about roses
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Sally Morgan
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Biopest control, permaculture, regenerative hydrology & silvohorticulture
This week I focus on some of the talks from the Oxford Real Farming Conference. There was so much to interest me and here are a few highlights.
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Weather, population seeds and what to do with an apple glut
How can a decrease in a plant pathogen cause more drought? Why are population seeds more resilient? How do you make apple cider vinegar from peelings…
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Sally Morgan
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Why not grow something different in 2025? Exploring unusual legumes
Resilience 3 January 2025
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Sally Morgan
Fallen giants, harvesting water and kitchen gardens
This week's post is a bumper edition! We’ll have a sneak peek at what’s on the horizon for 2025, share a clever tip for harvesting water, and delve into…
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Sally Morgan
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Flood risks, feeding birds, Chinese artichokes and a giveaway
This week I look at the Environment Agency’s recent assessments for flood risk, how bird feeders can spread disease, and give away some Chinese…
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Sally Morgan
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A simple irrigation tip, methane and why dairy cows really don't need feed supplements
This post is a bit of a mixed bag, some gardening tips and a delve into dairy cows, methane and Bovaer
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Sally Morgan
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Soil and the role of dipping ponds in the garden
World Soil day, how dipping ponds can harvest water, prevent flooding and influence the microclimate, and one way that plants communicate with fungi
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Sally Morgan
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Keyhole gardening, push/pull control of pests and growing amaranthus
Some take away ideas for gardeners from the Oxford Real Farming Conference and some questions about roses
 • 
Sally Morgan
31
Flood risks, feeding birds, Chinese artichokes and a giveaway
This week I look at the Environment Agency’s recent assessments for flood risk, how bird feeders can spread disease, and give away some Chinese…
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Sally Morgan
7
Plants that make your mouth fizz, tingle and go numb
This week I look at the numbing ability of Szechuan peppers, chillis and those crazy electrifying flowers known as buzz buttons or electric daisies
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Sally Morgan
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Growing in sand
Peter Korn at the Beth Chatto Symposium, quarries, Chatto Wood and creating an experimental raised sand bed
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Sally Morgan
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New pests, more rain and climate stats
We’ve had more than enough rain in September.
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