People who nail things to trees. To my mind thoughtless vandals. How would you like it if somebody nailed a bird box to your shins? And do these boxes ever get used by birds? Rarely because birds like a bit of cover – not full exposure of their family business. I’ve seen whole lighting strings […]
Lovely morning working in the sunshine – popped into see Emma and Monty at The Walled Nusery in Hawkhurst and picked up some extra plants for a fussy customer. As ever Emma and Monty keep a lively stock of some excellent plants and I always come away with an unexpected gem. Good news too on […]
Frustrated by the mistake with his first fruit, and all the subsequent trouble that followed, God set to work on his second and came up with the banana. Possibly an in-joke with back-reference to his past fruity mistake but delicious, nutricious and brilliantly pre-packaged none-the-less. Not long after that he set his fruit designers another […]
Production at Kenward House in Yalding is coming to a peak with our sales tables groaning under the strain of sweet peas, beans, toms, and other veg soon to be set out for sale. Other excellent stuff too – a rare fern [quick – only a few left], hydrangeas, some spotless hostas, dahlias and more […]
Just back from an excellent two day training course with the Arboricultural Association. Case studies of new tree planting and old tree preservation in cities: planting pits, irrigation, root air and protection. Plus a close look at standards of tree planting in the UK comapared with the USA and Australia, Canada, Holland and Sweden. […]
In Swanley this week at Provender Nurseries. Ferns, creeping dogwood, asiatic jasmine and my favourite posh compost [not telling], potted and bagged. Richard and his friendly team always on hand to help and hunt down other botanical quarry. And I always get a cup of tea there. Best nurseries in SE England and a pleasure […]
Friends of The Grove [FOG] met park officers at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council and their contractors today in The Grove. Really pleased to see the new grass has sprouted and a pleasant green fuzz is taking over the bare mud. Storm Katie did her best to blow down some of the protective barrier netting but […]
Great day at the Kenward Trust this week volunteering in the nurseries. Just a bit of sun and the polytunnels were hotting up pretty quick. Hundreds of dahlias to pot up and sprout with some cuttings already made earlier looking perky. There are so many varieties of over-wintered tubers that we potted some of them […]
Grass Re-seeding in The Grove Plans are underway to re-seed bare patches of grass in The Grove. Friends of The Grove (FOG) have assisted Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) and their contractors with soil analysis and grass seed choice and we hope to go ahead with the actual reseeding sometime in March or April. The […]