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A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself – May Sarton I’m new to blogging which also seems for me to be a series of losses with a few triumphs – I’m enjoying learning though! Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

I spoke too soon – my cerinthe seedlings have taken a turn for the worse and the cosmos seeds I sowed last week are almost as disappointing as the first. They are all what can only be described as “leggy”. So I’ve been trawling the internet for help – but there are so many opinions… Read more

In June 2019 my blog was entitled “Help – I think I’ve got thrips!” – only now I know I hadn’t – because now I know what I had and have got again – and it’s fungus gnats (sciarid flies). Just to be clear I’m not personally afflicted, it’s my seedlings. The adults are tiny… Read more