I’m in a fairly leafy and suburban part of north London and have been in the same house and therefore garden since 1994. I now have a bit more time to put to gardening and am enjoying doing a few new things, rather than just trying to keep everything at bay. This site has come at a really good time for me because I want to keep track of progress, what works and what doesn’t, and to stop re-learning the same stuff every year.
Gardens
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Back garden
Zone 9 I have had a bit of a love / hate relationship with my back garden over the 13 years we have lived in the house. Having ignored it for quite some ...
- 25 plants
- 95 journals
- 5 faves
- 4 comments
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Container garden
Zone 9 There are various pots in various places all around the back garden, at the front of the house and indeed in the house. For the purposes of Folia ...
- 10 plants
- 42 journals
- 2 faves
- 1 comments
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Full of potential - renamed Water garden
Zone 9 Not so much a garden more a potential pond. Watch this space!
- 10 plants
- 30 journals
- 0 faves
- 5 comments
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Herb garden
Zone 9 I have had some herbs before in odd pots at the end of the garden, but this is a bit more of a concerted effort I am trying to keep these all in...
- 13 plants
- 57 journals
- 4 faves
- 2 comments
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Indoor garden
Zone 9 Various pots in various places round the house - heaps of unruly undisciplined spider plants and several pots of peace lilies because I divided a h...
- 7 plants
- 20 journals
- 1 faves
- 0 comments
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I love to grow
Anything and everything!
Hobbies
Walking and reading and belatedly learning some science.






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