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July 27, 2016

My sunflowers mean summer is really here

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Hi, thanks for visiting the blog. I’m Nic – a writer and garden designer based in Hertfordshire. I’m also a keen birdwatcher, inveterate bookworm and mum to two budding growers. Join me as I follow my crops from plot to plate, explore new plants and share the wonder and beauty of the nature world…

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I'd forgotten what tulips I'd planted in the borders alongside the Ballerina and Queen of Night. Seeing Slawa and Salmon Jimmy emerge today was a real treat 😊

There really isn't any space that can't fit some fruit - like an apple cordon or even a couple of alpine strawberry plants... #fruitface #smallspacegardening

"Legend has it that the Pasqueflower comes into bloom on Good Friday. Now these highly specialised plants and many other calcareous grassland species need our help if they are to rise again each year…" What a pleasure to write for @naturebftb on pasqueflowers, other endangered flora and fauna, and the chalk cycle on their blog this Easter. (Link in bio)

I do love this time of year...

Thank you @dalefootcomposts for this new tomato compost to trial. Can't wait to get my seedlings big enough to put their roots down in your wonderful #peatfree compost.

Another day, another chalk hill. Blackcap, willow warbler, swallow, kestrel, chiffchaff, red kite, but ring ouzel still a fictional bird. #seenit #notseenit

On the trail of the elusive (fictional) ring ouzel at Pegsdon Hills - saw a tantalising glimpse of a black thrush with white neck flying in the distance, but failed to find it again for definitive ID. Looking down on red kites and skylark from the top of the chalk hills was pretty special though.

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