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Having just moved from a house with a large stone wall along one side I can sympathise with George Anderson who sent in the following for us…the pictures that is, not their subjects! George [...]

Many of us have now seen the first snow of the winter and, after a relatively mild November, it is quite a shock to the system.  But spare a thought for those plants who may have been fooled by [...]

The editor’s garden (and house) are finally, it seems, going to be sold.  Just before we get to the really cold stuff, we should be moving to a new and larger garden.  It’s not big, [...]

Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Gardens are a great place for communing with nature, especially if you like squirrels. (Who I might add are rather partial to chasing eggs down hills if you ever [...]

The grand (but exciting), the old, the unexpected,  the fascinating and the inspirational as well as practical: What a week! [ed.  I have added links to all of the above gardens to the links [...]

I have spent many hours on my hands and knees amongst the flower beds over the last few years dealing with what I considered to be ‘unwanted visitors’.  I have to admit to being a [...]

There may still be places left on some of the Caley day trips this July. Thursday 21st: Teasses House and Southern Hemisphere Botanics (both Fife) Wednesday 27th: The Scottish Crop Research [...]

I hope all who went today had a wonderful time.  Having spoken to a few people who went along today I am certainly looking forward to tomorrow (fingers crossed for some nice weather). Here are [...]

4 months ago I bought a new fish tank.  For those of you who know about such things it’s a reasonably big one at 125 litres.  So far I’m not hosting very many fish in the tank, and to [...]