Just when I was beginning to feel cheated of my annual sun quota, the old man put in a guest appearance this weekend. This afternoon was muggy to boot – it’s raining now – and earlier, if I closed my eyes and used my imagination, ok, rather a lot of imagination, I could have been [...]
Archive for May, 2009
The Light Fantastic
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’d Like To Thank All The Worms
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged awards, Fork'N Monkey, viva democracy on May 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s a telling sign of the times: Vivh is all-consumed by Chelsea, and rubbing shoulders with all the famous gardening types. I have retreated into a winter fug, taking only the most occasional trip into the garden and scuttling back in after about 5 minutes.
And as a result, we both seem to have missed the [...]
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It is either very late at night or very early in the morning, and I really should be sound asleep after a long day at Chelsea, but I have just found this which I simply had to put up before it slipped into murky internet noodle soup. It is about how some plants from the [...]
New Media
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Years ago, in about 1994, I recall surfing the internet with my sister in a stuffy computer lab somewhere in the bowels of the University of Cape Town. The internet connection was pitifully slow and the content back then seemed woefully dull and academic, although perhaps that had more to do with the locale than [...]
Book Review – Jane’s Delicious Garden by Jane Griffiths
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Gardening books are always a bit of a bind for me. I tend to break them down into two groups – the Beautiful and the Dutiful.
Beautiful books are printed on sexy, glossy paper, have hardcovers and many many pages of full-colour, gorgeous photos and illustrations. The gardens in them are cleverly laid out and lush [...]
Good News
Posted in Uncategorized on May 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s nearly Chelsea time on this side of the world, a fact which was confirmed earlier this week when my press pass for the event slipped through the letter box. Having applied for the pass in early March and having heard nothing, I was beginning to wonder if my application had ended up in the [...]
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