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By Ed Haynes hayneshorticulture.co.uk 

bee keeping

The Barnack Horticultural Show

Grow it make it and show it. There’s magic in a horticultural show. We, Haynes Horticulture, will be proud sponsors ...
Dig in garden

Dig deep into anything but AI

There’s something about April that pulls you back outside, whether you’re ready or not. You find yourself stood there, mug ...
bulbs

February Flickers

In February everything is meticulously being decided, the worms are having top table meetings, the birds stirring and squirrels… well ...

CACHE is King

The lights are up, you most likely had the Christmas works do at the end of November. Most of the ...
Acorn

The Alchemy of the Gall Wasp

On walking with Penelope, who is six, across Wanstead park we crunched and picked our way through fallen acorns. ‘Why ...
Jack Frost

Jack Frost

So how is everyone fairing post Christmas and New Year? As I return to the UK from a hiatus in ...
Tree

Trees are not just for Christmas.

Time to kick start that gym membership, make resolutions we laugh at in days. Sort the recycling and push go ...
snowdrops

Grow Wild

This week we delve into seasons, nature (obvs) and citizen science, so boil that kettle, grab a biscuit and take ...
nativity

Pause for Thought Dec 24

Many people know the story from Exodus 3, where Moses – having fled from Egypt, and tending his father-in-law’s sheep ...
Calicarpa

Buy more than you need & The Comely Calicarpa

Autumn is a busy time of year for us gardeners, with the changing light and cooler weather our borders are ...
lilac flower

Lilacs – Has Grandma arrived?

This week, a dry Arctic wind has blown gently into our gardens from the north east. Lawns are retaining their ...
blackberries

Blackberries

These dark juicy adornments hang in our local hedgerows, turning from light green buds,to red flesh, and eventually to dark ...
Keck

Keck – friend or foe?

Every month I relish the opportunity to think of a fresh subject matter to write about, as I was driving ...
fledgeling bluetit

In the Wild

This week, I thought I would write a piece about my weekend in Devon re-igniting my love for all things ...

April Gardening Tips

April has quite simply been Baltic! Spring is creeping however, once barren branches now teem with green shoots. Red kites ...
Apple blossom

SUNSHINE & SHOWERS GARDENING FOR THE MIND

Can you remember a weather man called Michael Fish on the BBC? He had a grey moustache, wore brown suits, ...
Grass

A Gardeners Journal October 18, 2023 Ufford Hall

In the brisk and rather damp embrace of October, Ufford Hall gardens undergo a noticeable shift. The autumnal colours, the ...
peasant

Feed the Winter Birds

Our feathery friends sound the dawn chorus, light sounding cheeps and gentle calls wake the lucky few that are stirring ...
mushrooms

Nature’s Internet

“So, what part of ‘no grass on the leaf mulch heap’ do you not understand, Edward?” A thorough dress down ...
lawns

Lawn love

The British summer has delivered its discombobulated offerings keeping us all our toes. From Maples to Marram its all been ...
Daffodils

The Meaning of Flowers: Daffodil

Daffodil (Narcissus) there are over 50 species. Also known as Jonquil, Daffadowndilly. Botanical characteristics: The colour of the bloom is ...
crocuses

The Meaning of Flowers – Crocus

Crocus (plural crocuses) Latin origin: the crocus is a genus of flowers that derived its name from the Latin word ...
snowdrop

The meaning of Flowers: Snowdrop

Snowdrops ( Galanthus Nivalis ) earned their name from the combination of two Greek and Latin words. Galanthus from the ...
holly in winter

Holly (not the ex-girlfriend!)

Deck the Halls with ‘boughs’ of holly Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la ‘Tis the season to be jolly... you know the rest. It ...
rudbeckia

Late Summer Colour

Its not over until the Asters Falter The parched trees rustle in the infrequent breeze. Our beloved lawns may look ...
field mouse

Hedge Rows, Field Mice and all things nice….

The bountiful hedgerows are teeming with life all around. We all feel the urge to clip, trim, control, and manage ...
Juniper

Gin & the Beauty of Green

Are the flowers that used to steal our attention becoming a more permanent and taken for granted feature? Day in ...

Plants love People

As we change our realisation that we are no longer hostages in our own homes, we are in fact freer ...
bees

Wild Flower Meadows for the Bees

Where to start, the natural environment has shown its authority once more. This article was to be about the brilliance ...
Christmas Rose

Your Garden in March

The Christmas Rose Hello, storm Ciara has politely whisked her way through the garden, like an angry step mother who ...