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A View (A Few Miles) From The Greenhouse; Enemies At The Gates…..

7th November 2023 Colin Cross 2293 Comments

Autumn’s been wet but mild up here in the north western wastelands, leading to an explosion of colour in the flora of the area which has lasted well into November. I took a walk in [more…]

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A View (120 Miles Or So) From The Greenhouse; Whitby(ish) A Postcard

6th June 2023 Colin Cross 2393 Comments

First things first, as the saying goes. Starting bottom left, the vine flourishes and has benefitted, in no small measure, from a good old fashioned “clip out”, more of which next time. Before we get [more…]

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Sienna Wood House

18th April 2023 Going Postal 2437 Comments

Before I retired my boss had a beautiful 4-bedroom detached house on a private estate on the edge of Dorking. However, both her and her husband were gardeners, and their pristine garden was just too [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; Please Make It Stop!

11th April 2023 Colin Cross 2314 Comments

Finally got the layout finished with the completion of the four (slightly) raised beds. In the final analysis (for this season at least) I decided not to permanently fix them down with corner pegs as [more…]

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Letter From Stafford, Three

30th March 2023 Going Postal 2630 Comments

I don’t get out as much any more now that I’ve learned to do my work online. Slouching behind a steering wheel 200 miles a day has been replaced by slouching at a screen waiting [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse (Putin-Mad, Bad, Or Just Being Vlad)

8th March 2022 Colin Cross 3740 Comments

“It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good” as the saying goes and it’s as true for owners of large glass structures as it is for anyone else. Since my last epistle we’ve faced [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse (“Brexit” Disastrophe)

22nd February 2022 Colin Cross 3482 Comments

In Scotland and Lancashire they had (maybe they still do have) Wakes Week, a time when factories, mines and the like closed for 7 days to allow people to go to Blackpool, get pissed and [more…]

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View From The Greenhouse; No Gender Change Please, We’re British

11th January 2022 Colin Cross 3829 Comments

Another year comes around and, with it, a couple of days for quiet reflection, mostly to let the pudding settle. I don’t normally make a start in the old greenhouse much before February, the weather [more…]

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Growing In A Pandemic – End Of Season

19th October 2021 Colin Cross 3411 Comments

I’d intended to have a little rant about the continuing brouhaha surrounding “vaccines”, “vaccine passports” and such matters, as it seems pretty clear to me that those who we employ to govern us have spent [more…]

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