Botanical Beatboxing
Who says Kew isn’t cool? If that doesn’t work, try this link Update May 2007: seems that the video has been removed. Shame.
Latest thoughts and experiments
Should I down my tools and give up gardening?
This Dorset gardener has given up because he needed to keep stopping for a breather every 10 minutes. I know how he feels. The only difference is that he’s done it at the grand old age of 104, over two and a half times my age! And when you see Read more …
Grow your own Viagra
The Independant ran a fascinating article on Sunday: Grow-your-own Viagra craze hits Britains garden centres Thankfully I’m not one to need to follow their advice (too much info?!), but this has to be one of the best botanical news stories I’ve read for ages. It’s always nice to see the Read more …
When is a knotweed a weed?
The Daily Mail is today reporting “Attack of the super weed hits Olympics” and suggesting that clearing 10 acres of this pesky little plant could cost £70 million. They go on to say: Surveyors have discovered that the aggressive weed has taken over 10 acres of the proposed sites for Read more …
Got a problem? Blame global warming!
I hesitate to post this, seeing as the subject of global warming is clearly a serious one, but if nothing else it shows how the politicians and headline writers grab hold of things and twist them to their own ends. In fact I have just remembered that I posted something Read more …
Just what is Yorkshire forced indoor rhubarb?
Well, I knew the answer to that one as posed on the BBC website, but I confess I’d never heard of the Lincolnshire Rhubarb Triangle. Any Bermuda connections? Or do you think they’re just trying to trade off the name?