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Ordnance House: Afloat on a sea of Lavender
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Go to Ordnance House website. Monday, 20 July 2015. Afloat on a sea of Lavender. Our list of Lavender plants is now a very long one. The list includes the predictable angustifolia Hidcot but includes more unusual varieties such as Beechwood Blue which I prefer. We also grow Folgate, Felice, Bowles Early, Imperial Gem, Elizabeth, the pink Miss Katherine, the small white Nana Alba and many, many more. The x intermedia range includes Grosso, Sussex and the white Edelweiss. Posted by Ordnance House.
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Ordnance House: Long days
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Go to Ordnance House website. Monday, 22 June 2015. We have reached midsummer and the days are long. The Alliums, which produced a stunning display this year, are over but their green seed heads forming globes remain continuing to add structure and definition in beds and borders. But now, for the first time, the garden feels truly mature with beech hedging forming real structure, partition and division. I think we now have what we planned on paper four years ago. Posted by Ordnance House.
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Ordnance House: Spears of delight
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Go to Ordnance House website. Tuesday, 21 April 2015. There is a thrill to see the first spears appear in April and we then harvest it until June. It requires very little work. Once we arrive at the end of June, we let it go to seed before cutting it all down once its frothy fine leaves yellow in Autumn. Then we simply give it a really thick rich mulch and leave it to face Winter under its warm and protective duvet. Posted by Ordnance House. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Ordnance House: May 2015
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Go to Ordnance House website. Friday, 15 May 2015. Our only National Garden Scheme public opening will be Sunday, 24th May, between noon and 5pm. It is a lovely time of year to showcase the garden and follows a week of horticultural loveliness at the Chelsea Flower show so everyone's gardening juices should be bubbling over. If you are free on the afternoon of Sunday, 24th May then come along. Entry is £3.50, children free and dogs are especially welcome in the garden. Posted by Ordnance House.
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Ordnance House: June 2015
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Go to Ordnance House website. Monday, 22 June 2015. We have reached midsummer and the days are long. The Alliums, which produced a stunning display this year, are over but their green seed heads forming globes remain continuing to add structure and definition in beds and borders. But now, for the first time, the garden feels truly mature with beech hedging forming real structure, partition and division. I think we now have what we planned on paper four years ago. Posted by Ordnance House.
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Ordnance House: August 2014
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Go to Ordnance House website. Sunday, 24 August 2014. An apple a day. The apple trees in the orchard are groaning under the weight of their fruits. I have never known such a good crop in the time we have been here. The branches bow under the weight of apples on the trees and the double-U cordons which divide the garden from the orchard. The orchard is now established and thriving. The bountiful crop may be due to this being such a hot Summer. Posted by Ordnance House. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Ordnance House: Christmas rescheduled
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Go to Ordnance House website. Thursday, 9 April 2015. In just a few short weeks time my personal Christmas Day will arrive. Forget the dark, damp, miserable twilight half days of mid-Winter and December 25th. My gifts arrive in the full, fresh glory of May and provide me with enormous joy and wellbeing for the weeks which run into June. My sparkling presents are Alliums. Posted by Ordnance House. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Ordnance House: Momentum
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Go to Ordnance House website. Sunday, 22 March 2015. I have collected my supply of pea sticks from a local hazel coppice as I prepare the vegetable garden for what I hope will be a productive Summer harvest of Mangetout. Posted by Ordnance House. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Ordnance House: September 2014
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Go to Ordnance House website. Monday, 8 September 2014. Short back and sides. It's time to give the Lavender a short back and sides! So there is always a place for a Lavender plant in every garden. Enjoy the colour, enjoy the scent and enjoy the bees and butterflies that are attracted to it. Posted by Ordnance House. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Short back and sides.
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Ordnance House: March 2015
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Go to Ordnance House website. Sunday, 22 March 2015. I have collected my supply of pea sticks from a local hazel coppice as I prepare the vegetable garden for what I hope will be a productive Summer harvest of Mangetout. Posted by Ordnance House. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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