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Late summer, and it’s time to propagate plants for next year. We’ll be doing some propagation this afternoon with rosemary and lavender from the station garden, pinks from the Preston Circus planters and perhaps even the dark begonias that we invested … Continue reading →

A brief post – as I can’t keep up. We’re thrilled to have been shortlisted for two awards this summer – hoorah! We’re one of three stations shortlisted for Southern Railway’s ‘Tsars and Stars’ awards for ‘best community station’. Madeleine will be … Continue reading →

It’s suddenly got hot. Temperatures have now been going over 20C for about 10 days. The French beans and the courgettes have perked up. But we haven’t had much rain for about 10 days. On Tuesday, our four water butts … Continue reading →

We’ve not paid the shady triangle a lot of attention so far this year. It’s coming into its own with lush green growth everwhere: the fatsia japonica is huge, the ferns are growing up high again, we had to cut … Continue reading →

The successes so far have mainly been salads and other leaves. We’ve been harvesting rocket and lettuce regularly, and our cavalo nero is growing beautifully with edible bouquets being picked each Tuesday. The Unwins’ mixed lettuce leaves and rocket, seeds … Continue reading →