Gardening coach, writer, podcaster. Unashamed owner of a too-loud laugh. #INFJ. Furious snowflake. Tea room, not coffee shop. More shabby than chic 🇪🇺
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I’ve only gone and written a book! ‘To Stand and Stare; how to garden while doing next to nothing” is a celebration of what it means to garden with nature as a partner, rather than as force apart from us that needs to be contained, controlled and limited.
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If you’d like to make your garden a better place for wildlife while also making it better for the planet, my book A Greener Life takes you through the practical steps of growing a garden for nature, even tiny spaces like steps, windowsills and balconies jackwallington.com/product/a…
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Lots of people asking me where I was when Sunak announced the election. I was inside, because it was raining. Only an idiot would have gone out in that... #GeneralElection
It's all starting to happen in the garden just now!
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Your reminder...
In 2021 Sunak cut the money given to the Environment Agency to maintain existing flood protection schemes
Reduced it by £34m to £201m
And then to £194m the following year
For context:
Amount spent on Rwanda plan to date:
£290m.
bylinetimes.com/2023/11/15/n…
Can't wait to listen to this, what a wonderful start to 2024!! Er yet lug 'oles round Sara's new podcast! ✨🌱🙏🏼
Well I have been threatening to do this for a good while so here it is.
Welcome to the A Voice From The Garden Podcast
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Well f*** me.
The “what you must sow in January” posts are already starting.
So let me just say, after 30 years in the business of growing plants of all types, there is NOTHING you need to sow in January.
Respect the seeds and wait.
First sowing date here will be mid Feb
Bugger. I always seem to have to exhaust all probabilities when I'm only after one letter!
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Or, you know. Pick the damn fruit before it rots? Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth.
A request to fell 2 protected pear trees in 'Pear Tree Close', Much Dewchurch, Herefordshire, as they attract wasps, has been supported by the parish council.
An application to fell the trees has been submitted to Herefordshire Council
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Our conversation about immigration is all about numbers, not about rights.
That’s why the government now feels able to trash our family rights to give us the numbers we supposedly want.
Migrants are humans. Humans have families. Our immigration system has to cope with that.
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Is Walshaw moor the right place for England's biggest onshore wind farm? wildway.info/p/is-walshaw-mo… #SaveWalshawMoor
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ALT Lady planting a grass plant. Image credit RHS
Such delightful company with @StephenGParker!
‘ Englands Gardens. A Modern History’ my new book…Spotted in Edinburgh today…and keeping excellent company too…including @AndrewTimothyOB
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2) In 2022 I started a petition to ban high risk garden pesticides. petition.parliament.uk/petit… I thought, let’s follow official democratic process to spark sensible discussion.
I’d change the wording slightly now but anyone reading it would get the gist for wider conversation.
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In this episode, cook, food writer and passionate home gardener Nigel Slater talks to Stephanie Mahon about what he would include in his dream garden! 💚
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