Notes to myself:
- remember to stake plants early, including the autumn asters
- do not order from the glossy magazines, but stick to the established nurseries
- do not sow seeds you know will be eaten by the slugs as soon as you plant out the seedlings
- be sure to laugh out loud at least once a day
Floppy Asters
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Reading List 2013 (so far):
- Tulipomania (Mike Dash)
- The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
- Flaubert’s Parrot (Julian Barnes)
- Why Willows Weep (Edited by Tracy Chevalier and Simon Prosser)
- The Botany of Desire (Michael Pollan)
- Spade, Skirret and Parsnip (Bill Laws)
- Possession (A.S. Byatt)
- Dear Friend and Gardener (Beth Chatto and Christopher Lloyd)
- The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
- Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
- Hortus Eystettensis (Basilius Besler)
- The Secrets of Wildflowers (Jack Sanders)
- Wandernde Pflanzen (German book about Neophytes)
- The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
My Book Case
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A few other wishes for 2013:
- plenty of fresh air and exercise
- sunshine and blue skies in the day, rain showers overnight 😉
- no slugs or snails, aphids or cabbage white caterpillars, nor mice 😉 (I’ll be lucky!)
Snail in my Garden
Have you made any lists/plans/resolutions for 2013?
