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PD&D: pests, diseases and disorders
As part of my coursework for the certificate, I had to write a Pest and Disease project. I researched 15 of the most common pests (vertebrates and invertebrates that feed, inhabit or otherwise live off plants, damaging or killing them) and diseases (caused by microorganisms such as fungi, viruses and bacteria), choosing ones that I…
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Plum days
I have not written for a while, busy as I was with coursework deadlines, but in the last two days I have spent some time with plum trees, which I think is worth sharing. Yesterday I helped the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate (PHSI) pick leaves from the orchard to be tested for plum pox…
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Chelsea Flower Show 2015
It’s press day at Chelsea Flower Show and the RHS trainees flocked into London to lend a hand while getting some insider’s knowledge of the UK’s most famous display of plants and garden design. I was assigned to assist one of the judging committees for the exhibits in the Great Pavilion: on a tight schedule…
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In the veg garden
Sowing sowing everywhere, then thinning out, planting out, covering, watering… it’s a busy time in the veg garden where the spring rush is on to get the beds filled and looking lush! That is what I have been doing over the last two months in the veg garden particularly, and below is more information by…
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Potato day(s)
With April I have started spending more time in the veg garden, up to 2 days a week, which is something I have worked to achieve, as I expect that veg growing will be a relevant part of my future involvement in horticulture. One of the first crops that I’ve been involved with has been…
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The mint collection
It was the end of February when I helped in the herb garden to remove the mint from its bed for propagation purposes. I was struck at the time that you could count be so many different scents of mint, but there was not much left in the pots that we removed from the ground…
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Grafting
Back in January, I was asked one morning to join a colleague, who was going to collect scion material in the orchard. Under the aegis of the fruit specialist at RHS garden Wisley, the collection gets regularly propagated to renew old plants and to replace sickly and dead ones (I helped before with the gooseberries).…
About Me
M.Paola Andreoni
I got the first allotment in 2007 (in the UK) and started growing my own food for the first time. Learning as I went along was not enough, so I studied some horticulture. I am striving to abide by organic principles. Brexit gave me a new life in the Netherlands, and two new plots by a nature reserve.
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