Tag: weeds
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Blooming weeds!
It is over a year since my last post and l’Orto di Casa Cecconi has a new home, in the Netherlands. A rather beautiful, large patch of land adjacent to a nature reserve and lake, it came with a big shed, more of a house really… The space is divided in two parts: a mature,…
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Nothoscordum borbonicum
Nothoscordum borbonicum Only one weed is considered obnoxious at RHS Garden Wisley, and that is honeybells or onion weed (Nothoscordum borbonicum). It is spreading in the fan borders and the fruit garden, so I have had the opportunity to weed it out a few times in the last couple of weeks, so I’ve become familiar with it.…
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An area all of my own in the Model Fruit Garden
I was offered to take charge of an area in the Model Fruit Garden that needs some redevelopment as a cottage garden. It is an exciting, though slightly daunting (as I have never done a large scale design before), project! My manager will offer me a small budget to acquire some plants and one day a…
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Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Taraxacum officinale are beautiful wild flowers, laden in pollen (I remember a spring in the mountains when everything was covered in yellow “dust” as dandelions all came into flower) and last year, after reading about someone having the largest botanic collection of them, I started noticing the different leaf shapes… I even considered devoting them…
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Back in the beds (Week 6, Friday)
We have had so much to do with the Smyrnium first and filling the pits left by the Nash sculptures that it felt like we had not seen the South Canal Beds for ages. Rubus allegheniensis Being back to our collection, working in our beds. felt really good this morning, despite the fact I was…
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Most seedlings are out now
Suddenly al the seedlings are coming out together: this is the most difficult stage for me as I am not too good at potting on – a very delicate phase, with a lot of pressure to find suitable space. I have prepared the greenhouses for the chillies already, and the tomatoes that I transplanted straight…
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Roots
I have done my first revision table for plant organs: starting from the bottom I chose the root, one of the vegetative organs (together with stem and leaf) as opposed to reproductive organs (flower, seed and fruit). Very proud of having managed, when I spilled my tea on it (it’s time to go to bed,…
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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