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Country & Rural Garden News (13)Newspapers (6)Other Gardening News (A-J) (29)Other Gardening News (K-Z) (30)In all beginnings dwells a magic force A funny thing about orchids -- they don't die willingly. In a burst of energy one Sunday not too long ago, I pulled the feral grocery store orchids out from their neglected corner of the patio, and repotted them... ... I am a willow of the wilderness, Loving the wind that bent me. All my hurts My garden spade can heal. - Ralph Waldo Emerson ?Musketaquid,? Poems (1847)... In the week since I last posted, summer has turned over to a dreary autumn in a neat little turn of pathetic fallacy. Rain, rain, rain... even the leather grips on the handlebars of my bike are spotted with mildew... We made the painful decision to put Jake, our Border Collie, to sleep this afternoon. He was 16 years old. Jake was a magnificent animal inside and out, and a wonderful, wonderful friend. We miss him.... Never mind orchids... asparagus? Cool. Now there is evidence that orchids have been in existence since dinosaurs were running around the earth. A 15-20 million year old bee has been discovered preserved in amber, with orchid pollen on its back... Another reason why I love the British It must be some kind of big year for the Queen's anniversary, because there are lots of nostalgic articles in British newspapers about her wedding. Either that, or it's a very slow news week. My favourite so far is "The... The Jolly Green Giant of Geraniums We visited Madeira almost three years ago, a gorgeous little volcanic island off the coast of Africa. Madeira's year-round spring temperatures make it a gardener's paradise, and I brought home more than a few souvenirs, including orchids and some cuttings... ... Orchids in horse poop... I've read about it, and I've always wondered if it worked. An entire website is devoted to the glories of growing orchids in horse manure, and I'm sure that I'm not the only fool who has... This lovely yellow floribunda rose is growing in a large pot on my patio. It's called Sunlight Romantica, a floribunda from the house of Meilland in France. Meilland's Romantica roses are considered France's answer to the old English rose, and... There is most definitely a hint of autumn in the air, a certain crispness and energy that urges me to get out into the garden. It's an instinct really; a strong sense of needing to be out harvesting and tending... Here's an interesting article from the UK's Telegraph about a very rare variety of plum, or "Damson", called "Blue Violet": An amateur horticulturalist is nurturing what are believed to be the last wild-growing examples of a rare damson tree... A Discovery News report reveals that all cactus' have teeny, tiny little leaves. All of them. Discovery News very helpfully suggests that curious cacti owners exercise caution when moving in close to investigate... Twice is nice. Three times is just showing off: A magnolia has flowered for the third time in a year, possibly due to climate change and the unpredictable weather. John Anderson, 47, head gardener at Exbury Gardens in Hampshire, said...
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