For a new year I am introducing a new services section of Perennial Nerd, where I offer writing services to the horticulture and gardening sector. It is a new venture which combines my main skill-sets, and essentially my two careers, into one package. To quickly surmise, I passed my National Council for the Training of Journalists professional qualification in Newspaper Journalism back in 2007. I … Continue reading Garden Writing Service Launches
It’s been quite a year for a first foray into being allotmenteers. But it’s been a fantastic experience and one that’s been full of challenges, rewards and fun. I plan to write a longer blog post about the 12 months, covering all the successes and failures, very shortly. But I thought I’d start with a quick photo journey of the year, from the weedy field … Continue reading Allotment Year in pics
It has been a few months since we got the allotment and I’m happy to showcase that things are swiftly coming on. Back in January we got the plot (you can read about the start of the adventure here) and of course a lot has changed in the world since then. We have been very lucky to be able to have the allotment as a project … Continue reading From Field to Full Beds
It’s an exciting time as we have now got an allotment and so starts the newest growing project. Now I admit its been lucky. You hear of long, long waiting lists for allotments, and I was on a waiting list myself. However, upon moving to a new area we chanced our arm and enquired, and lo-and-behold they had vacancies. So we now have Plot 1, … Continue reading My No-Dig Allotment Adventure
September was a time of transition as the summer crops started to slow and the autumnal treats began to come to the fore. Continue reading Walled Garden Diaries: Times Are A’Changing
One of my little projects at home at the moment is my attempts to grow Dahlia ‘Bishops Children’ from seed. This is my first attempt to grow dahlias from seed, and I admittedly went into it not really expecting much and seeing it as a bit of an investigation. Continue reading Growing dahlias from seed
Introducing the Perennial Nerd and his plans for this space. Continue reading Introducing….
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