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Gardens matter – 2025/46

by NRC on 15th November 2025 with No Comments

Gardens matter This week: Garden matters; Computing; Woodworking; We have had another sunny week again, with no rain. However both the daytime and night time temperatures are dropping noticeably now. The last scarlet leaves of my Parthenocissus have fallen this … Read More

Running – 2020/19

by NRC on 9th May 2020 with 2 Comments

There is an abundance of colour in the orchards at the moment, even if a lot of the flowers are actually weeds!

Pst! Don’t tell the Architect… – 2020/18

by NRC on 2nd May 2020 with 4 Comments

We are into May now, Svibanj in Croatian, meaning the month of budding trees. Although there are few trees not in full leaf on Hvar.

The incompatibility matrix – 2020/16

by NRC on 18th April 2020 with 3 Comments

Some flowers are long lived, others like the Salsify, although pretty, last less than half a day. They still set seed readily even with a short pollination window.