The Plant Listener

Plants are talking to us every day...all we have to do is to learn how to listen

Free Liquid Fertiliser

Not that long ago, we had a lightning storm. Lightning is such a rare occurrence in my neck of the woods that a few us gathered...

Shady invaders - few-flowered garlic and ground elder

But ground elder is least of my worries. Without me even noticing, a new invader has taken hold. All the way from the mountains of Western A

How to go to Bed and Wake up Looking Like a Teenager

Herbaceous perennials are smart cookies. During winter, they retreat underground allowing them to escape the ravages of the weather and hide

The Big Guy Survives Storm Ali

Deciduous trees, like The Big Guy, go through this autumn senescence every year. It is a natural, programmed response to the coming of winte

Astrid Aspidistra has Sunburn

And so it was, on the hottest recorded day ever in Scotland, I took Astrid out of the car, sat her on the wall in front of my house and prom

The Butterfly Effect

How my injured shoulder may have consequences for a group of Small Blue Butterflies

Plants with hangovers

My wee seasonal bedding plants on the beach road are in double trouble. Blasted by the hot summer sun and, with the salt-laden sea breeze su

Go on, stroke a larch

The Weeping Larch at Kelburn is one of Scotland's 100 Heritage Trees. It covers an area of around a quarter of an acre and is thought to

Pregnant plants

Giving a plant everything it needs to help it through its pregnancy will reward us with bigger and better fruits.Regular watering of pregnan

Kylie, the dolphin that speaks porpoise

I consider myself lucky. My partner and I live with our windows looking onto the Firth of Clyde. In 2009, a kayaking neighbour told us...

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