Sunflower Facts
The Botanical name for Sunflower is Helianthus; Helios meaning ‘sun’ and Anthos meaning ‘flower’. Sunflowers contain the chemical auxin which enables the flower-head to follow the path of the sun throughout the day. The tallest […]
Articles by Lynne Allbutt
A Good Sign!
I have spent my week learning sign language as an Intensive Course with CHIIC in Newport www.CHIIC.co.uk and it has been absolutely amazing. Backache was replaced with a headache as the old grey matter tried […]
WI Calendar Girl Talks about Gardening
Yorkshire based Pilates teacher, Tricia Stewart is better known as the woman responsible for creating the world famous Alternative WI Calendar which has raised over 2 million pounds for Leukaemia Research. As Miss October, Tricia […]
Little Green Fingers
As most schools break up this week, it’s a great time to encourage little green fingers to help out in the garden. Teenagers may be a bit tricky to persuade as they associate apples, orange […]
Rocket Fuel
My early salad bed is past its best now with the last of the lettuce bolting and the rocket going to seed. Whilst my three little pigs benefit from most of the surplus veg, I […]
Helen Lederer on Growing her Own – Strawberries and Champagne
Fabulous funny woman, Helen Lederer immediately admits her gardening experience is rather limited, “We were semi-posh growing up and had a big garden and a gardener, though I suppose it was more normal then than […]
More of Blaenau Gwent in Bloom
There have been fabulous entries for all categories and I’m already losing a few hours sleep as the judge! As Radio 2’s Allotment Gardener said at the launch of this year’s 22nd Blaenau Gwent in […]
Blaenau Gwent in Bloom … contd!
Despite heavy rain and high winds last night, gardens in Blaenau Gwent are still looking bloomin’ marvellous. The school entries are continuing to amaze me. The children are so enthusiastic about ‘growing their own’ and some […]
Blaenau Gwent in Bloom – bloomin’ marvellous!
Second day of judging Blaenau Gwent in Bloom and, as is the tradition, we had quite a bit of ‘low cloud’. OK ok, it was rain but I’m not made of sugar, so the ‘show […]
Beautiful Blaenau Gwent in Bloom
I’m looking forward to judging Blaenau Gwent in Bloom this week and feel very honoured to have been given the privilege for a second year. Entries are at a record high with 103 individual entries […]