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Posted on 7 July, 20197 July, 2019

The 7 triumphs and 6 frustrations of my summer garden

Forgive the tardiness, but the sun is out and I have been gardening like Vita Sackville West on crack. (Which is how she liked things, apparently.)

It has been a sometimes frustrating, sometimes triumphant, spring and early summer. Let me share what I’ve been up to.

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Posted on 21 October, 20187 April, 2019

Good fences and good neighbours

Small east london garden front wall project 11

We don’t fuck around in East London. As will become abundantly clear in a minute. But first, I want to indulge in some poetry.

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