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By John Warrington | Sunday, November 15, 2009 | 1 Comment
A Gardener’s Diary
I have previously mentioned some of my favourite flowering plants, and now, because of the proximity of Christmas I will say a few …
By John Warrington | Sunday, November 8, 2009 | 0 Comments
A Gardener’s Diary
For longer ago than I care to remember the Frangipani has been one of my favourite tropical trees.
It is also called the Pagoda …
By John Warrington | Sunday, November 1, 2009 | 0 Comments
A Gardener’s Diary
By John Warrington
One of the greatest literary pleasures of my childhood was reading the story Robinson Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe was …
By John Warrington | Sunday, October 25, 2009 | 0 Comments
A Gardener’s Diary
The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a member of that great family; the Solanaceae. It has a lot to answer for since Sir Walter …
By John Warrington | Sunday, October 18, 2009 | 0 Comments
A Gardener’s Diary
John Warrington
I’d be interested to know whether most of us propagate plants just to save money, and this becomes very satisfying when we …
By John Warrington | Sunday, October 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
A Gardener’s Diary
In Guyana one can look forward to boiling hot days and sleepless night due to the heat, made tolerable only by slowly revolving …
By John Warrington | Sunday, October 4, 2009 | 1 Comment
When I was still a youngster I was introduced to my first encyclopaedia of gardening which was written by TW Sanders. It was the standard …
By John Warrington | Sunday, September 27, 2009 | 0 Comments
A Gardener’s Diary
The largest seed most of us has to handle in Guyana is the coconut. No shrinking violet this seed. As hard as old …
By John Warrington | Sunday, September 20, 2009 | 0 Comments
A Gardener’s Diary
The fruit of papaw (or papaya or pawpaw) is one my favourite tropical fruits. In Guyana it is normally eaten at breakfast time, …
By John Warrington | Sunday, September 6, 2009 | 0 Comments
A Gardener’s Diary
John Warrington
The dry season still seems to be producing a little rain but mainly during the night. Everything seems to be growing at a …
By John Warrington | Sunday, August 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
A Gardener’s Diary
Before I left New Providence I paid a visit to a local Garden Centre on the West Bank where I bought some herbs. …
By John Warrington | Sunday, August 16, 2009 | 0 Comments
A Gardener’s Diary
Before I left New Providence my Buxton Spice Mango tree was fully mature and was bearing a full crop of delicious fruit. In …
By John Warrington | Sunday, August 9, 2009 | 0 Comments
A Gardener’s Diary
Firstly an interesting an slightly disturbing word from the Pondoland coastline of South Africa. It is proposed to build a 340 mile toll …
By John Warrington | Sunday, August 2, 2009 | 0 Comments
A Gardener’s diary
I had a plant in my garden called Blue Wings, which had the Latin name Torenia fournieri. It is an annual plant (it …
By John Warrington | Sunday, July 26, 2009 | 0 Comments
A Gardener’s Diary
Most of us have our little bit of Eden by the house. Pint sized it may be but it is none the less …
By John Warrington | Sunday, July 19, 2009 | 0 Comments
Planting bulbs in the lawn
I have scribbled a few notes about tasks which most of us have to do at some time during the year, …
By John Warrington | Sunday, July 12, 2009 | 0 Comments
A Gardener’s Diary
When I was a very young boy I always had difficulty remembering the difference between bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes. All children at …
By John Warrington | Sunday, July 5, 2009 | 0 Comments
A day in the garden
My word, what a day that was in the garden. A ‘gang’ of three men arrived bearing ropes, axes and goodwill …
By John Warrington | Sunday, June 28, 2009 | 0 Comments
A Gardener’s Diary
Cuttings are parts of a plant’s stem, leaf or root that can be detached from the parent and which, when given the right …
By John Warrington | Sunday, June 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
The pendulum is swinging back with potting composts
If you have a garden which is rather on the small side, as mine most certainly was when …
