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Home » Seasons » year in review » 2009 » In which I tell you how I fail

In which I tell you how I fail

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Not here, on this blog. I’m not going to rewrite the whole thing. but if you are interested in my tales from the garden you might like “Garden:Fail“.

… Because I’m not perfect;)

I have also written a few things on autumn clematis and “What to do when your garden gets away from you“. I’ll write some more stuff for here in the coming weeks.

2009+ the REAL world Ilona Erwin

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  1. Rob (ourfrenchgarden) says

    September 22, 2009 at 8:44 am

    I’ve just read Garden fail and yep, pretty much got all the neglect and occasional ‘iffy’ decisions covered!

    My biggest ‘crime’ is not paying enough attention to the soil Ph.

    I manage to grow nice roses in limestone country but should make more effort to try and lower the alkalinity a bit. I should compost bracken, the stuff’s everywhere, I’ve read that’s a good ammendment.

  2. Ilona says

    September 22, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    Hi Rob:)

    You,too? Then you are an experienced gardener.

    Eek, I left that one out- I lost heathers and azaleas aplenty just because I thought I could fight the soil pH. Didn’t happen.

    Bracken sounds lovely, it grows in the more Southern regions here. Nice roses are a great advantage :) and your pictures of your garden- they are to die for, so lovely.

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