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Lovely article!

For gardening books, I enjoyed Virginia Woolf's Garden: The Story of the Garden at Monk's House, by Caroline Zoob.

I’m also waiting for my library copy of The Rural Hours by Harriet Baker, and if you don’t know about it already, Granta just published a lovely extract here: https://granta.com/rural-hours/

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I loved reading this Deborah, thank you so much! I really love her work and can't believe I'd not heard of her until your previous post.

I went to Kew Gardens this morning to see signs of Spring, and its a bit of a mixture there with some daffodils out and others yet to emerge. One magnolia tree was in full bloom with others next to it completely bare. I also saw the wild garlic though not much of it at all compared to last year at this time, so I wonder if I'm too early or if it's the recent cold snaps we've had in London? I picked a few leaves to make some cheese and wild garlic scones today.

I don't have a proper garden but a a patch of earth and another growing space that I fill with large pots, and its ridiculous what I try to fit in it! This year I want to add lots of salvia amistads with white rose campions as I visited the most beautiful rooftop garden in London last year and they had this beautiful blue and white combination in pots that was stunning. I've also bought Cobea and Ipomoea seeds to try grow upwards due to lack of space. I'm hoping for lots of blues this year! x

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