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Scurvy Elephants in the Garden?

Headed over to the Mouse and Trowel Awards voting area today to vote for my new friend Heather Gorringe's company Wiggly Wigglers. (That's Heather left, winning another award.)

Her team are up for Best Gardening Podcast - and so, so deserve it. Check it out here.  Actually, Heather is a total Scurvy Elephant - must tell her to join our society...

and I came across another one too... the Renegade Gardener, Don Engebretson, an award-winning Minnesota garden writer and designer - you absolutely must read his story...

Are you a Scurvy Elephant? Join us here and let us share your Scurvy Story with the world.

Spring Bliss

The weather has been glorious these last few days - spring is well and truly here. At this point of the year in London, I would have been getting down... thoughts of a sweltering, stifling, uncomfortable summer ahead. Now I'm here where there's cleaner air and loads of space, the joy of spring and anticipation of a wonderful summer is intoxicating.

On Thursday, I knocked off work early and headed up to Southerndown with J for an impromptu picnic. It was stunning... deeply relaxing... bliss. I've never posted a movie in here before - no idea if it will work - let's hope so... ...ah - ok so no can do... I wonder how easy it is to use YouTube to host it and link to it here... there's a little Easter adventure...