ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
The temperature yesterday reached 6.8°C, the warmest for a week, not that it felt remotely warm with the wind trying to go through me. This morning it's trying to rain, not pleasant at 2°C and still blowing. The only gardening I've done this week is armchair gardening. I've been trying to sort out digital photos,…
Years ago, there was an Astelia at RHS Rosemoor called 'Alpine Ruby'. It was very nice, I wanted one. At the time I worked on a nursery and looking for sources of supply, there was one, in Northern Ireland. There still is. Around the same time a new variety called 'Red Devil' was launched and…
