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Gardens Past and Present
18/04/2008 07:04:48
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My interest in gardening and history extends to Garden History and the effect of 
changes in climate over the years.

At the moment I am reading A little History of British Gardening by 
Jenny Uglow. It begins with a mention of the Iron Age in the first 
Chapter: 'Did the Romans Have Rakes" and is a mine of information.

Ms Uglow describes gardens large and small, the plants and the 
gardeners.  She writes:

"I wish there were medieval monastic gardens for us to visit, to 
wander from the cloister to the orchard, the infirmary to the fish 
ponds, the paradise where flowers were grown to the rows of kale and 
leeks. But even if we cannot visit them we know that the monks and 
nuns enjoyed their gardens. At Winchester the clerk of works had a 
private garden called 'La Joye'. And in 1108, on the day that he 
died, the ailing archbishop of York walked in his garden to breathe 
the air and the scent of flowers.'

Yesterday I too breathed the air at a large garden centre where I 
bought a Hertfordshire Russet apple tree on dwarf stock because I live 
in Hertfordshire, England, and because the shops don't sell russet apples, which are 
crisp and sweet. 

Unfortunately there was a frost last night and there will be another one 
tonight so I'm afraid that the plum blossom will be affected and 
there'll be a poor crop.

Today I tied up and fed my broad beans which I planted in the autumn 
and now I can't wait for warm weather so I can plant other vegetables 
some flowers and more herbs,

All the best,
Rosemary

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