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Mark Willis commented on Takashi Sato's photo
Common bluebottle in my garden
"We have a type of fly called a Bluebottle, and it is a LOT less attractive than this butterfly!"
Mark Willis commented on elaine rickett's blog post My first ever pear"You have to start somewhere... Next year you will have more."
Mark Willis commented on elaine rickett's blog post Planting Out"I'm doing almost exactly the same thing! I hope to get my Runner Beans planted out over the weekend, and I think I'll have to pot-up some of my tomatoes, since like you I am going to be away from home for a week or so soon."
Mark Willis commented on Darren O's photo
Help! What plant is this?
"Might it be Parsnip? Parsnips smell very sweet. (and of course have swollen white roots!)"
Mark Willis commented on elaine rickett's blog post Rhubarb, rhubarb"I always consider not only the price of veg, but also the "air-miles". Most of the asparagus in the shops today is from Peru (approx 8000 miles), but I prefer my own (approx 0 miles)!"
Mark Willis commented on elaine rickett's blog post Parsnip Seedlings - delayed reaction"My second batch have been like this. The first ones were sown in March which was hotter than usual, and germinated well, but the second batch was sown in April when we had cold wet conditions. Only one or two have appeared, but today the weather is…"
Mark Willis commented on elaine rickett's photo
Scarlet Kale in flower
"The yellow on purple is a great colour combination. Worth growing the kale for ornamental purposes as well as for culinary ones!"
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About me
I live in Fleet, Hampshire, with my wife Jane. I am a long-time (25 years) gardening enthusiast, with a particular love of growing edible stuff -- veg, fruit, herbs.
I have two adult daughters, both of whom have inherited some of my love of gardening -- though they both have other interests too. The older one has a child of her own now, and is doing everything she can to ensure that her little one (Lara) understands from the earliest age where food comes from and how we grow it.
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Comment Wall (22 comments)
- At 15:27 on September 11, 2010,
Melinda Que_Linda said… - What a fantastic selection of photos Mark :-)
Do all the tomato varieties taste significantly different from each other?
You can be justly proud! And that pizza looked lush!
- At 20:45 on October 5, 2010,
hillwards said… - Hi again! Very small world indeed. I pop back to Fleet regularly to visit my family who are still there. Thank you for your lovely comments on my photos - I'm a complete novice too, I just do my best with an old compact camera. I'm hoping to upgrade it one day - or borrow my husband's DSLR :-) I think your photos look great and you seem to have a bountiful harvest from your plot.
- At 9:22 on October 7, 2010, hillwards said…
- Thanks, I may take you up on that one of these days! :-) You're not far at all from my folks' place which is a pretty short walk or cycle ride to the Courtmoor area too. They're keen gardeners too with a lovely established garden, though they don't have the space for much veg growing, but they manage to find space for the usual tomato, cucumber, courgette, climbing beans kind of crops... Your tomatillos look intriguing.
My camera is pretty similar spec to yours then, I've a 4MP Samsung, my first digital camera that I bought for a big adventure abroad about 6 years' ago. I'm pretty familiar with most of its tricks now, would love a proper DSLR one of these days, though the learning curve would be pretty steep. Still we should have lots of free time once we finish work on our house!
- At 21:15 on October 23, 2010,
Una Bee said…
- At 17:13 on October 30, 2010,
Grahame Long said… - Hi therre im growing winter density
- At 14:21 on November 5, 2010,
Stephen Byrne said… - Thanks, Mark, for the encouraging words about the photos of my plot. I commented on my own comment instead of replying to you! : ) Great photos by the way.
- At 17:44 on November 22, 2010, Grahame Long said…
- Hi there sorry its takena while to respond, i am growing Winter Density, some outide and some in the greenhouse, do you have face book as i have alot more photos on there
- At 22:32 on January 7, 2011,
Damo said… - Thanks very much Mark, hopefully we'll have some success in the new season. Hope you had a great Christmas.
- At 12:40am on March 17, 2011, Jan Willetts gave Mark Willis a gift…
- At 8:24 on March 18, 2011, Una Bee said…
- Happy Birthday Mark!
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