by Dennis Footman | Nov 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Why no Bamboos? They are often put together, but that one is for another day. Now these types of grasses give me far fewer problems than the types of grass in our lawns. There’s no weekly mowing, feeding is minimal, no scarifying, no aerating and they are...
by Dennis Footman | Nov 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved,...
by Dennis Footman | Oct 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
When the rest of the college is looking like this….. And this…….. There is one particular shrub that is not alway’s commonly known, that is looking rather spectacular ….. Clerodendrum trichotomum var. fargesii (Harlequin Glorybower). A...
by Dennis Footman | Oct 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Autumn … what a wonderful time of year, the leaves are beginning to turn, the trees are glowing with colour; it’s time to lean on them rakes again and reflect on the hot dry spring and summer we have just had…. Aright, apart from March it has been a...
by Dennis Footman | Oct 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Some of you, will know where I am coming from with this one! 😉 It all started as a comment I made on Twitter and at work, that after three seasons with very little rain … I threatened to do a raindance in one of our main courts at work … whilst wearing a...
