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Michael Thompson

Michael ‘hazeltree’ Thompson is a professional gardener living in Dorset in southern England. He writes a thrice-weekly journal of his experiences of working on a traditional English country estate. His writings are woven with wise gardening advice, beautiful photos, whimsical philosophies and observations from nature. He can be found on www.englishrosegarden.co.uk

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Good news. The chap who owns the plot next door has finally turned up. His excuse for having done nothing whatsoever this year to his allotment is that he is busy with all the arrangements for...

Alf the dreamer...

I wandered around the allotment this evening admiring the other plots. Some have not been touched this year and are an abandoned mess of weeds. One plot has the neatest furrows of potatoes tha...
Come early evening the allotment is busy and we all congregate around the water tap and have a natter about this or that. The exception is the bloke in the corner who prefers to keep himsel...

the allotment 2

this is an excerpt from my journal on www.englishrosegarden.co.uk Despite the showery weather we have been able to spend a couple of evenings up at the allotment. The path is perfectly straight in a...

the new allotment...

The village has an area set aside for allotments: a curious hotchpotch of cloches, compost bins and vegetable patches. Each plot has a shed made out of recycled materials and one or two men have bee...
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