Suggs went to Herne Bay Pier once (and it was news)

Here’s very chilled 6.04 minutes by High Skies called The Shipping Forecast off an LP called Fluidities by Jonathan Hughes with guests. An excellent ambient track with a nautical theme…

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Edibles from north London

We heard from Debby H in north London yesterday as she sent some great photographs of how her garden is doing. She wrote “We grew Capri Red pepper plants last year and tried to keep the plant…

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One for the sunrise posse

Today’s picture is the wonderful yellow variant of the Marvel of Peru which we grew from seed. Lots of trumpet flowers this morning, from mostly yellow, some yellow and couple of pure white. Will t…

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It was ten years this month: Weeds on the wire

We don’t usually look back in time but by chance we saw this which originally was posted on Weeds on July 10th 2016. Have a read/listen. Thanks again to Steve Barker for sending us this at th…

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Gardening tool of the week

Our old hedge trimmers knackered up the other month when we accidently tried to cut a bit of metal that had been sticking out of the front wall. This week we needed a pair, so bought the above from…

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Commuter stress in a Lake District style

Cheers to Rich in the Lake District for sending us this the other day and wrote “This got me pondering the problems people encounter when trying to get to work on time.” He added &#8220…

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More marvellous business on the street

On our travels this morning, we passed a plant we’ve seen a good few times. It finally clicked, it’s actually a Marvel of Peru, and a huge one at that, can you believe it? We didn’t know they…

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Marvellous!

Bringing down some tea bags to the compost heap this morning, we were stopped in our tracks by the sight of what we think is our larger Marvel of Peru AKA (‘Belle de Nuit’ or 4 O’Clock plant)…

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Pass us some rain down here

Cheers to Rich up in the Lake District for the fine picture of what the weather was like up there today. Looks a bit cloudy, if you have any rain to spare in the lakes, could some be passed down he…

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Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why?

Here’s a book we discovered again in the Weeds gardening bookcase (above). It’s a wonderful book, interviewing gardeners and asking them that one big question “Why do you garden?&…

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And from over in France

Thanks to Spike from Morschen43 in Le Puy-en-Velay, for sending these pictures of the fruits of his labours and garden. There’s some great looking produce there. That has come around quick hasn&#82…

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Is it four o’clock yet?

Earlier this year in March, we germinated some Marvel of Peru (AKA the Four O’clock Plant) seeds that we purchased from Real Seeds as it sounded like a strange plant. As it said on Wikipedia, “The …

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Tuesday night tune (before the bins go out)

We’ve just found this excellent new tune from Cornershop Ft Bubbley Kaur called “Bounce & Salute” and what a great tune it is, with an excellent video featuring some Trojan si…

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Returning to the north

Great to hear from Debby H in north London yesterday, she’s just back from a break away and sent us pictures from her back garden. She said what with the heatwave “Thanks to our indoor …

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Enjoying the heat with that wonky leg?

We have a bit of a minor leg injury due to carrying heavy stuff about a week Sunday, so we took it very easy in the garden yesterday. After a very light “tip around with a pair of secateurs&#…

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Spuds from the garden, you can’t beat them

Cheers to our good mate Gerry Hectic for sending us a photo of his first potatoes of the season, they’re looking fantastic! He said that they were small, but we have no problem with that as t…

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Barry Norman’s Film of the Week

Here’s an excellent film from many years ago well worth watching. It features some historical stuff, Noel Dyer who hitch hiked from Peckham to Ethiopia, The Reverend Hillman, a chap with some…

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Around the garden while watering

It’s going to be silly hot today (around 32 degrees C), so we did a bit of watering this morning before it goes too mad. The first (above) is from our Marvel of Peru (AKA Four o’clock p…

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Reports from Bristol, SE23 and France

We’re a bit behind here with posts at Weeds, the other week we received a message from Kit G5KIT, who said “We had 37 degrees C here in Bristol today. The only ones enjoying it are my c…

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Nothing to do with Zak Bagans

Excellent couple of releases found by accident tonight from Soul Diggin out of São Paulo, Brazil. The first is a wonderful tune called I See Dead People [not like us dub version]. Nice rhyth…

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Echoes of a worldwide vibe

Big shout to Dr Strangedub for featuring the mix called “We love shortwave” from One Deck Pete on this morning’s Echo Chamber on KFAI here at 83 minutes in here. Track listings ar…

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We’ll take you where the sun shines

Cheers to Maz and Marc from sending us some great pictures from their recent holiday in France. These photos are from in and about Saint-Aubin-de-Cadelech, south of Bergerac. Just like when you rec…

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Gardening tool of the year

Cheers to our good friend in Cincinnati, Justin Patrick Moore for letting us know about a favourite gardening tool purchase, a Cobrahead Hand Hoe. Wow! It looks great to us here. As it says on the …

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Tunes to keep you cool in this heatwave

Here’s a lovely bit of reggae to keep you cool in this mad heatwave we are experiencing in London now. The first is from The Disciples and it is called Living by The Sea mix 3 (previou…

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Keep off the stones, please

Cheers to Justin Patrick Moore for letting us know that Tele Novella have a new tune out and guess what it’s called? Ring of stones. There’s too many coincidences here! Cheers Justin. A…

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Pop don’t go the teasel

The teasel is a very odd plant but we love the way the flower grows, very strange white mini flowers are now coming from the head. Odd but very interesting! We just hope they don’t take over …

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In the Doctor’s garden of dub

A big shout to our old friend Dr Strangedub Radio DJ and Dub Gardener who presents the great show called The Echo Chamber (with DJ Baby Swiss) on KFAI from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis–Saint Paul…

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Vampire freaks and gardening

A big thanks goes out to Spike from Morschen43 from a very sunny and hot Le Puy-en-Velay, France for keeping us regularly updated about his great garden in the mountains (here). The other day he se…

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You cannot escape the stones (not Jagger and co.)

Thanks to Justin Patrick Moore for sending this book cover from Fred Vargas to us. Crazy coincidences of a stone circle kind. Any one drying the dinner dishes tonight with a standing stone tea towe…

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