Parker's Penryn Garden
An annual update from Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker and his Cornish garden – featuring beans, beetroot, and blackbird trouble One crystal-clear...
13th December 2017
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Parker's Penryn Garden
A long-awaited update from Cornwall - featuring bunnies, borlotti beans, and blight Words & pictures: Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker Slipping on...14th December 2016
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Parker's Penryn Garden
Seaweed and 'black gold' - this month it's all about compost Words and pictures: Stephen ‘Spoonful’ Parker I'm squelching around...13th January 2016
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Victorian superstition rears its head in the Cornish garden Words and pictures: Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker I raise the axe and...3rd November 2015
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This month, the Cornish garden is overflowing with rainwater and sour plums Words and pictures: Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker I stand...9th October 2015
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Parker's Penryn Garden
This month’s action in the life of a Cornish garden features pumpkin surgery, monster chard and squeaky peas Words and...9th August 2015
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Parker's Penryn Garden
Nettle stew, slow worms and country mice: this month's action in the life of a Cornish garden. Words by Stephen...7th July 2015
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Parker's Penryn Garden
Words and pictures: Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker Great creamy drifts of pink blossom swirl around me while I sit on the...4th June 2015
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Parker's Penryn Garden
Words and pictures: Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker I’m sitting in my shed looking through a jumble of seed packets. The packets...13th May 2015
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Words and pictures: Stephen 'Spoonful' Parker It’s a gentle March morning and I’m sitting on the grass mildly hungover, pushing...3rd April 2015
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The pain of growing sprouts v. the pains of childbirth. The gardener declares it a draw in this month's visit...10th March 2015