Cheers to Steve Barker from the excellent On The Wire radio show for letting us know about the wonderful online radio station that is Radio is a Foreign Country here. As it describes itself: “An en…

The other month we got this great multi-coloured Bolivian Rainbow Chilli Pepper plant from Herne Hill Market that is now housed in the polytunnel and seems to love it in there so much as we are now…

Thanks to Kit G5KIT in Bristol who sent us these great pictures of his chilli plant and he wrote: “Remember those little chilli seedlings from earlier in the year? We’ve given most of t…

A big thanks to Steve Barker, Fenny and Jim from the excellent On The Wire for playing Morschen43’s Dark Dread / Toi … , L’Homme … at 1 hour in on the show earlier this morn…

Here’s news about the new album from our gardening mate Spike Morschen43 from Le Puy-en-Velay, France called Retour En Force!!!   The set released a few days again on Bandcamp features 1…

Thanks to Debby H who’s away on holiday at the moment in the south of France, near Frejus. She said it’s still hot out there with temperatures around 30 degrees C! “Attached is a photo showing that…

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Here’s the latest Lingua Franca (Episode number 10!) with “Songs sung in different languages” from Will Jeff on Love Will Save The Day FM. If you want a nice worldwide mix up journey of…

Some people get fed up with bindweed and let it get them down. Kit G5KIT in Bristol on the other hand, let said weed influence a 15 minute mix. We wonder if you place a speaker near said the offend…

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Thanks to Debby H for sending us some pictures yesterday. The first is a council planted hibiscus tree (as Debby said, it was common practice for councils to plant London Planes in the capital and …

This afternoon we cleared an area (which once housed a greenhouse many moons ago) in preparation for a polytunnel which will arrive sometime this week. Thanks to Alan C who gave us some great advic…

More great harvest pictures are coming into the Weeds news desks. The one above is from our mate Spike from Morschen43 in Le Puy-en-Velay. As we keep mentioning, all his hard work from earlier this…

An absolutely bonkers tune heard on this week’s On The Wire here originally from 2007 by Paul Rooney called Lucy from Lanchashire. Fenny who played said tune, mentioned that Lucy is a spryte …

This great track above was heard on this week’s Echo Chamber on KFAI (here) which is as you know, a great show from our Dub Gardening friend Dr Strangedub and DJ baby Swiss. The track is from…

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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…

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…

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…

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)…

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…

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?&…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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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Want to see the Sun rise over the heel stone at 04.52 am tomorrow and enjoy some true solstice vibes from the comfort of your own home/bed? Feeling a bit too long in the tooth for standing in the c…

Hi to all SWLing Post community. Here’s news of what Imaginary Stations will be bringing to those shortwave bands this week. We have the fourth programme in the Downbeat on Shortwave series v…

Here’s a few pictures from around the Weeds HQ garden. We’ve had the above for a few years now and it pops up every year in the wild bit at the bottom of the garden. It’s quaking …

Thanks to a chance meeting in a Clerkenwell street the other Friday lunchtime, we heard from urban bird photographer Daniel Lomas who sent us some amazing pictures all taken in an urban environment…

Cheers to Spike from Morschen43 in Le Puy-en-Velay, France for sending over these great gardening ideas. We love the use of tiles as frost protection (above and below), an old trick learned off his…

Cheers to Gerry Hectic also in Dorset for sending us a picture of his potato plants, he said “think I might have got a bit enthusiastic about the spuds, I’ve some in an old water butt a…