Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley
The BBC is reporting that a New exotic fruit [is] to hit UK shops. New? What’s new about the baobab? Africa’s ‘upside down tree’. Well it’s certainly not a new species. It’s certainly not a new use. What appears to define this as ‘new’ is that the EU has just Read more …
This week sees a week off work building a summerhouse to replace the old shed. It’s a small garden (c. 10m x 5.5m) so the aim is to make it all rather more courtyard-like, with a small circular lawn in the middle. To capture the ‘before, during, and after’ (and Read more …
It’s no huge secret that taking pictures and writing about plants is just a hobby, but it’s all linked to my ‘real’ job, managing the website for Kew – www.kew.org. We’ve had a very busy period lately (which maybe explains why this blog has languished!), but this has culminated in Read more …
As a regular to Portobello Road market I am attracted by the range of goods you’re likely to be offered, representing different cultures, different origins, and of course different uses. But to be honest I’m not sure that I’ve ever come across anything there from Uganda, and almost certainly nothing Read more …
Who says Kew isn’t cool? If that doesn’t work, try this link Update May 2007: seems that the video has been removed. Shame.
This Dorset gardener has given up because he needed to keep stopping for a breather every 10 minutes. I know how he feels. The only difference is that he’s done it at the grand old age of 104, over two and a half times my age! And when you see Read more …