Budleigh Past and Present

Try kicking this 'rugby ball' and you'd end up with a few broken toes Playing with those pebbles on the beach at Budleigh Salterton during Gala Week http://budleighbrewsterunited.blogspot.com/2010/06/stoned-again-in-gala-week.html is all very well, but back in the garden they're not such fun. I moved to East Devon to grow ericaceous plants like this fine 'Blue Peter' rhododendron As I've mentioned before, this little corner of woodland Budleigh Salterton where I eventually settled in retirement is called Paradise on old maps, so growing things seems a natural activity here. This 'Hugh Koster' rhododendron is another of my favourites But it's not all that easy. It may be called Paradise but I'm sure that when Adam was put in charge of the Garden of Eden he didn't have to cope with all the little horticultural issues that we have to deal with. A small but growing Budleigh pebble beach in a corner of my garden. All quite legal. Budleigh Sal...