Prunus domestica 'Pershore Yellow Egg'
Usually grown for making jam (there are sweeter kinds for eating straight off the branch), it crops in mid- to late August. The fruit is medium-sized, oval and golden yellow. The big advantage of growing 'Pershore Yellow Egg' is that it's ... [... more]
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Prunus domestica 'Purple Pershore'
Similar to 'Pershore Yellow Egg', except that the medium-sized fruit, which crops in mid- to late August, is slightly lopsided and reddish-purple. Again, it's best used for making jams, etc., not being the juiciest, sweetest kind that's eaten ... [... more]
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Prunus domestica 'English Gage'
A small, deliciously sweet plum with a rich flavour that crops in late August. The skin is greenish-apricot and the flesh yellow. It's self-fertile and one of the best for taste. Plums can be grown as fans against walls or cordons, or ... [... more]
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Grow your own winter salad
Fresh salad can be grown through the winter - in the garden or in a window box. With careful planning you could be picking fresh leaves to garnish your Christmas dinner. Sow seeds between late August and mid-November. Regular sowings will ensure ... [... more]
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Earl Emerson
On a late August day in the foothills of the Cascades, five bicyclists climb into the hot, dry air, the breeze of their movement cooling their overheated bodies, the stress of a workweek slipstreaming behind them. But another group has entered ... [... more]
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Philip Simmons
At thirty-five years old and on the brink of a promising writing career, Philip Simmons was diagnosed with a fatal disease. Nine years later he's beaten the odds; in Now I find myself in late August, with the nights cool and the crickets thick in ... [... more]
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