Eric’s Stained Glass Conservatory

“If a year was tucked inside of a clock, then autumn would be the magic hour.” ~Victoria Erickson~

If, like the plants, you’re starting to feel the chills of winter, here are some of the best glasshouses and hot houses you can visit using our 2-for-1 Gardens card.

A Glass Act It is always good to see a first class bit of recycling. Confronted by a couple of ruined greenhouses and a stack of redundant Critall windows, friends in Suffolk have fashioned a spacious and practical greenhouse from these unpromising materials. By using the windows on their sides along the length of the building they have achieved excellent ventilation and created a really good growing space.

When poked, tunicates will squirt water. Hence, their nickname: sea squirts. But as cute as that sounds, these slimy, gelatinous sea creatures are anything but cuddly.

Even though cannabis is now fully legal in 24 states, there’s often a smoky cloud shrouding its provenance. Dispensaries may charge a premium for heritage strains or sun-grown, organic weed, but a hazy supply chain can obscure a lot between seed and sale. “Consumers have no idea what’s going on behind the scenes,” says Eric Kennedy, co-founder of EMTRI Corp, a three-year-old company implementing blockchain technology into the cannabis industry.

Glass gem corn is a stunning heirloom variety that can be grown for both ornamental and practical purposes. These tiny gemstone-like corns are not only edible, but you can also use them in crafts, and if you have kids, this is the perfect crop to involve them in gardening.

From squiggly furniture to blob-shaped rugs, it’s clear that curves are making a comeback in design. Bubble houses in particular have been, and continue to be, a fascination when it comes to architecture.

Meet the glass-front fridge. This trending style is popping up in high-end kitchens across the internet, showcasing perfectly organized rows of drinks, deli meat and cheese, and fresh fruits and vegetables. Similar to the open-shelving kitchen trend, glass-front fridges can help a space feel more open while providing a unique opportunity for shelf-styling and organization. Unlike the large display fridges you see at grocery stores and convenience stores, residential glass-front fridges usually have a smaller glass window that reveals only a portion of what’s inside.

Whether you’re hiking, picnicking, or working in your garden, ticks are a year-round risk in the South. These blood suckersfind a host by sensing odors, heat, vibrations, and shadows or by “questing” on the tips of grasses with their front legs extended—waiting for a person or animal to brush by them.

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It was in The Pickwick Papers that Dickens wrote the often quoted line: “Kent, sir. Everybody knows Kent – apples, cherries, hops, and women.” The county is still referred to as the Garden of England, even though the amount of fruit traditionally farmed there has declined over the decades. Perhaps it’s still used so widely because some of the country’s most celebrated properties and gardens are to be found in Kent.

Chalk cliffs define the coastline of East Sussex, where fossils from the Jurassic period are regularly revealed on the beaches, not least at Beachy Head, site of one of the country’s most famous lighthouses. Inland, the South Downs, rolling chalk hills bounded to the north by a dramatic escarpment, stretch for roughly 70 miles.