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Monthly Archives: Oct 2026

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Personality Testing

A personal reflection on workplace personality tests, their useful insights, their limitations, and the danger of allowing a label to define the whole person.

Posted byThe Curious Gardener4th Oct 20264th Oct 2026Posted inUncategorizedTags:Personality, Behaviour, workplace, testing, psychology, management, labels4 Comments on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Personality Testing

Plants Worth Looking at Twice

A reflective look at Sanguisorba, the graceful late-season perennial whose floating flowers bring movement, restraint and a different rhythm to the garden.

Posted byThe Curious Gardener3rd Oct 202610th Oct 2026Posted inPlants Worth Looking at TwiceTags:burnet, garden movement, late summer plants, naturalistic planting, ornamental grasses, perennial borders, reflective gardening, SanguisorbaLeave a comment on Plants Worth Looking at Twice

The Little Worlds I Never Forgot

A personal walk back through time exploring a lifelong fascination with model villages, miniature worlds and the memories they still hold.

Posted byThe Curious Gardener3rd Oct 20268th Sep 2026Posted inA Walk Back Through TimeTags:Bekonscot, Childhood, Godshill, Memories, miniatures, model villages, Nostalgia4 Comments on The Little Worlds I Never Forgot

The Quiet Lives of Britain’s Birds

The Yellowhammer brings a flash of gold to British farmland, revealing how hedgerows, seeds, insects and untidy field margins support far more wildlife than we often realise.

Posted byThe Curious Gardener2nd Oct 202630th Sep 2026Posted inThe Quiet Lives of Britain's BirdsTags:bird conservation, British birds, farmland birds, garden wildlife, hedgerows, nature writing, UK countryside, Yellowhammer3 Comments on The Quiet Lives of Britain’s Birds

The Edge of Discovery

The Yeti has haunted Himalayan legend for generations, but could the Abominable Snowman really exist? Case File 04 investigates footprints, eyewitnesses, DNA, bears and the extraordinary history behind the Ghost of the Himalayas.

Posted byThe Curious Gardener2nd Oct 20268th Sep 2026Posted inThe Edge of DiscoveryTags:Abominable Snowman, cryptozoology, Himalayan bears, Himalayas, unknown animals, Yeti, Yeti footprints4 Comments on The Edge of Discovery

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