The weather, like everything else this year, has been a bit chaotic recently. Long dry days became torrential downpours, and we’re due some late hot weather again this week. But eventually it will settle down and if there is one thing we can rely on, it’s that seasons do emerge eventually each year (even if …
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August 2020
No post for July, for a variety of reasons but my attention was away from the garden for a bit, working to gather some cash to spend on it. Last week I had a new fence installed on 2 sides of the garden; a closed-board with trellis on top for one side and a picket …
June 2020
People call it ‘flaming June’ here in the UK, maybe because its hot (though more often than not it rains as well), or maybe for the abundance of red, orange, and yellow flowers that come into their own at this time of year. We certainly had a hot May with more hours of sunshine than …
May 2020
May is usually a lovely month. We see the last of the frosts, and can get those tender vegetable and flower plants out in the open. It’s also when plants start to pop up in places where you probably didn’t put them the year before! Plants like Geranium phaeum (the Mourning Widow), aquilegia and foxglove …
#texturehuntergatherer
Over on Twitter, @LizAtkin has started a movement to find and record the textures people seee on their daily exercise walks. Its such a brilliant concept, and a step away from the endless ‘perfect’ gardens and landscapes. So this morning while most people were still in bed, I took my camera on my walk. Here’s …
April 2020
*checks calendar* yes, still April and still 2020. Talking to other gardeners over the past couple of weeks, I get the sense that most of us are dealing with our enforced isolation perhaps in a more productive and calm way than others. I think this comes from the inevitable march of the seasons that we’re …
March 2020
These are uncertain times, and I suspect I’ll be spending more time than usual in my garden over the coming weeks. There is no right or wrong way to create your garden, the most important thing is for it to feel a place you want to spend time rather than having to. Grow what you …
February 2020
The month that many people dislike the most, is one I personally love – not least because it contains my birthday! It’s the time of Snowdrops (Galanthus) which will happily naturalise across a lawn or through a border and provide a carpet of white regardless of whether it has actually snowed or not. Plant the …
Garden Notes
January 2020 Whether you’ve had snow, gales or torrential rain over the past few weeks, winter is usually a time to enjoy your garden from behind glass. If the ground is waterlogged, try not to walk on it if at all possible. Instead, have a clear out of your shed or greenhouse ready for the …
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