Gardening with Mum
A couple of times a month I used to pop down to my Mum’s on the other side of the South Downs to help out in her garden – my […]
A couple of times a month I used to pop down to my Mum’s on the other side of the South Downs to help out in her garden – my […]
For those like me who have a vegetable garden but neither the time nor the room to grow hundreds of seeds, prick them out and nurture young plants properly until […]
It is too cold to venture out in my garden, other than to feed the birds. I’ve just done that, and on the way back I grabbed a few things […]
I read an excellent article by Julian Rollins in the Guardian this week. He described how he has ditched his garden power tools and now enjoys a peaceful ‘go-slow’ method […]
Now that Christmas is over for another year, I’m spending today taking down all the decorations, which includes carefully disrobing my lovely living Christmas tree and taking it outdoors. This […]
Not those! Mine are names of the makers of my most treasured gardening tools, Felco and Fiskars. Felco secateurs are legendary – incredibly efficient with a vast range for all strengths […]
As mentioned in a previous blog, two years ago I found an unusual buddleia that had grown from seed in one of my veg beds. It looks unlike any other […]
Like many fellow members of The Cottage Garden Society, at this time of year I’m busy sorting, packing and labelling seeds collected from my garden. I will send them to […]
Yesterday we visited West Dean gardens near Chichester, one of my favourite gardens and always a source of inspiration. I was captivated by this amazing display in one of their greenhouses […]
I keep every label from all the plants that I buy. Pictorial garden centre labels, carefully handwritten ones from nurseries and even those jotted on cardboard from car boot sale […]