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 […]
Tag Archives: Practical Gardening
Mindful gardening
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 […]
Saving Seeds
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 […]
Coleus display
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 […]
Chelsea 2016 highlights
Yesterday was a good day. I was one of the lucky journalists invited to attend Chelsea Press Day. Apparently famous faces at the show are now valued above those providing expert […]
The Year of the Clematis
Each gardening season I seem to find myself suddenly fixated on a plant type, and before I know it I have started to accumulate several of them. Last year it […]
Raspberry Jam
Raspberry canes run rampant in my garden. They love the sandy soil below, and the regular feed of compost on top. I grow them for two reasons – as a […]
Rake or blower?
Pictured above is my favourite tool of the moment. At this time of year I get a daily dose of leaves falling from the huge sycamore tree at the end of […]
Saving seeds
At this time of year I save seeds from as many plants as I can in my garden, keeping those from unusual and interesting plants for The Cottage Garden Society’s annual […]
Raising the Stakes
This time of year I spend a lot of time supporting perennials and shrubs, especially necessary when they have been weighted down with rain as last week. I have a […]
Snapdragon Jules 