Well, after the eager anticipation of better days, May was quite a disappointment. It just didn’t turn out to be the kind of month when you really felt fired up to be at it. The weather was all over the place and whilst overnight temperatures in the main were not too damaging they still stayedRead More
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May Gardening News
Hooray for the old fashioned, the fondly remembered April of my childhood. A delightful mish mash of sharp showers, blustery days and chilly nights, dusted with the blossom of cherry trees and heralded by the splendid trumpets of Magnolias. The blossom has been very special, indeed there has been a gallery of ideas for anyoneRead More
April Gardening News
Just when you thought that there was a hint of spring to enjoy, March caved in. The vanity of early sown seed was compromised, and things stood still. Those that lifted their heads were soon sulking. Bizarrely the early cherries defiantly just got on with it and I have had a glorious pink haze atRead More
March Gardening News
We have bumped our way through another messy month, with the weather at its treacherous best, if it were to figure in a Shakespeare play, it would be cast as the villain and carry a knife. Each evening I have ventured onto the site, checked doors and boilers and smelled the air as my fatherRead More
February Gardening News
We’re under starters orders and still pondering over what the weather is going to throw next. Is it possible, that I am already scribbling notes for the February gardener? January has been weird, in the main cold and very wet. It is amazing how in just a few months we have gone from scorched toRead More
January Gardening News
Well that was a tricky few days wasn’t it. A good fall of snow with no advance notice and a period of bitter cold, with silly low temperatures which just blocked any hopes for a quick thaw. Nature is the greatest leveller, and it was actually quite special to get a smell of winter beforeRead More
December Gardening News
Each month’s musings begin as the last, a confounded outpouring as once again the shape of seasons is disrupted. Once upon a time, we would catch a couple of big frosts at the end of September and would set about repairing and replanting, removing bedding plants that had performed all summer long. Today those beddingRead More
November Gardening News
Who switched the lights off? The turning of the seasons marked by the changing clock is always dramatic. It is amazing how just one hour brings about such change. Gardening opportunities have to be snatched at and with autumn now in full swing, there is much to do. The real priority being to get theRead More
October Gardening News
Where do the days go? This topsy turvy month has just flown away. Rain teased and brushed the ground, leaves quietly tumbled surrendering to drought and imminent autumn. It has been a strange summer, with many plants just not realising their potential. I have dahlias that have dithered about flowering and some things that justRead More
September Gardening News
Well, that was a test was it not? A sunburned, desiccated landscape stretched in every direction and little could be done to offer respite to the shrinking ground. Watering became a tease for the garden, with moisture returning to the air almost as it left the tap. We talk of memories, of past meteorological calamities,Read More
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