Introducing Two Good Gardeners
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I’ve been working on an exciting new project, a podcast with my friend and fellow gardener Julia Parker. Finally, we have recorded and released episode 1, which you can listen to here.
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Your Garden In October
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October can be glorious or ghastly, depending on how the weather gods are feeling. I recall travelling to Delhi in October 2011 and the […]
Your Garden In September
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I’ve come to love September almost as much as May. It’s a month of gentle transition, bidding farewell to summer and ushering in autumn. Here’s what your can be doing in your garden this month ….
Your Garden In July
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With July comes the start of summer proper. All hints of spring are now banished, replaced by stronger, brighter colours and a sense of established luxuriance. Savour the moment and prepare for the busy months that lie ahead.
The Frustrated Gardener Celebrates 10 Happy Years
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When I composed my first short post on June 6th 2012, little did I think that I would still be blogging ten years later. Here’s what’s changed in the last decade.
How To Enjoy Your Garden In June
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June is the most quintessentially English month. Country gardens are brimming with hollyhocks, lupins, delphiniums, peonies, irises and, of course, roses. Here’s how to get the most enjoyment from your garden this month.
How To Enjoy Your Garden in May
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How to get the most out of your garden in the merry month of May.
How to Enjoy Your Garden in March
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Although winter’s icy fingers cling to March, their grip weakens daily. The weather may not always be clement, but there’s no turning back now; […]
Now is the Time to Plant Spring Bulbs
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Whilst tempting to lament the summer that never was, now is the time to be looking ahead and planting your spring-flowering bulbs. The first […]
The Late, Late Tulip Show
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Cold weather in spring can only hold our gardens back for so long. It’s like a catapult, the further the sling is pulled back […]
The Late, Late Daffodil Show
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In a normal year, I’d consider myself lucky to have one or two daffodils blooming in May. By May Day their dominion is over […]
Arctic April
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It has been the strangest month; cold – indeed the frostiest April in sixty years – and desert-dry. Although we’ve escaped spring frosts here […]