In a Tuscan Garden
Reading time 11 minutes
My job takes me to all sorts of interesting places, some nice, some not so nice, but always interesting. This week I have […]
Musings
Tears
Reading time 4 minutes
“Don’t be ashamed to weep; ’tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there […]
Crazy for Corydalis
Reading time 9 minutes
The defining plants of my pre-teen years were those that grew in the garden of my parents’ 1930’s semi-detached house in Plymouth. Climbing […]
Coughs and Caterpillars: An Hour in the Garden
Reading time 6 minutes
It’s all going on in the garden right now. The plants have had a sniff of spring and now they are intoxicated, thrusting […]
Getting Real
Reading time 2 minutes
How comforting – Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson had plant casualties. They were like the rest of us, after all. This amusing revelation […]
Golden Wonder
Reading time 3 minutes
This solitary, banana-shaped bud belongs to the one and only yellow pleione species, P. forrestii, just one of which has found its way […]
First Notes of Spring
Reading time 7 minutes
Today was a day of firsts. It was the first time I’d spent a whole day in the garden since autumn; the first […]
Frost Proof
Reading time 4 minutes
The weather in the South East has continued to be bitterly cold this week. Our seaside garden, normally sheltered from frost, must have succumbed […]
Cold Snap
Reading time 3 minutes
Goodness it’s cold. If you’re in the UK, you won’t thank me for stating the bleeding obvious. If you are in Australia or New […]
One Guilty Gardener
Reading time 4 minutes
While I am in the mood for confessions, I am going to own up to not setting foot, let along doing any work, […]
And Relax …..
Reading time 3 minutes
It’s here, the moment I have been waiting for all Christmas, the moment when all our visitors have departed, there is no cleaning […]
Year’s End
Reading time 3 minutes
It’s been a funny old year, and not one I’d care to repeat. 2016 has neither been the year I predicted nor planned; […]