A Change of Landscape
Reading time 11 minutes
I always imagined that if I were made redundant from my job there would be one hundred and one things I’d rather do than […]
Our Coastal Garden
A Moment In The Gin & Tonic Garden
Reading time 7 minutes
Once in a while one’s garden has a ‘moment’, a brief period of time when everything comes together to create a picture-perfect scene and […]
The Watch House Awaits
Reading time 10 minutes
The pots are all planted and in position, their arrangements have been checked from every angle, adjusted and appraised again. Happy with the result, […]
Here Comes Summer!
Reading time 8 minutes
The title of of this post is tongue-in-cheek given I’m sat at my desk with rain pattering on the skylight and a brisk draught […]
Arctic April
Reading time 14 minutes
It has been the strangest month; cold – indeed the frostiest April in sixty years – and desert-dry. Although we’ve escaped spring frosts here […]
Hurrah! the Ides of March
Reading time 7 minutes
Our garden is at its lowest ebb from early February until the Ides of March, on the 15th of the month. Battered by gales […]
The Beast Is Back
Reading time 9 minutes
Our garden is not designed for snow. In the fifteen years I’ve lived at The Watch House, I can only recall it snowing four […]
Baby steps (towards spring)
Reading time 10 minutes
Every weekend is pretty much the same during the lockdown. A time to catch up on sleep, to read, phone friends and family, make […]
BITTERSWEET MEMORIES OF 2020
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The year 2020. Where to begin? It’s tempting to dive straight into the obvious negatives – and let’s face it that would be rich […]
planting ahead
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The first draft of this post began with a rather gloomy assessment of the year’s events. By the time I reached the third paragraph […]
Beginning with Brugmansias
Reading time 10 minutes
I’ve been getting increasingly frustrated with myself for posting so infrequently. Okay, so I no longer have a long commute to London and I […]
Garden Diary: April 2020
Reading time 30 minutes
April was a bittersweet month. Among many positives were the beautiful weather and being able to spend extra time in the garden with The […]