Catching Up
Reading time 15 minutes
It dawned on me the other day that I’d written nothing about our garden and allotment for several months. This is me, making amends!
Small Gardens
Your Garden In July
Reading time 32 minutes
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
Reading time 7 minutes
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.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022 – The Boodles Travel Garden
Reading time 9 minutes
There were some sensational gardens at Chelsea this year but my personal Best in Show award goes to The Boodles Travel Garden – Around the World in 16 Days, designed by Tom Hoblyn. Read on to find out why ….
How To Enjoy Your Garden in May
Reading time 37 minutes
How to get the most out of your garden in the merry month of May.
A Pot Display for Early March
Reading time 10 minutes
The wild weather has blown through and we’ve been blessed with a weekend of clear skies, fresh breezes and bright sunshine. It’s been the […]
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, […]
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 […]
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: May 2020 Part I
Reading time 18 minutes
Where, oh where did May go? No sooner had it started than June was upon us. Now it’s midsummer, the longest day is almost […]
Easter Extravaganza
Reading time 11 minutes
Oh the irony. For the last three years our National Gardens Scheme area organiser has been asking if we’d open the garden for a […]