How to Create a Spring Bulb Theatre
Reading time 18 minutes
One can never plant too many spring-flowering bulbs. However tedious the chore may seem in late summer and autumn, planting spring bulbs is one […]
Small Gardens
Getting to Grips – Part 1
Reading time 8 minutes
For the last couple of days I have been getting to grips with our two gardens. Like time and tide, nature waits for no […]
The Watch House NGS Open Weekend 2015
Reading time 7 minutes
I must have done something very good in a previous life (heaven knows I am struggling to be good in this one) to deserve the […]
Sun Worshippers
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Opening our seaside garden for the second time we were not sure what to expect, but the sun shone and the visitors came, and […]
Que Sera Sera ….
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… Whatever will be will be, as the song goes. I have reached a point now where all I can do is clean and tidy […]
The Stage is Set
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The stage is finally set for our open weekend on August 1st and 2nd. Any changes I make from now on will appear too obvious, […]
All Systems Go!
Reading time 7 minutes
Here at The Watch House we are steadily building up to our second annual National Gardens Scheme open weekend on August 1st and 2nd. Unlike last […]
“Some Like it Hot …
Reading time 6 minutes
….. and others do not. I am one of the others.” The Frustrated Gardener, July 2015 Visiting Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in 35 […]
Finding Serenity in Stoke Newington
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For as long as I can recall my uncle has lived in Stoke Newington. Known affectionately as ‘Stokey’ by locals, this appealing enclave in […]
A Year in the Vegetable Garden
Reading time 6 minutes
We would not describe ourselves as vegetable gardeners, at least not yet, but since we completed a project to build raised beds in our […]
Wallowing in the June Gap
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We are in the midst of a period known to gardeners and beekeepers as the June Gap. Both of our gardens have become a […]
Knocking Through
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I’ve been a bit quiet of late and that’s because I’ve been buying a new house. We are not moving, but knocking through into […]