How to Enjoy Your Garden in February
Reading time 31 minutes
Excitement is mounting at The Watch House. At the end of this month, The Frustrated Gardener will be getting a complete makeover, including a […]
Weather
Dry January
Reading time 8 minutes
As the first month of 2022 draws to a close, I sit at my desk reflecting on how unseasonably calm and dry the weather […]
A Little Solstice Solace
Reading time 5 minutes
Perhaps it’s just me, but 2021 has felt like a serious test of our endurance both in general and as gardeners. We started the […]
Creating An Autumn Pumpkin Arrangement
Reading time 11 minutes
It’s mid-October. The nights are drawing in and Halloween is fast approaching. Farmers here in East Kent are already opening their field gates for […]
Planting A Container for Autumn Colour
Reading time 10 minutes
By mid-September, many summer-flowering annuals have started to burn themselves out. They’ve given their all, and their natural instinct is now to produce seed […]
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 […]
Teeming Down at Tremenheere
Reading time 10 minutes
Anyone who has spent time holidaying in Cornwall will know that the county’s weather can be relied upon to dictate your itinerary from start […]
The Late, Late Tulip Show
Reading time 6 minutes
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 […]
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 […]
How To Prepare Your Garden For A Spring Cold Snap
Reading time 10 minutes
Over the last week, we’ve been blessed with glorious spring weather. Sunshine and temperatures in the high teens and twenties (ºC) have, quite literally, […]
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 […]
February Flowers
Reading time 8 minutes
It’s that time of year when galanthophiles (the polite name for snowdrop bores) start to bombard social media with images of their pearly-white treasures. […]