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 […]
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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. […]
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 […]
Counting the Cost
Reading time 10 minutes
I’ve been out in the garden this morning assessing the havoc wreaked by The Beast from The East and Storm Emma. It is […]
The White Stuff
Reading time 6 minutes
Oh! How we love a ‘snow event’ here in England. The rare instances when the white stuff descends from the heavens used to be […]
Snow Flurries
Reading time 3 minutes
Most of the country experienced snow this week. We’ve seen nothing more than a few solitary flakes here in London, and life has gone on […]
Savage Spring
Reading time 3 minutes
Last night, as we lay in bed, it was almost as if a BBC special effects man was standing outside the bedroom window chucking […]
An Icy Reception
Reading time 3 minutes
I’ve returned home to the seaside after three weeks away. Hurrah! It’s good to be back, but boy is it cold. In my absence, […]
A Winter Walk in Bibury
Reading time 1 minute
Galloping Galanthus
Reading time 4 minutes
Ah, the English countryside in winter. So empty, so picturesque, so unbelievably wet! We spent most of Sunday eating, drinking or curled up by […]
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
Reading time 4 minutes
We’re a bit stuck this weekend. The white stuff came down constantly in central London yesterday, and whilst it made very little difference to […]
Coming in from the cold
Reading time 6 minutes
With the first properly cold weather now on the horizon, a small gardener’s conundrum is what to save from the frost and what to […]