In the garden on 21st March 2019
In the garden on 21st March 2019. The first time I’ve sat and had a coffee in the garden this year – it’s a milestone and felt a real treat. These lovely Epimedium flowers only look so nice because I remembered to cut off all the winter foliage in February before the flowers
Small town garden – flowers for cutting
I want to grow flowers early in the year to cut for vases indoors. However I don’t have room for a cutting patch. What to do? Well last autumn I crammed spring bulbs into 6 big plastic pots. I’m pleased to say they are coming up and I can cut a few every few days
Sixty seven on Saturday February 2nd 2019
On my 67th birthday here’s a short story of my gardening life so far – it had a late start………..
Six signs of life in the garden on 26th Jan 2019
Here are Six Signs of Life in my garden and Chelsea Physic Garden this week. Six plants providing scent, colour, food for wildlife or bursting into bud ready for the Spring
Spring in my town cottage garden – 20-1-2019
Keeping my optimism up and my hope bubbling as I look in the garden for the small things that tell us nature is moving on all the time.
Six on Saturday December 29th 2018
I’ve taken the offer of sharing an allotment with a neighbour – a totally new challenge for 2019 and very exciting. I’ll be asking my fellow bloggers for lots of advice please
Six cottage garden thoughts on Saturday November 24th 2018
A few small additions can bring more wildlife into your garden
Six reasons to be contented with the garden right now – November 10th 2018
As autumn moves on we can find various little things in the garden to enjoy and be thankful for
Six splashes of colour in the sunshine – Saturday October 20th 2018
Six simple photos taken in the October sunshine in our London cottage garden
Snapshots of the garden – six on Saturday October 6th 2018
This week has been so sunny and gorgeous I had lots of things I could show you and have lots of lovely photos of autumn sunshine. Here are Six.
A little touch of colour in the garden – September
Small spots of late summer colour amongst the green making them all the more treasured
In our London Cottage Garden what happens when……
……… You cut a massive decades-old white wisteria down to the ground because it was strangling the house and covering all the windows? Well, undeterred it puts on a surge of growth and creates a sprawling bush at ground level before climbing up the house again. Moral – if I don’t want something to grow