Posts on Autumn cottage garden
Allowing the brick paving to change
Nature is taking over my patch, specifically my brick paving which could look fabulous if I power washed it more often but I’m just not getting round to it. I’m put off by the mixture of water and electrical cables everywhere and so am trying to make my peace with it being black and mossy. Let’s see how that adjustment goes.
Wonderful hardy geraniums from Cranesbill Nursery
I love everything about hardy geraniums and I now buy them online from the Cranesbill Nursery who grow a huge variety and sell big healthy plants with 1.5 litre rootballs. These plants are fantastic value and if you like the cottage garden style you wouldn’t want to be without them.
The reluctant gardener- tips for autumn
Reluctant gardeners might be thinking of staying indoors till the Spring but here are 6 tips for easy things you can do to help your garden look even lovelier next year.
Cottage garden self-seeded plants that I leave alone.
The cottage garden style welcomes and treasures self-seeding plants. We can leave them alone or we can move them about but I choose to just leave them where they have decided to grow and work around that.
Allotment life – fantasy and reality
My enthusiasm at getting an allotment didn’t translate into any hard work to keep on top of the bindweed and couch grass. The potatoes tasted nice though.
A little touch of colour in the garden – October
Small spots of late summer colour amongst the green in the garden making them all the more treasured
Planting bulbs for next spring
My first blog post – about planting tulips and narcissi in autumn for colour and beauty in spring.
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