We have to look out onto our cottage gardens in the winter too so here are some pics of how I get splashes of colour to avoid it looking too bleak.
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.
In the low September sunshine some plants shine out more than others. Here are the loveliest in my garden right now.
Small spots of late summer colour amongst the green in the garden making them all the more treasured
On my new blog here is my personal view of a cottage garden style which I aim to create here in my North London city garden.
Now is a good time to buy tulips ready to plant from November onwards. I used to order mine in May, while I can see them flowering, to be delivered in the autumn This year I ordered some in July and am getting some more now from wholesalers such as J Parkers, Peter Nyssen and Gee
My first blog post – about planting tulips and narcissi in autumn for colour and beauty in spring.
How to use colour in the cottage garden style
How to have colour in the cottage garden style town garden without it being too much work for one person to manage. Well I would…
Daffodils in a small garden – tips on how to grow them.
If you have a small garden like a town garden and want to grow daffodils, here are my tips on how best to do it,…
Sixty seven on Saturday February 2nd 2019
It's my 67th birthday today and here is a very short story of my gardening life through six decades. [caption id="attachment_1756" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Mum and…
“Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance……
everybody thinks it's true" - Paul Simon 2007 We gardeners think about and work towards the future - we are assuming a future. We are…
Ideas from an Adam Frost Garden School Masterclass
After attending Adam Frost's September Masterclass, I wrote in a previous post about his ideas for thinking about designing and using your garden space. Adam’s…