Six garden photos on Saturday 20th April
I’m sitting here in my London cottage garden enjoying the silence of the city today so here are six garden photos with no chat in between. London has been strangely quiet today – no one cutting the grass or having a party nearby. One of those rare magical days when
Six gardening lessons to learn 30-3-19
This week I look at what has worked well in the garden and what hasn’t worked so well so that hopefully I can rethink for next year. That’s the plan anyway.
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
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.
Cottage garden tulips
Here are 6 tulips that have done well this year despite the crazy weather. Sadly most are over now so I will buy more late season tulips for next year.
“Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance……
My Mum is now 103 years old and still gardening. Here is the story of how she inspired me to enjoy gardening.
What can Great Dixter inspire in my London Cottage Garden?
Lovely photos and some views and ideas from my visit to the world famous garden at Great Dixter in Kent.
Bee friendly plants – the top mail order choices from rosybee nursery
The mail order nursery rosybee.com sells only the best plants for bees and all arrive in great condition. Do check out her website for info and ordering.
Daffodils this Spring – my mistakes
This year my daffodils have been a big disappointment. I have always planted a mixture of early, mid and late daffodils every year I’ve been gardening and have always had a wonderful display of yellow, reds, pinks and whites from February to May. This year they have been hopeless. It looks like the varieties I
Spring creeps closer in our town cottage garden
February 2017 in the cottage garden things were further on than they are today – daffodils were already out
A new year in my cottage garden
One thing I love about a garden is that you can leave it alone. It won’t sit there doing nothing till you return to it, reproachful, arms crossed, waiting. It just gets on with what it was going to do anyway – growing . OK so everything will carry on growing – things you don’t