Plan ahead and plant those chillies
It is a day of magic and celebration. I’ve had a glimpse of the one thing that makes all the difference in my garden. You may be wondering why my kid’s playhouse is featured so prominently well, it’s because today, for the first time in almost three months, the sun poked over the neighbour’s fence and [...]
A January Spring
As I look out over my bare soil the opportunity to create anew brings great excitement. Spring begins in my mind on a sunny day in January when I start to imagine the crops I can sow this year and the fruit and vegetables I can pick. I see all that empty earth stretching out [...]
A Christmas gift to you
All the talk at the allotment is of which gloves to wear. There have been a few days when it’s been freezing weather and my hands have become so cold that I’ve had to stop working. It’s now that a good flask of coffee really comes into its own. I may enjoy being outdoors and [...]
Would you add a thug to your garden?
My gardening dilemma this week has been a choice between one gardening coloniser over another. I am in the process of redesigning my garden and want it to have a sense of harmony and unity, rather than lots of different bitty plants that I happen to like, scattered wherever. I need something that will flow [...]
A border is not just for summer
I’ve been busy planting this week in between bouts of torrential rain and gusty winds. Despite the rather grim weather the soil is still warm so it’s an ideal time to set about reviving borders and adding a few evergreens for winter interest. I emerged from the garden nursery this week many pounds the poorer [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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