Garden resuscitation
Since I last blogged, it’s been perfect for gardening – neither too hot nor too cold, and with showers to refresh the vegetables. The flower patch has come into its own,…
Brush up on compost making, starting an allotment and much more with these excellent book suggestions made by our Dobies garden experts. Ideal as a Christmas gift for the resident book lover or for your own enjoyment.
Since I last blogged, it’s been perfect for gardening – neither too hot nor too cold, and with showers to refresh the vegetables. The flower patch has come into its own,…
I did not intend to refer to the weather yet again, for the rain has been incessant; the wind up to gale force at times and a constant grey pall…
As we all rush towards Christmas willy-nilly – or it towards us – it is all too easy to become absorbed in the usual commercial hype, and forget that it…
With Christmas almost upon us, and books very much a suitable gift to give to a gardening friend (or to add to your own wish list), I have assembled a…
Snow over much of the country seems to be more prevalent this winter than in I remember in the past – in the 1980s I think when we hardly had…
Today – the Solstice – so it’s now officially Winter, when the night (or hours of darkness) far outstrips those of daytime. Today is so benign yet the ground…
Gardening books are always welcome at Christmas – or treat yourself! Many titles are so useful that you will want to keep them on the bookshelf and refer to them…
Touring on the continent this summer in our motor-home, whilst the UK wet seemed to follow wherever we travelled, I was nevertheless always drawn to the vegetable stalls in every market –…
My plan to blog live from Ireland was a failure as such WiFi connections as I was able to access were so slow and intermittent that posting anything more than…
After three weeks away working on the continent, I could not really believe the transformation that had taken place in the garden. Not so much weeds, but the sheer entanglement…