Top tips for shady gardens including shade-loving plants
Most gardens have at least one dark or shady spot, and many of us have very shady gardens. Trees, buildings…
How to Plant Spring Bulbs
The appearance of early spring flowers is when many of us breathe a sigh of relief. The dark days of…
Allotments
beans
bulbs
courgettes
crafts
inspiration
lemons
open studio
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shows & open gardens
squash
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Inspiration is all around you ..
All too often you slave away in the garden or allotment and feel that the ongoing chores are endless –…
Progress of one sort and another
I don’t know what it has been like this last week in gardens and allotments all over the country, but…
annuals
bulbs
catalogues
Christmas
food & recipes
frost
fruit
garden care
garlic
herbs
hyacinths
ornamentals
potager progress
rain
shrubs
Vegetables
weather
Progress in our ‘Dobies’ garden plots
We’ve gone from four inches of rain in two days to nights of heavy frost and freezing temperatures. But on…
Thinking of Summer !!
Touring on the continent this summer in our motor-home, whilst the UK wet seemed to follow wherever we travelled, I was nevertheless…
September delights
Such a wonderful time of year is September, when the fruits of our labours are increasingly apparent, and we can…
Moving on with Ornamentals
It is truly remarkable what a little bit of neglect can do to a garden! Flowers secretly proliferate and propagate…