Lockdown Garden Projects: Gutter Gardens, Raised Beds & Bird Baths
While we are spending more time at home and in our gardens, this makes the ideal time to get our hands dirty and get ahead with gardening projects in our…
Valentine’s Day Garden Hearts
Out and about with my camera, I sometimes spot strange shapes. Not that I am specifically looking; they fall into view, and then I start searching. It may be that…
On the Shelf – or your wish list
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…
RHS Shows designed to inspire
Fortunate indeed are those of us who are able to visit some of the major Gardening Shows in the UK. Going to these events offers the keen gardener so much…
Garden Memories
No doubt, you have been keeping notes of your garden this year – what you have sown, grown, planted and transplanted, be it flowers or vegetables, herbs, shrubs or fruit.…
Inspiration is all around you ..
All too often you slave away in the garden or allotment and feel that the ongoing chores are endless – digging, weeding, sowing, thinning, protecting from predators, and of course…
Garden Diaries, Journals & Jotters
At last I have been able to work in the garden; the soil is fit, the weeds have not yet overtaken me, and yet there is so much to reclaim…
Inspiration for your garden
To write yet again about the weather and its impact on gardening in winter would seem to be either lazy, or churlish. Just because the ground is frozen, or it’s…
Snow? A good time to plan
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…
When dreams become reality
Whether you are reclaiming ground, starting from scratch or re-planning an existing garden, turning dreams into reality requires a certain amount of foresight and strategy. But where to begin, particularly…