March on the Allotment Garden
By Richard Chivers For gardeners, the arrival of March arouses a sensation others savour only at Christmas. Winter is always a long season for us allotmenteers. Dark, cold and when…
September Newsletter
“September days have the warmth of summer in their briefer hours, but in their lengthening evenings a prophetic breath of autumn.” ~ Rowland E. Robinson, Vermont If summer colour is all…
August Newsletter
“Summer is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” ~ John Ruskin The…
July Newsletter
“Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoesWhat would life be like without homegrown tomatoesOnly two things that money can’t buyThat’s true love and home grown tomatoes.” ~ John Denver Hopefully, July…
June Newsletter
“A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.“ ~ James Dent It feels like summer…
May Newsletter
“Spring: The music of open windows.” ~ Terri Guillemets The cheerful vibrancy of yellow daffodils has given way to the softer white, pink and lilac colours of tree blossom and…
April Newsletter
“Spring would not be spring without bird songs“. ~ Francis M. Chapman In these unusual times, our gardens remain an oasis of calm, largely unaffected by the latest news. In…
March Newsletter
“Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn“. ~ Lewis Grizzard For gardeners, the arrival of March arouses a sensation others savour only at Christmas. Winter…
February Newsletter
“Growth takes time. Be patient. And while you’re waiting, pull a weed“. ~ Emilie Barnes February isn’t known to be a favourite month by many, and it can be a…
December Newsletter
From December to March, there are for many of us three gardens – the garden outdoors, the garden of pots and bowls in the house, and the garden of the…