Garden Journal
My garden diaries revisited; what to plant now
Inspiration for what to grow in the garden doesn’t always need to come from what is ‘new’ or even what is current. As we stride into spring, I’ve been looking...
My garden diaries revisited; what to plant now
Inspiration for what to grow in the garden doesn’t always need to come from what is ‘new’ or even what is current. As we stride into spring, I’ve been looking...
How to create and prepare a raised vegetable bed
Growing and harvesting your own vegetables is the most satisfying of feelings: popping those first tiny peas into your mouth or making bruschetta topped with baby broad beans is unforgettable...
How to create and prepare a raised vegetable bed
Growing and harvesting your own vegetables is the most satisfying of feelings: popping those first tiny peas into your mouth or making bruschetta topped with baby broad beans is unforgettable...
Nature Notes
It seems, sometimes, as if we slide directly from autumn into spring... In the hedgerows, catkins are beginning to lengthen and produce their yellow pollen and pussy willows buds pushing...
Nature Notes
It seems, sometimes, as if we slide directly from autumn into spring... In the hedgerows, catkins are beginning to lengthen and produce their yellow pollen and pussy willows buds pushing...
How to Plant and Train Espaliered Fruit Trees
I have always wanted my fruit trees to be useful as well as beautiful and training them as cordons, espaliers or step-overs means they can be used to divide areas...
How to Plant and Train Espaliered Fruit Trees
I have always wanted my fruit trees to be useful as well as beautiful and training them as cordons, espaliers or step-overs means they can be used to divide areas...
6 ways your garden can make you smile in January
The tree has been dismantled, the decorations put away and many of us (me included!) are facing a self-imposed, austere January. The days seem long and dark and the cold...
6 ways your garden can make you smile in January
The tree has been dismantled, the decorations put away and many of us (me included!) are facing a self-imposed, austere January. The days seem long and dark and the cold...
How to train your shrubs and climbers
As the cold and the winds (particularly here in Gloucestershire) strip the leaves off our climbers, their bare structure emerges and now is the time to stand back and take...
How to train your shrubs and climbers
As the cold and the winds (particularly here in Gloucestershire) strip the leaves off our climbers, their bare structure emerges and now is the time to stand back and take...