It has been all head down and bum up getting ready for this new season. I have been working so hard across all areas of responsibility that I have taken to ending my days completely exhausted in our comfy ‘grandfather’…
Read MoreI’m not all that technically minded, but that never stops me from trying to turn the perfect solution to a garden problem from the vision in my head into a reality. Sometimes it works out wonderfully and I am amazed…
Read MoreNot counting today and not that I’m counting… actually, that is a lie. Of course I’m counting. It is all a bit hectic here as I race to get the garden ‘spring ready’ for this self-imposed deadline. If I’m honest…
Read MoreAfter a turbulent July, August so far has been lovely. It makes it really feel like spring is so close you could touch it. The first half is looking to be mostly sunny with a smattering of rain, but it…
Read MoreThat heading has so many emotions all tied up in it: “Hooray the warmer weather is on the way” “…But I’m not ready…” “Ohh so much hope and expectation – surely it will be a good season” “I’m so excited…
Read MoreOk, it is Tuesday, and I may have started without you, but I think I have formulated a vague plan for the week to get ahead and become spring ready. According to my countdown to spring giveaway over on my…
Read MoreAfter months and months of a relatively normal existence, we find ourselves once again in lockdown. I trust that our country is doing the right thing to keep us safe as Delta attempts to darken our door. In the meantime,…
Read MoreAnd it certainly isn’t waiting for this gardener! I have been in and out of the garden this week, but I can say without a shadow of doubt, I’m not progressing with my spring preparations as quickly as I’d like. …
Read MoreI hate it when a week disappears out from under me, doesn’t it know I have plans. Some of the week was spent not gardening because the weather was awful – we had a huge storm – right in off…
Read MoreHaving completely missed my June garden video tour due to the work on The Palace, as well as ordinary gardening things, I decided I should make the effort for an end of July garden video tour. I was aiming for…
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