This is not a lot of help for my poor neglected garden, especially with the Big Day so close. This Labour Weekend is the date where it is deemed safe from frost, however this is also a moveable holiday so…
Read MoreSometimes in the garden you have to make difficult choices. Take my fennel for example. It seems to be like some kind of crop in my garden where it doesn’t seem to want to stop. New bulbs seem to form…
Read MoreI have been feverishly slaving away over the garden. My hands have that roughness that comes from working the soil without gloves. I know I should use gloves but – well… I always end up taking them off to do…
Read MoreAt this time of year there is so much going on and it is all new and fresh. Many little things need a lot of care and attention and others are just part of the bigger picture. I love watching…
Read MoreWith the wind on my back I have been working hard getting the garden shipshape. There has been and extraordinary amount of digging and weeding being done so I can get things ready for the big day – the safe…
Read MoreOk. I’m taking my second foray into the world of flower growing. Last season saw me build a bed for the sole purpose of having cut flowers. It was a brilliant idea. I figured if I treated them as a…
Read MoreIt has dragged on to be a planting out week, and I’m still not finished. I really wanted to have a Taa Daa moment and reveal a gorgeous garden all planted out, weed free and nicely mowed. But alas no,…
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