I have a very laid back tendency towards my garden – if things don’t do well well ‘it was not meant to be’ and I generally have quite a hands off approach believing that plants need to survive for themselves rather than be molly-coddled. But...
It is Blackberry Season and there are lots and lots this year! So we are ploughing through Blackberry and Apple Crumbles, I’ll be making Blackberry and Apple Jam like my Nan always used to but I’ll also be making Blackberry Vodka this year as its such an...
Its August and I’m going to mention the C word! Christmas! … I’m already planning for this Christmas and the Wreath Workshops that I run. In fact, I took my first booking back in February! I love running my Wreath Workshops but since I started holding them 3 years...
We’re told time and time again how important our gardens are in keeping the country green and that our plots are a mecca for pollinating insects. The trick is to provide a wide variety of flowering plants as they are often designed with particular insects in mind....
The season of the Plant Sale is upon us! Local Gardeners and Groups will be sharing details of these sales about now and I urge you to go! Not only will you pick up plants that have been lovingly grown in your local area you’ll probably meet some of the nicest...
Early Spring seems to be the season of yellow: Daffodils, Winter Aconites, Primroses, Crocosus but lots of people have a thing against yellow flowers in their gardens, and I have to admit I was one of them! I’m not sure why it is, perhaps yellow was unfashionable, a...
