The winter months have been marked (I was going to choose the word “tainted”, but decided it was too dramatic) by the presence of gnats. I unknowingly brought them in when I prepared the pelargoniums to overwinter indoors. I’m saddened to say that I have lost most of my plants, I suspect, due to a […]
Favourite garden designs from 2018
When I have visited garden shows or gardens open to the public in 2018, I have taken photos from all angles, sometimes waiting for a cloud to cover the harsh sunlight and get a better photo. And then, I get home and do nothing with these photos other than share the odd one on social […]
A reflective piece on the gardening year
Well it has been a while! I thought I could ease myself back into the blogosphere by reflecting in the gardening year that was 2018. First, it snowed in March and then we had the longest, dryest and hottest summer ever. I found this summer really hard to get through as I dislike the heat […]
Kate Bradbury’s The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
I love a good gardening book, so I was chuffed when I received a requested review copy of Kate Bradbury’s The Bumblebee Flies Anyway. Kate moves to Brighton after a break-up and finds herself in a small flat with an even smaller garden with soil that has not seen the light of day in what […]
A dry summer
We were going on holiday on Sunday. I spent Saturday watering the garden and shifting all the plants to the part of the garden that gets the least shade. We hadn’t had (and still haven’t at the time of writing) any rain since May bank holiday, 6 weeks. It has been a dry summer so […]