I had seen the title Rhapsody in Green crop up on social media a couple times, so on one of my many bookshop visits I decided to bring it home. Published in 2016 by Kyle Books, Charlotte Mendelson’s collection of garden essays has become one of my favourite garden writing books. Following the seasons The […]
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Grow something different in your container garden
Winter, particularly January, can be a difficult time for a gardener. It’s a month where you can’t really start sowing anything unless you have heated propagators, and still I have learned that sowing seeds early leads to overpopulated windowsills and leggy seedlings. What is exciting, however, is that you start to see the first signs […]
Snippets of Spring 19.05.2015
The weather has been crazy these past couple of weeks! Things are finally growing on in the garden! I have some snaps to show. However, geez with the weeds!! Most of the time I’ve been out there I have ended up getting distracted because I “just need to get rid of this one”. And “this […]
Filling the garden little by little and update on direct sowing
The key to not lose your battle with the weeds is patience and tackling one area of the garden at a time. At least that is what has worked for me. We are lucky have a really big garden, but it did look rather sparse when we first moved in. I have been slowly filling […]
Edible Garden – update 15.04.2015
After dipping into Alys’s excellent book, I decided to try and sow directly in some areas of the garden. I have been quite hesitant to plant anything directly which is not in pots, but I figured won’t ever be able to improve if I don’t try. If it works, great. If it doesn’t, make a […]