The Twelve Days (and then some) of Planting
On the twelfth day of gardening, my borders wanted me, (to plant): 12 Mixed Foxgloves 11 Golden Agastache 10 Dierama 9 Verbascum Snowy Spires 8 Mini Agapanthus 7 Red Geums […]
An Unpleasant Heat Pauses Planting Progress
No matter how well watered pot plants are, they will wilt when the temperature rockets past 45°C. Over the last couple of days, the UK has been sweltering with record-breaking […]
I Predict a (Garden) Riot
It’s around this time of year, later in June, that I start to loose control of the garden and it begins to descend into – what I call – somewhat […]
A First Date with the National Garden Scheme
Before reading this post, it helps to know what the NGS is: “The National Garden Scheme gives visitors unique access to over 3,500 exceptional private gardens in England, Wales, Northern […]
Re-Doing Fruit Avenue in Desperation
Deciding to re-do an entire border one year before a potential NGS opening is not very sensible. Sensibilities are the first thing to go out the window when there is […]
PANIC! And Carry on Gardening
The general theme over the last week or two is neatly encapsulated in this blog post’s title; that is, “be in a continual state of panic over the garden, the […]
I Canna Believe It!
I think it’s been another week or two and the garden jobs continue apace. I’ve moved on from the, “deal with this now or it’s gonna die”, through the, “shouldn’t […]
Going Potty
I lay awake at night, struggling to sleep. My mind is spinning at 100 miles an hour (or 160 kmph if you want metric). Garden jobs just keep going round […]
Snow and Sun in Summer Time
When I titled the last post, “Gardening on Ice” I didn’t mean for the blog to go “on ice” as well, yet here we are, over two months later with […]
Gardening on Ice
Well it’s been a few months since the last post and as with most northern temperate gardens around this time of year, there hasn’t been much going on. A long […]