We’ve only just come out of a long period of drought which seemed to last the whole of June and July. As a result, many…
What the musician and the poet did next
Category: Garden
Once again I’ve been too busy in the garden to actually blog about it! I started sowing seeds in trays and containers in the summer…
On the 26th day into the work, things suddenly fell together. The landscapers brought in a LOT of topsoil – for the terraces and as…
I mentioned back in March that we’d had a design done for our garden, by Nigel Philips. We had the two guys from Southern Landscapes,…
It’s been a while – but as British Summer Time begins, it seems like a good time to get things up to speed on this…
Much as I love autumn it’s a bit sad to see things dying down. The hibiscus has all but shed its leaves, the lawn is…
Turn away now if you’re squeamish about garden pests… our broccoli-growing adventure continues with the summer-long battle against the cabbage white butterfly. Friends warned us…
Well we learned a lot this year – not to plant vegetables too close together (in other words, adhere to the instructions on the seed…
By late July there’s so much colour in the garden, it’s hard to spend time anywhere else!
We decided to have a garden party, although the last weekend of July turned out a little cooler than we’d have liked. At least it…