Category: Blog
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September 2021 – Not going anywhere
I’m writing this column from home. I’m having a “staycation” or as we used to call it, not going anywhere....
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August 2021 – All hands to the deck
It’s early August and as I write the rain is lashing against the windows of the office. Gardening outdoors has...
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July 2021 – halfway through the year
I’m feeling as I usually do by this stage of the growing year, too much to do and not enough...
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June – What the weather brings…
T S Eliot famously wrote that April was the cruellest month, but he never saw this May. It has been...
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May – Everything in the garden is blooming
It’s that time of year when everything takes off and if you dawdle, you’re left lying in a heap as...
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April – We are open!
April is here and we are thrilled to be open again. Every season has particular joys for me and if...
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March 2021
It was when I saw the blisters on my hands that I realised just how much time I’ve spent...
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February 2021
Well here we are again, I think we can all agree that this was not the start to the year...
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January 2021
So here we are again at the beginning of a new year with plans for our gardens and possibly (or...
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December 2020
I’m writing this at the tail end of November and two things strike me. One is that I am so...
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November 2020
There is a special quality to the light in November. A few days ago I was driving home and the...
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October 2020
October is the time of year, for me at least to reflect back on the garden year and what’s happened...
