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What to Sow Now
Not sure what to sow this month? Don’t worry — I’ve done the planning for you. September is a lovely time for winter salads, leafy greens like pak choi, and hardy herbs such as parsley.
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A Word About Mulching
A word about mulching, it's a highly beneficial practice that can enhance the health and productivity of your plants. Mulch is a protective layer of material applied to the soil surface around plants, and it serves multiple purposes in the garden. Let's explore the...
Autumn Vibes
I find that I tend to slow down in Autumn and take a breather, sowing slows down and it is the time of year where I sit back and enjoy harvests from the garden. Days are getting shorter, that freshness is creeping its way in, thank goodness we have had some rain and...
Tomato Harvests And A Second Spring!
So what’s going on in my garden right now? I have a front garden that’s full of perennials, it is in its second year since changing a square patch of lawn into a pollinator rich garden. It is glorious right now with oranges hues of kniphofia spires, waves of rudbeckia...
Early Summer Days
In the blink of an eye our gardens have flourished. I am based in Sussex and we have had an incredibly dry April, dare I say it, too hot really. But now we seem to be getting the April showers and I am sure I am not alone in breathing a sigh of relief that gardens can...
April Notes From My Garden
Gloriously days are as long as the nights and you can almost feel summer on the tips of your fingers. We have been treated to rather a spoilt soft start to spring, one may say a fools spring, the weather was super warm and the sun was glowing. It’s all change now...
Daylight hours are increasing and sowing starts
From 14th February onwards there’s a spring in my step as the daylight hours increase to over 10 hours, the magic number of hours that plants need in order to grow and photosynthesise and it increases every day until the summer solstice. so its hoorah as we can all...
New Beginnings
Hello January! It is onwards and upwards from here and there is so much to look forward to. I love the first month with all the hope it brings, I see new growth everywhere, tiny sprouting bulbs under trees in the woods, all that’s been going on under out feet is now...
After the Winter Solstice
It’s been a while since the last blog, I have been thoroughly enjoying life with my family over the Christmas period and its been nice to take a bit of time out, always does the world of good to one's mind I find. Now that the winter solstice has passed my thoughts...
Late Autumn Notes From My Garden
Time to relax and unwind and take a breath, with winter slowly approaching there’s been a wonderful autumn to enjoy and hasn’t it been a fantastic one? Where I am in West Sussex the weather has been so mild and the wind has thankfully been low so it has elongated the...
That End Of Summer Feeling
The garden is winding down, flowers are fading and harvests are plentiful. It’s time to slow down, start to tidy up and gently ease the garden into winter. I am not a fan of going crazy at this time of year, a lot of you will be feeling like you just want to do...