Garden Journal - Almost Autumn
Now we're in September, there's a real chill in the air at night, and the sky is overcast with rain most days. Definitely starting to feel autumnal already, although we might…

Now we're in September, there's a real chill in the air at night, and the sky is overcast with rain most days. Definitely starting to feel autumnal already, although we might…
All week it's been raining hazelnuts ! This is just a quick post, a kind of "mini-update". Our back garden has a very old hazel tree, as well as a self-seeded one in the front…
We seem to have inadvertently turned our garden into some kind of perma-culture. The lawn has pretty much disappeared under potted plants, raised beds and garden furniture, and…
We returned from a short holiday last week, and it's amazing how much had changed in the garden ! I'll do a full journal in a few days, but this one is just to highlight a…
This is just a quick follow-up on yesterday's post. Remember I mentioned we had a major aphid problem on the calendula ? Well no more. The litle guy in the photo below is my…
June has arrived with a belt of rain here in the south of England. The upside is that it saves us a huge amount of time (and money) watering things. The downside is that…
What a strange year ! After last year being wet and cold pretty much all through followed by a mild winter, everything in our garden seems to be happening incredibly fast right…
It's been far too long since I did a garden update ! The truth is, my poor garden has been terribly neglected for the last few months while I had to focus all my energy on some…
This has been a project I've been meaning to do all winter. It's happened over the course of about three weeks, in between work and in the dry days between winter storms.…
One of the jobs I should do every winter is pay attention to the pond and cut back the pond irises. But the last couple of winters I haven't done it aggressively enough. The…