Category: gardening
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Gardening: a space to lose my daily stresses
What activities do you lose yourself in? Gardening has meant a lot to me. Today I checked on my seedlings and I have sweet peas, peas, marigolds and grandiflora candy tufts growing. There is something about seeds, dirt and growth. Something about watching nature grow. Escaping in the garden for minutes and hours. A place…
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Moment in time: sowing seeds
Today was a wonderful day. I finally got to sow some pumpkin, courgettes and swash seeds. Just two of each. Perfect little pearls of hope. I am starting them off early so my harvest will be bountiful! I walked round my garden today, smiling at all the plants that are growing, Muscari and daffodils clashing…
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My tips for dealing with brambles
Today was bramble day. I have to cut them all back and dig them up. Today was a cutting day not a digging day. This took me almost 3 hours to cut it right back but I am pleased as punch with my efforts. Brambles are resilient, and beautiful. Tip: Wear clothes that cover your…
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March list… it’s veggie time
I am so excited about sowing. We actually have no plans this weekend so I can take a few hours and potter around the garden. My main aim is to tackle the brambles. I want them all gone. This is at least a two hour job so I need to make a big dent in…
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March is sowing time: day 6 no social media
We got up this morning, made bacon sandwiches ( giving up pork is very slow to happen) and I went straight out to the garden. With all the renovations we have a lot of cardboard which is a great tool in the garden. My allotment is still a mess, just like my garden, green house…
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Dahlias: investing in your garden
Gardens are one of the last things people thing of when renovating a house. We are lucky that we have a well established front and back garden in the new house but there is still things I want to add as well as move, trim and replace. If you spend time outside and like entertaining…
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Tomato update: learning to grow you own produce
Quick catch up, I bought a single tomato for 85p. It was the tastiest tomato I have ever eaten so I wanted to try and grow it from seed. So I started with 15 plants and I have 4 surviving. They are over 3 foot tall and all look healthy. We are heading for another…
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Healthy habits: Ten minute meditation in the garden
I have a small garden, mostly in containers with some large shrubs and trees, my faux lawn ( inherited ) means that I can maintain it fairly easily but it still takes effort. Gardener extraordinaire Butter Wakefield suggests a healthy garden is maintained in ten minutes a day rather than hours at the weekend. This…
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Is a hose pipe ban on the way?
Next week is August and the temperatures are set to soar again. It may shock you to hear that in England, known for lush green lawns and a lot of rain. We can’t cope when it comes to the weather! We are such a mild country that any extremes completely throw us off! Snow =…
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Patience in the garden: 3 little wins
It’s finally happened, we have three mini celebrations. First is my agapanthus, I have waited over two years for this gorgeous plant to flower and today she has five flowers open. Gardening takes patience. The right place and soil. Next my tomato plants, the ones I grew from a Marks and Spenser tomato, that I…
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