Witch hazels, daffodils and bittercress
What a difference a week makes! We have swung from apocalyptic levels of rain which have seen the rivers flanking …
Tag Archives: frost
How to force strawberries
Imagine a bowl. Now fill it with gleaming, just-picked strawberries, perhaps just a little warm from the touch of the …
Life in the greenhouse: January
Blimey it’s chilly. Inside and out: life got a bit hectic last autumn and I didn’t get around to my …
Wordless Wednesday
All tucked up
I arrived at the Chicken Garden this morning to find the big, handsome dahlias hanging their heads, their lush leaves …
Karma camellia
Hmm. I’m never quite sure about camellias. On the one hand, when they look like this, they’re fabulous. But they …
Random acts of frosting
French lavender (Lavandula stoechas) may be terribly pretty with its bunny rabbit ears and soft grey foliage. But it is, …
Ne’er cast a clout….
…till May is out. So the saying goes. It’s one of the oldest ones in the book – but there …
By the way….
…it did flower for me after all 😀 The unseasonably sunny weather over the last few weeks played in my …
Collateral damage
Oh dear. A quick tour of my so-called jungle garden (i.e. the place I so optimistically planted up with climate …
Sally Nex 