This month in the garden…
Here’s a thing. I like September. August is either sweaty or disappointingly rainy (the former, this year); and there’s not …
Tag Archives: hedges
November garden: Cut flower terraces
The terraces are a practical solution to a recurring problem here: how to get the garden down the hill. We live …
End of month view: June
It’s been a month of making progress, if slow: the mad rush of spring has calmed and I’m just planting …
The strength of plants
Cutting back my hedge (still haven’t finished) I discovered one of the hazel trees had eaten a rock. It was …
Hedging my bets #2
So having established that I have the wildlife habitat equivalent of the Mona Lisa around my garden and if I …
Hedging my bets #1
I am feeling the heavy weight of responsibility on my shoulders. You see, I have a proper hedgerow to look …
Garden makeover #2: Boxing clever
I’ve been shopping 😀 Never one to sit around for long when there’s a garden makeover to be done, I …
Last chance to see…
I was wandering through the woods walking the dog, grinning foolishly to myself while kicking the mounting piles of autumn …
Cloud-pruning hedges
One of my clients has an accidentally cloud-pruned hedge. This arcane art from Japan is all the rage at the …
Hedging your bets
The year rolls on… now it’s time to dust off the hedgetrimmers and get to work. A week or so …
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