Uninvited guests
I’ve had to take my uninvited guests in hand this week – in other words, thin out the self-sown seedlings …
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Late-season planting
I was expecting to have finished my planting until spring by now – but to my surprise, an order I …
Coming up roses
The construction of my little tribute to Christopher Lloyd continues… I got my roses in the post today from Peter …
Tulipomania
Haven’t had a moment for the last couple of weeks as every five minutes I’ve been shooting outside to plant …
Heaps of compost
My winter building programme is now well under way at the allotment – there are still a few crops in …
Water, water everywhere
It’s raining again… It’s not often I get rained off a job but last week I was out doing a …
Spring in autumn
I was weeding the garden yesterday – or rather, pulling out the self-sown nigella, phacelia and echscholzia which colonises it …
Autumn at Kew
This weekend I took some time out to go to the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew – and what an amazing …
Meanderings
One of the only disadvantage – well, ok, the only disadvantage – to being a professional gardener is that you …
Christopher Lloyd lives on
I’ve had my nose stuck in my favourite gardening book over the last few days – “Succession Planting for Adventurous …
Sally Nex 