June was a month of rain and storms here. This year brought it home to me that the hot, sunny weather of summer tends to happen in late spring (or early autumn) here in northern Scotland. It never got…
This past week has been a bit of a strange one for me. I felt tired. Not physically tired, but internally exhausted and listless. Maybe it was the weather? It’s been storming a lot here and that has brought…
Recently, I made a list of the things that I absolutely, urgently needed to get done in the garden. Seedlings needed to be transplanted to flower beds, other seedlings needed to be pricked out of their seed trays and…
After my last post, I suppose you know what I’ve been up to these last few days, huh? Well, yes, some manual labour got done, some weeding got done, and some planting got done. Just, none of it happened…
Somehow, when gardening I find that there are these moments of peaceful calm – where everything has been done for the moment and the time is right to just lean back and take in the lush environment – which…