The garden can surprise you. Recently, I found violas growing. Most years I’ve had Violas in the garden, in various places but I don’t remember planting any seeds last year. In fact, I’m struggling to bring up more than…
Category: The Garden Transformation
Right, I’m a bit grouchy! The weather here is so utterly bonkers. I have a tan, not because it was super-hot, but because we had full sunshine (albeit with a cold breeze) for over a week. And, I was…
It’s been a while since I posted, I know. I’m sorry! The thing is, it’s been non-stop sunny with relatively little wind here. That’s like scoring the jackpot for these parts. And, while the weather is this good it’s…
Recently, I was taking a break from flower bed digging and ditch digging and decided that I really needed to make a secondary sowing of flower seeds. I keep my seed packets organized by year of expiry, which helps…
For the last few years, ever since I started the task of creating a front garden (from brush and old burning heaps – sigh), whenever the locals stopped to talk to my husband they’d always ask if we were…