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Is Spring here? – hold back a little more

March can be a very very deceptive month in the UK.  Today the sun is shining, the blossom is out and whilst the sun is shining here’s some more gratuitous spring photography. There is a definite buzz of life in the air.  It’s at times like this that you want to get out there, plant, sow [...]

A few jobs in the garden

The warm weather over the last few days has got me out in the garden doing a few jobs.  One of those is sorting out the loganberry.  A few years back the beast that is our loganberry bush went awol and we found most of it growing in the jungle of next door’s garden.  Since [...]

Spring has arrived

Well it looks like Spring has finally arrived and with the warm and damp weather we’ve been having now is the time to be sowing seeds and putting in some new plants to liven up the garden.

If you are short of space or time then go for plants that have long lasting impact and [...]

Spring is taking it’s time

There’s nothing nicer than a juicy plum, so if you want to a nice load of fruit this year now’s the time to lay down a good load to manure and feed around your trees.

Spring is certainly taking its time this year.  Although the cold has kept the heads of the bulbs down it [...]