Gwenfar's Garden and other musings
Notes on growing ornamentals and edibles, and musings on other matters that interest me.
Gwenfar Last week I attended a talk by Piet Oudolf, organised by the Sheffield University Department of Landscape. Below is a few notes and musings from the talk, which several days later I am still reflecting upon. * * * * …
Growing and looking after my garlic was a little harder this year, as we decided to make some life changes and move from Oxford to Sheffield during it’s growing period. I did manage to make it back to Oxford in …
On my recent holiday in the Yorkshire Dales I came across a lovely little plant nursery, All Plants North, based within the National Park, near Skipton/Grassington. It is a small nursery with a lovely selection of plants on offer. Rather …
Our main holiday this year was a week in the Yorkshire Dales at the beginning of September. Given we live in South Yorkshire, it might seem an odd choice, to holiday in your own county. But we have only lived …
After posting a photo of Helenium ‘Sahin’s Early Flowerer’ for #WordlessWednesday this week, I got to thinking about what a great plant this perennial is, and decided to extol it’s virtues. I’ve been growing this Helenium for a number of years. …
Along with recently setting up my first perennial beds, I have now also got my first vegetable raised bed growing. first vegetable bed I did a soil test early on, and found out two key things. One: the soil is …