Gwenfar's Garden and other musings
Notes on growing ornamentals and edibles, and musings on other matters that interest me.
This is the final post in this series of blogs on the front garden. I started the series in January and am now almost full circle. It’s been interesting experience photographing and blogging about the front garden throughout the year …
Read MoreStart of the month: December 2012 – overview of 2012
The front garden definitely has an autumn-winter feel. Mainly winter, since autumn passed us by. Though so did summer, and much of spring. Maybe it’s just been one long winter for the last year?! The garden hasn’t had much attention …
2nd August 2012 So, anyone notice the slight change to the title of these posts? I’m clearly struggling to always publish on the 1st day of the month, so decided changing the title was better than apologising yet again, for …
1st July 2012 The front garden has grown up a lot since we last visited it, back at the beginning of May. June was missed as I was on holidays then and when I got back, work rather took over. …
Yes. I know. It’s not the 1st of the month. It’s not even the 2nd or 3rd. In fact, it’s a month since I last blogged. Mmmm. Well, you see… Actually, you don’t want to read about me being very …
Read MoreFirst day of the month in the front garden: May 2012
March was such a warm month and subsequently plants really started taking off so that by the first of April, the front garden is much more lush than that of March. The broad beans have taken off fantastically, and in …
Read MoreFirst day of the month in the front garden: April 2012
The first of March. February, gosh, February, what a month. The weather went from deep freeze to being almost able to wear t-shirts. Only almost. I’ve never become quite British enough that I start stripping the moment the sun comes …
Read MoreFirst day of the month in the front garden: March 2012
For 2012 I am going to blog about my front garden on the 1st day of each month. I’ll follow how it changes over the year, how much food I can produce from the space, and how my development plans …
Read MoreFirst day of the month in the front garden: January 2012
Following the footsteps of other gardeners, such as Patient Gardner and Veg Plotting, I took some photos today of what was still flowering, out of season, this late in the year. These are all from my front garden, which is …
Since completing the redesign of the front garden back in April, it’s been coming along slowly but nicely. I’ve already had in the raised beds broad beans and lettuce growing, eaten and removed and since sowed more vegetables, such as …