Notes on growing ornamentals and edibles, and musings on other matters that interest me.
The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed that there wasn’t a June #GardeningWithME post, and that in general, I’ve not been blogging quite so much. Geranium Ann Folkard next to my garlic crop When you garden with ME or another …
A day late, but you know, it’s been HOT! The ‘flaming June’ that Jessica over at Rusty Duck Blog told me would be coming finally got there, just… It is great to have warm weather after all that cold, so I’m …
Helmsley Walled Garden, view from the perennial meadow It’s hard not to be attracted to the romance of a walled garden and on a recent holiday to the North York Moors I visited two, this one, Helmsley Walled Garden, and …
The Long Shady Border, from the shadier end May has been much cooler month than normal, it’s been quite windy but there hasn’t been much rain. The Long Shady Border laughed off the vagaries of the weather and went ahead …
The strawberries are flowering well Back in January I talked about planning the kitchen garden year. I thought that it would be good for me to do an update, looking at what I said then and how things have panned …
Living in Sheffield means living close to the Alpine Plant Centre in the Peak District, which has an amazing selection of alpines, often rare, and at really good prices. I’ve been before and have used quite a few alpines from there to …