Notes on growing ornamentals and edibles, and musings on other matters that interest me.
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 …
May is ME Awareness Month with a particular focus on Sunday 10 to Saturday 16 May being ME Awareness Week. I blog occasionally about Gardening with ME and this week I have been tweeting some of the impacts having ME has …
I have been wanting to visit Avondale Nursery near Coventry for a while. As luck would have it, Avondale, in the form of Brian Ellis, came to me, or rather, to give a talk at the South Pennine Hardy Plant Society last …
Having visited Renishaw Hall Gardens late last Summer, it was time for a return visit, this time in the Spring. That they also had a plant fair on, just added to the attraction. After perusing the plant stalls, and yes, …
This is going to be a short on text End of Month View. My health isn’t good at the moment and I cannot be on the computer for too long, so I’m mainly posting photographs of the Long Shady Border …
New outdoor chair Last October, as I was contemplating the impact weather has on my energy levels, blogger VP, over at Veg Plotting, suggested having somewhere close to the house to sit where I could look at the garden even …