I spent a lot of time in February and March defining and properly edging the lawn to set the borders for this year. So a few days ago, when I …

We went away to my parents for the bank holiday so didn’t I actually spend any time in the garden. I haven’t been spending much time outside anyway because of …

As the (still daily) showers continue and the garden further saturates with water, a set of plants enjoying all the moisture are the ferns. We have a few different types …

The daffodils for this year are pretty much over. We don’t have huge numbers of them and they’re mixed so they come out at different time and the last ones …

For some time now I’ve been working my way through a really big pile of well-rotted manure that appeared at the end of the drive one evening in early March. …

The people who lived in the house before us had planted Bergenias (affectionately known as “Elephant Ears”) in the border by the house in the front garden. The soil here …

All the time spent knee deep in * is showing progress. A while ago I managed to use up enough rotted manure to empty the green bin and less than …

I liked the first garden arch so much that I got a second one. Well – the plan was to have two all along – I think. Despite being exactly …