Gosh, it’s been quite some time since I last wrote. Unfortunately, a combination of illness, weather, being busy at work, being away and a general lack of daylight has stopped …

I must confess to having had a particularly lazy week or two in terms of gardening. There’s been plenty of other things to do but in the time left I …

Around this time of year, as the season changes and the days get shorter, dawn and dusk last longer and the twilight is a strange pink-red that looks bright but …

Well this is nice, it’s the 150th post and it will be the 1st birthday of the blog towards the end of the month. I’m still posting fairly often and …

It’s now September, I’ve noticed the days getting shorter, it’s dark by 9:00pm, the night-time temperatures are starting to fall and the supermarkets have started displaying their Christmas decorations. The …

Right by the bird bath and seed feeder, in soil that is heavy clay, continually moist, has added rocket fuel (in the form of bone meal, Growmore and manure) and …

I’ve now got quite a few different types of lilies in the garden. They emerge, grow, flower and die at different times. At this late stage of the year, all …

On Gardeners’ Question Time (a BBC Radio 4 program) a few weeks ago, Acer Palmatums were described as highly strung, stressed plants that live on a knife-edge, having exacting requirements like: …