The month for autumn colour is nearly upon us again and let’s hope that 2021 is a ‘good’ colour year when the right weather conditions such as night frosts and sunny days combine to produce a spectacular show.
Posted on September 29, 2021
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Well here we are at the end of an August which just seems to have flown by. It is a time for harvesting and perhaps storing produce from the vegetable and fruit beds and, as the days shorten, to watch out for the first signs of the rich autumn colours to come.
Posted on September 01, 2021
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As all our thoughts begin to turn to August I can’t help thinking what a July we have had. Some much needed rain in the first part of the month followed by the gloriously hot, sunny and dry spell- too hot for some, I think.
Posted on August 08, 2021
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Well here we are in July with already half the year gone and our gardens hopefully in their high-summer colours and scents. There is still lots of garden work to be done in July but with the long summer evenings we can enjoy all that the garden has to offer.
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At this point in time I thought it would be a good idea to review the blogs of the last twelve months for those of you who might wish to revisit certain ones or for people who are coming to the blogs for the first time.
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My month by month RHS book tells me that June is the month when the garden hits its peak as borders look perfect and the summer vegetables and soft fruit are flourishing. If only this was true for all our gardens but at least it is something to aim for.
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Regarded by many gardeners as one of the best months, if not the best, May is both full of spring’s freshness of leaf and flower as well as holding all the promise of the gardening summer to come.
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Amazing April at last, surely one of the most exciting months of the year. The whole garden suddenly begins to look much greener and almost every day there is something new to discover and admire.
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At last ‘marvellous’ March is here, the first of the spring months and the true beginning of the new gardening year. The often dark, dreary and wet winter is behind us and there is much to entice us back into the garden.
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My month by month gardening book from the RHS tells me that in February the sap is beginning to rise not only in the plants but also in gardeners too! In my case as I write this at the snowy end of a wet and cold January I am not so sure about the latter.
Posted on February 06, 2021
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I am doing my best to find some signs that the garden is beginning to come back to life and is attempting to welcome in the new year which we have all been looking forward to!
Posted on January 05, 2021
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My books tell me that on sunny days gardening in December can be a pleasant experience which is true but as I look out today in the early afternoon all I can see is a much more gloomy prospect!
Posted on December 01, 2020
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