Visiting gardens is such a joy, it’s usually inspiring, a good day out, there may be little plants to buy, & there is always cake. Every year I have a list in my head of gardens to visit when they’re at their best. This is mostly in the spring through to late summer, which makes […]
Archives for February 2017
The Vegetable Garden in February
So what’s a good time for a vegetable gardener to go away on holiday? Of course you can’t make this the only criteria for holiday planning, but it did cross my mind when we talked at Christmas about holidays this year. Spring seems like the busiest time in the garden, there are seeds to sow […]
Finding Time To Grow Vegetables.
There’s no doubt that growing your own vegetables is good thing, but when I first had an allotment I got completely carried away. In my enthusiasm I grew lots of vegetables from seed, & when they nearly all germinated, I didn’t have the heart to get rid of most of them, “Why not just plant […]