Gardening Matters – December 2012
The end of another year is nigh and it is true what they say, the years seem to go faster as you get older. I remember when I first started work, I...
Category: Gardening 2012
Gardening Matters – November 2012
I was coming out of Veryan the other night and had to stop for a hedgehog to cross the road. Having registered my delight on returning home, my husband tells me the...
Gardening Matters – October 2012
My October offerings are always reminiscences of the various village shows. This year ought to be no exception because despite the awful summer weather the entries were still high and many managed...
September 2012
I seem to have spent much of August at war with pests. More rain and some warm, damp evenings have heralded party time for slugs and snails. They seem to appear from...
August 2012
August is a tricky month to write an article and, to be sure that I don’t bore you to death, I usually check over what has been written this month over the...
April 2012
Having bought three different types of carrot seed my customer was about to leave the shop when he turned round and said, ’What’s the knack to growing carrots then?’ If anybody mentions...
March 2012
The temptation to write a whole article on spring seed sowing is immense. If you have been put off the garden by the dismal winter weather then there is nothing more heartening...