Gardening – December 2018 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
Winter colour, that’s our theme for this month. When we think about colour in the garden, we often think about flowers, but in the winter, these are harder to come by. And...
Category: Gardening 2018
Gardening – November 2018 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
So here we are again, at that cusp between seasons where we don’t know quite what to expect from day to day. After a deliciously clement October (Callum excepted), we are suddenly...
Gardening – October 2018- Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
As we write here on this chilly but bright evening, summer is most definitely in the past for this year. The days are beautiful this week (the wind and rain last weekend...
Gardening – September 2018 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
There are many, and we are inclined to agree with them, that September is the start of the gardening year. Summer holidays are largely over, the heat of summer, and boy, have...
Gardening – August 2018 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
This extended dry spell has got us all thinking about watering: how much, when, how to prevent evaporation, and all the usual subjects. We will touch on that, and other considerations in...
Gardening – July 2018 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
The sun has got his hat on, hip hip hip hooray! That’s a whole 3 weeks now, and more in prospect, even if only for the short term. The persistent dry spell...
Gardening – June 2018 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
As the old song goes, June is bustin’ out all over, and that’s not just a comment on some people’s wardrobe choices! Looking back at last month’s column, we were marvelling at...
Gardening – May 2018 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
In a nervous, not-quite-believing way, we are all feeling that Spring is here, and maybe even early summer, all at once. Since we last met, we’ve had some ludicrously high temperatures for...
Gardening – April 2018 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
We’ve had a rotten start to the year so far, in many ways, but surely April will give we gardeners a taste of warmer weather and hope for a better season? Normally,...
Gardening – February 2018 – Sarah Daniel and Helen Robins
We’re not going to mention the weather. What is there to say that we haven’t said already this winter, after all? Suffice to say, we are fed up with it, as no...